Judiciary

FOR 13 years, Ashok Rana and his wife have lived with a mix of hope and heartbreak. Their son, Harish Rana, was a college student in 2012 when he fell from the fourth floor, leaving him with severe brain injuries. Since then, he has…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court imposed a ban on the use of laser lights in Cuttack and clamped strict restrictions on decorative lighting and DJ sound systems in the city. As per the High Court’s directive, the use of laser lights in…
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Cuttack: Taking a serious note of diversion of teachers for non-teaching duties, the Orissa High Court has observed that such practice is adversely affecting students’ right to education. The bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and…
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Bhubaneswar: A court in Capital City recorded the first conviction of 2026 under the Nyaya Sanhita within 35 days of the FIR. Authorities secured a swift judgment in the Maitri Vihar Police Station Case No. 517/2025 on November 28, 2025. …
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government’s directive to fuel filling stations not to give petrol/diesel to vehicles not having the mandatory PUCC (pollution under check certificate) is turning controversial with experts questioning the legality…
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Cuttack: Merging justice with environmental cause, Justice SK Panigrahi of Orissa High Court has made planting saplings a key condition for granting bail in criminal cases. As many as 15 bail orders on Monday included requirements for…
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New Delhi: In a significant observation, the Supreme Court said on Monday that the time has come to decriminalise defamation. Justice M M Sundresh made the suggestion on Monday while hearing a plea challenging a summons issued by a…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to fill up the vacant sanctioned posts in the district and state consumer dispute reparation for a within the next six months, observing that “since the consumer fora has the…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has issued notices to OJEE Cell of Skill Development and Technical Education (SDTE) department and the director of medical education and training (DMET) over hike in the MBBS course fees in a private medical…
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Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has observed that a wife living separately from her husband without a valid reason is not entitled to maintenance and set aside a family court order granting maintenance to a married woman. Allowing a…
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