Orissa High Court
Article 233(2) | 7 Yrs Continuous Practice As Advocate Must Be 'Immediately' Before Recruitment As District Judge From Bar: Orissa HC
The Orissa High Court has held that a person must have practiced as an Advocate continuously for seven years 'immediately' before submitting application for direct recruitment in the cadre of District Judge from the Bar.The Division Bench of Justice Debabrata Dash and Justice Gourishankar Satapathy clarified that mere seven year (or more) experience as an Advocate at a point of time in the...
'Sarpanch-patism’ Or Husband Working As 'Proxy' For Sarpanch Wife Defeats Purpose Of Women Reservation: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has expressed serious concerns over husbands/male members of women sarpanches acting as ‘proxy sarpanch’ and discharging duties as de facto sarpanch in the place of elected female sarpanches.The Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi held that such system of ‘proxy sarpanch’ or ‘sarpanch-patism’ defeats the very purpose of the Constitution...
Orissa High Court Directs State To Consider Using Facial Biometrics To Identify ATM Users, Deter Criminal Activities
The Orissa High Court has directed the State to have discussion with all bank authorities and particularly, with the authorities of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to install ‘facial biometric identification systems’ at all the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) so as to facilitate investigating agencies to retrieve identities of persons using such facilities for illegal purposes.The...
S.294 CrPC | Not Mandatory To Examine Doctor If Genuineness Of Post-Mortem Report Not Disputed By Accused: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has clarified that it is not mandatory to examine the doctor, who conducted the post-mortem examination, if the genuineness of his report is not disputed by the accused. It further held that once the accused admits the report to be genuine, it can be read as substantive evidence.While elucidating the mandate of the provision under Section 294 of the Code of...
40 More Paperless Courts Inaugurated In Odisha In Phase V Of E-Courts Project; Total Tally Reaches To 199 Courts
The Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi inaugurated 40 more Paperless Courts in Phase-V of the e-Courts project. Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra, Chairperson, Artificial Intelligence & Information Technology Committee and the Judges of the High Court were present on the occasion.In the National Conference on Digitization, e-Initiatives and...
Orissa High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Two Persons Arrested From Acting CJ’s Courtroom For ‘Contemptuous’ Behaviour
The Orissa High Court on Monday dropped the suo moto contempt proceedings initiated against two persons who were arrested from the Courtroom of the Acting Chief Justice for showing unruly and contemptuous behavior to the Court.While accepting the unconditional apologies tendered by the two contemnors, the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and...
Two Arrested From Courtroom Of Orissa High Court’s Acting Chief Justice For ‘Contemptuous’ Behaviour
In a shockingly unprecedented development, two persons including one litigant got arrested by police from the Courtroom of the Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court for showing unruly and contemptuous behaviour to the Court.While asking the Registrar (Judicial) to register a suo motu contempt case, the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and...
Odisha Gram Panchayat Act | Sarpanch Candidate Shouldn’t Have More Than Two Children Alive On Date Of Filing Nomination: High Court
The Orissa High Court has clarified that a candidate should not be having more than two children alive on the date of filing the nomination for the post of ‘Sarpanch’ under the Odisha Grama Panchayat Act, 1964.Referring to Section 25(1)(v) of the Act, the Single Bench of Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray observed,“From bare reading of the aforesaid clause, it is clear that the person...
‘Lacked Qualities Of Uncle, Tortured & Committed Gruesome Murder’: Orissa High Court Confirms Life Term Of Man Convicted For Killing Niece
The Orissa High Court on Tuesday confirmed the term of life imprisonment imposed upon a man for taking multiple nude photos of his niece, subsequently killing her and burning her face to conceal identity.Denying any relief to the accused-appellant for the ghastly crime, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra observed,“Who can forget the beautiful...
Orissa High Court Slaps ₹20K Cost On Organisation For Filing PIL Without Approaching Concerned Authority Seeking Remedial Action
The Orissa High Court on Tuesday imposed ₹20,000 costs on an organisation for filing a writ petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before approaching the concerned authorities seeking remedial action.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Dr. Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Justice Murahari Sri Raman was hearing a PIL filed by an organisation named ‘Disha’, which...
‘Temper Runs High Among Village Labourers, Respond Aggressively For Silly Reasons’: Orissa HC Alters Labour's Murder Conviction To Culpable Homicide
The Orissa High Court has altered the murder conviction of a labourer, accused of killing a person by thrashing a laterite stone on his head, to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.While giving partial relief to the accused-appellant, the Division Bench of Justice Debabrata Dash and Justice Ananda Chandra Behera observed,“The parties hail from the rural background and earned...
‘Police Immediate Protector Of Citizens’: Orissa High Court Pulls-Up Police Officer For Misbehaving With Parents Of Kidnapped Minor Girl
The Orissa High Court recently reprimanded a police officer for allegedly misbehaving with the parents of a kidnapped minor girl. While passing order to the said officer to behave in a ‘dignified manner’, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash observed,“Insensitive behaviour on the part of police personnel is not at all acceptable, especially when...