Law

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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New Delhi: In a significant observation, the Supreme Court said on Monday that the time has come to decriminalise defamation. Justice M M Sundresh made the suggestion on Monday while hearing a plea challenging a summons issued by a…
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Lucknow: Observing that live-in relationships disproportionately harm a woman in case of a breakup as the man can always move on and get settled after getting married, and that women find it difficult to get a life partner after breakup,…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, ordered the serving of notices to the Centre and state governments on a petition challenging the Constitutional validity of specific provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995, as amended by the Waqf…
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