The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to expeditiously dispose of the huge backlog of pendency in land cases by holding the revisional courts for a minimum period of three days in a week.
The court made the observation while upholding the termination of a junior grade officer of a nationalised bank for sexual harassment of fellow women employees.
Furthermore, numerous judgments have consistently affirmed that if an individual meets the prescribed merit criteria, there is no justification for preventing them from being recruited or promoted to unreserved positions
This Court feels that in the facts and circumstances of the case, it is necessary that the heinous acts of the alleged perpetrators, who are ironically the ‘public servants’ be brought to light.
The high court’s direction came in the wake of stray dogs going on a biting spree on the campus.
"After the roster is published, vacancies that will be available to be filled up by the PWDs shall be filled up within the next six months without fail,” the Division Bench of Chief Justice S Talapatra and Justice Savitri Ratho ordered.
Justice Debabrata Dash urged the young advocates to upgrade themselves legally, to adopt the technological advancement in the ever growing legal system and to aid in the administration of justice by their conviction in gaining legal knowledge.
Ordering that ‘Khusi’ and ‘Golmal Love’ shall not be considered for any award category in the fresh list, the court directed declaration of the 31st Odisha State Film Awards- 2019 within one month.
“This court fails to fathom as to why the petitioner should be made to rush to the high court for seeking an order from this court to get the FIR registered,” the high court said in its strongly-worded order in a case.
