Law

Kataka: The Orissa High Court has directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to pay a lump sum compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to two daily-wage sweepers, who served the bank for nearly three decades, bringing closure to their prolonged…
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Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to modernise urban housing and reduce disputes, the Odisha government has released the draft Odisha Urban Area Rent Control Act-2026, which would make written tenancy agreements compulsory for all residential and…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings and punishment against senior judicial officer Lalit Kumar Dash. The court held that the findings against Dash were largely based on presumptions and not backed by…
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Bhubaneswar: A special POCSO court in Cuttack district on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl in December last year. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 20,000 on convict Ashok Behera. As per…
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Bhubaneswar: In a setback to BJP MLA Tankadhar Tripathy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Orissa High Court’s order declining to dismiss the election petition of former legislator Dipali Das challenging his victory from Jharsuguda…
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Bhubaneswar: The adage that justice delayed is justice denied resonated in a recent court verdict when the Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of a life convict from Odisha who has remained behind bars for more than 22 years. …
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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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Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on Saturday heard matters relating to the dispute over the sharing of river waters between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The two states submitted detailed data on the flow of river water during…
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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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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday joined the Nari Shakti Vandan Town Hall Meeting in Bhubaneswar, calling the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam a revolutionary step towards empowering women and building a stronger…
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