Judiciary

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday declared bail conditions imposed by courts in Odisha requiring accused persons to clean police stations as “null and void”, strongly censuring what it called a “colonial mindset” and “ex facie…
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Jagatsinghpur: The Eastern Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Kolkata has taken cognisance of the alleged illegal groundwater extraction by JSW Utkal Steel Limited in Jagatsinghpur district. Reviewing the petition filed…
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Angul: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Angul district has sentenced a 40-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl. According to case details, the minor girl had gone missing on March 14, 2025, from the Nisha…
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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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