Law

Cuttack: Justice Harish Tandon on Wednesday took oath as the 35th Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati administered him the oath of office at a ceremony held on the premises of the court in Cuttack…
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Cuttack: Repeated threats of suicide from a wife to her husband amounts to cruelty, the Orissa High Court noted while upholding the divorce granted by a family court. “Repeated threats to commit suicide, or worse, to harm the spouse and…
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New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court on Saturday initiated an in-house inquiry against Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma after allegations such as that sacks of cash were found at his residence when a fire broke out…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has ruled that a candidate with an BTech engineering degree cannot apply or participate in the selection process for the post of Junior Engineer (JE) in different government departments. The candidates…
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Bhubaneswar: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Nayagarh, has held Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, liable for unfair trade practice and causing harassment to one Amabhanjan Mishra, a resident of Odisha’s Gopalpur …
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Balasore: In a landmark judgment, a court in Odisha’s Balasore convicted three members of a dacoity gang while pronouncing the first verdict in the district under the new penal law Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Judge Biswajit Das of…
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Chennai: Coercing a spouse for religious conversion amounts to cruelty, the Madurai bench of Madras High Court has ruled. Dissolving a marriage, a division bench of Justices N Seshasayee and L Victoria Gowri said, “Not only conversion,…
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Bhubaneswar: With demand for a CBI probe into the murder of BJD leader Naba Kishore Das gaining momentum, Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Thursday said that the state government will take concrete steps to uncover the truth. …
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Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed Justice Arindam Sinha as the acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. “President is pleased to appoint Justice Arindam Sinha, Judge of the Orissa High Court, to perform the…
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Cuttack: In a significant verdict, the Orissa High Court has commuted the death sentence of nine persons to life imprisonment in a case involving the murder of three members of a family on suspicion of practising sorcery. In October…
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