Law

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of four advocates as judges of Orissa High Court. The decision was taken at the Collegium meeting held on August 18, according to a statement issued by…
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Paralakhemundi: Delivering its verdict in the much-discussed 2008 murder case of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a special court in Gajapati district on Tuesday acquitted Maoist leader Azad alias Duna Kesaba Rao in the case. Additional…
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Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise the selection of Odisha's next Director General of Police (DGP) until August 18. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India…
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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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