Orissa High Court
Orissa High Court Orders Regular Training Of Notaries, Inspection Of ‘Notary Registers’ By District Judges Twice A Year
The Orissa High Court on Tuesday ordered the State Government to organize training programmes for all the Notaries on a regular basis, either through physical or virtual mode to apprise them of their statutory duties and functions, also what they can do and what they must avoid doing.While taking judicial notice of extra-legal practices adopted by Notaries, the Division Bench of Justice...
‘Not Unusual For Tribal Man To Lose Temper On Trivial Issues’: Orissa High Court Alters Murder Conviction Of Tribal Man To Culpable Homicide
The Orissa High Court has altered conviction of a tribal man, accused of killing a man by shooting arrow shots, from murder to one for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. While giving partial relief to the accused-appellant, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra held,“In fact, there is no material on record that there was any kind of...
‘Judges Must Inculcate Democratic Processes & Should Not Behave Like A King’: Chief Justice Talapatra Bids Adieu To Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court yesterday bid farewell to its 33rd Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra upon his superannuation. He took over the charge on August 8, 2023 consequent upon the retirement of the then Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar. He had one of the shortest tenures as the Chief Justice which spanned for merely 56 days.A Full Court Reference was called by the High Court in respect of...
‘Even Death Would Appear As An Alluring Option’: Orissa HC Upholds Conviction Of 6 Contractors For Abducting Labourers, Chopping Their Hands
The Orissa High Court has upheld the order of conviction handed down to six contractors for abducting two workers, forcing them to work for a number of days as bonded labourers and finally chopping their palms from the wrists.While denying relief to the accused-appellants, the Division Bench of Justices Bibhu Prasad Routray and Chittaranjan Dash held,“In the present, we are in seisin over...
Orissa HC Asks State Govt To Constitute High Level Committee For Preparing Inventory Of Puri Jagannath Temple Ratna Bhandar’s Jewelleries
The Orissa High Court has drawn curtains on the issues and controversies regarding the opening and repair work of ‘Ratna Bhandar’ (Treasury) of Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri. It has directed the State to constitute a High-Level Committee to supervise the preparation of inventory of the Ratna Bhandar, if so required by the Shri Jagannath Temple Management Committee (SJTMC).While disposing of...
Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi To Serve As Acting Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court From October 4
The Centre has notified the appointment of Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, the senior-most puisne Judge of Orissa High Court as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from October 4, 2023. The move comes as the incumbent Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra is set to retire on October 3, 2023.Justice Sarangi has done his LL.B. and LL.M. from Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack and Ph.D. in Law from...
"Very Easy To Blame Lawyer": Orissa HC Refuses To Condone Delay In Case First Launched In 2006, Says Litigant Did Not Keep Touch With Advocate
The Orissa High Court has held that an advocate cannot be blamed for sheer negligence of a party resulting in considerable delay in compliance of Court’s order. While denying condonation of delay to the petitioner, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Subhasis Talapatra and Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo observed,“It is very easy to change lawyer and to put blame on the earlier lawyer for...
‘Orissa Association For The Blind’ Not State Under Article 12: High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that the ‘Orissa Association for the Blind’ does not come under the definition of ‘State’ as provided under Article 12 of the Constitution and thus, it is not amenable to the writ jurisdiction of the Court. While rejecting a writ petition filed by an employee against the organisation, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy...
‘A Person Hardly Expected To Outrage Modesty Of Aunt Along With Brother’: Orissa High Court Quashes Man's Conviction U/S 354 IPC
The Orissa High has acquitted a man accused of outraging the modesty of his aunt, being associated with other accused persons including his brother, in a 31-year-old-case. While giving relief to the appellant, the Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra observed,“Learned Sessions Judge therefore, could not persuade himself to believe that an elder brother and younger brother would...
Display Penal Consequences Of Sexual Harassment, Provide Complaint No.: Orissa HC Gives Last Chance To Centre, State To Comply With S.19(b) POSH Act
The Orissa High Court has given last chance to authorities under both the Union and the State Government to implement the mandate under Section 19(b) of the Sexual Harassment of Women and Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (the ‘POSH Act’). The said provision requires all the employers to display at any conspicuous place in the workplace, the penal consequences...
S.32B NDPS Act | Trial Court Must Assign Specific Reasons For Imposing Higher Than Minimum Sentence Prescribed: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that the trial Courts must avoid giving generic reasons and must provide specific factors while imposing higher than the minimum sentences prescribed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’).While clarifying the mandate under Section 32B of the Act, which provides for factors to be taken into account for imposing higher...
Notaries Cannot Register Marriage Or Issue Marriage Certificates: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has reiterated that ‘notaries’ cannot register marriage as they are not authorised to do so under the Notaries Act, 1952. The Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra, while asking them to abstain from issuing marriage certificates, observed:“Due to such extra-legal and subterfuge arrangements by the Notaries, parties are made...