Tag: Orissa High Court

Bhubaneswar: The 2019 election battle is over. But the fight still continues as defeated candidates have moved Orissa High Court challenging the election of their rivals citing various reasons. So far, 14 cases including one for Balasore Lok Sabha seat have been filed in Orissa High Court. BJP’s defeated candidate from Kantabanji assembly segment, Laxman […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday said it has received the judicial commission’s report on the missing keys of the inner chamber of Ratna Bhandar (temple treasury) of the 12th-century Shree Jaganath temple in Puri. Odisha’s Minister of State for Home, D S Mishra said in a written reply to a question of Congress member Narasingha […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to self-styled godman Santosh Raul alias Sarathi in connection with the case pertaining to alleged sexual harassment of a woman and her daughter. While granting bail to Sarathi against a surety of Rs 2 lakh and two bailers, the court mentioned that lower court may […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central government has assured that it will take further action to establish a High Court bench in western or Southern Odisha after the state government and Orissa High Court clarify their stance in this connection. In a reply to Odisha BJP MP Nitesh Ganga Deb’s question in Lok Sabha regarding establishment of Orissa […]

Bhubaneswar: In a significant development in the Kunduli gang rape and suicide incident in Koraput, Orissa High Court Friday directed the State government to complete the probe and submit its report within four weeks. Hearing a petition filed by senior BJP leader Kharbela Swain, the top court of Odisha also suggested the State government to constitute […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government tabled the probe report of the Commission of Inquiry on Kunduli gang rape & suicide case, Opposition parties today raised questions over the report. It may be noted that the Orissa High Court on Friday directed the State government to complete the probe into the case and submit […]

Bhubaneswar: Protesting abolition of Odisha State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) by the Central government, the SAT Bar Association is observing one-day cease-work agitation today. Lawyers of all the lower courts have joined the cease-work protest of SAT Bar Association. Members of the Bhubaneswar Bar Association have also extended their support to the agitation. As a mark […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday reinstated Jharsuguda District Collector Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan after recalling its August 13 verdict ordering the state government to suspend the officer for violating an earlier order of the court. The Odisha government had on August 14 placed Pradhan under suspension following a direction from the high court as […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of a former senior official of the Union Bank of India (UBI) in a loan fraud case of over…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today acquitted a man of Kantapada area in Ganjam district who had been serving an imprisonment of 20 years after being wrongly convicted in a murder case. The High Court has asked for immediate release of the man, Sadhu Pradhan from the jail. The HC argued that since the judgement […]

Bhubaneswar: Four years on, the Orissa High Court’s directive to set up de-addiction centres in all medical colleges as well as all district headquarter hospitals seems to have hit a roadblock. A reality check by OTV at district headquarters hospitals in Balasore, Koraput and Mayurbhanj districts has revealed the State government’s apathetic attitude towards the […]

Cuttack: Multiple cease-work agitations by the lawyers’ Unions backed by Orissa High Court Bar Association has been a boiling issue in Odisha for the past few months. On account of this, not only do the Courts stop functioning and the proceedings halt, but thousands of common masses suffer endlessly. In an attempt to put an […]

Cuttack: Taking serious note of Odisha government officials’ casual attire while appearing for court proceedings at the Orissa High Court, the officials have been directed to follow proper dress code. In a letter to the Odisha Chief Secretary, Asit Tripathy from office of the Advocate General (AG), it has been mentioned that many government officials […]

Cuttack: Taking a stern note of the ongoing lawyers’ agitation in Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the Judiciary system cannot be brought to a standstill. A bench of the Apext Court comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Juctice KM Joseph came up with such observation during hearing of a case […]

New Delhi: Taking a stern stand against the ongoing lawyers’ agitation in Odisha, the apex court today asked the Chairman of the Orissa State Bar Council and the president of the Orissa High Court Bar Association to appear in person before it proceeds to takes action. The Supreme Court said, “A decision of collegium clearing […]