Law

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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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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Cuttack: A day after nine policemen of Madurai in Tamil Nadu were sentenced to death for the custodial killings of a father-son duo in 2020, Cuttack police on Tuesday arrested two retired police personnel and four home guards in an alleged…
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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: Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday emphasised that justice must be accessible, affordable, and deeply felt in the daily lives of ordinary citizens, rather than remain an abstract constitutional promise. …
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Cuttack: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant will arrive in Odisha on Sunday, marking his first visit to the State after taking oath as CJI. Justice Surya Kant will participate in a special discussion session at Saheed…
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