Law

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday submitted a chargesheet against 11 accused in connection with the alleged mob lynching of Government Railway Police (GRP) constable Soumya Ranjan Swain in Balianta on the outskirts of…
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Bhubaneswar: Acquitting an Odisha man who had spent nearly 22 years in jail in connection with a 2004 triple murder case in Koraput, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that his conviction was based on “weak and highly unreliable”…
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Kendujhar: A POCSO court in the district has sentenced a coaching centre owner to rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl student. The court of Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge (POCSO), Monali…
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Bhubaneswar: Trouble for Nayagarh MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo mounted after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea challenging the Orissa High Court's order to proceed with a poll petition against his 2024 Assembly election victory. The apex court…
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Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of former Director of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Manoj Padhi in connection with alleged irregularities in school textbooks, two owners of a private printing firm linked to…
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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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