Disposing of a writ petition in connection with the custodial abuse of a serving army officer and his fiancée, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to install CCTV cameras in all police stations and outposts by 31 March 2025.
The Orissa High Court has directed a man to undergo a potency test whose spouse is seeking divorce on the ground of his alleged impotency.
The Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to expeditiously grant Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia and family pension to a widow whose husband, a police constable died of Covid-19 during duty when the pandemic was at its peak.
The tragic triple-train crash at Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on June 2, 2023, which claimed the lives of at least 296 people and injured over 1,000, was the result of "composite negligence" by railway authorities responsible for the signal system’s upkeep and maintenance, the Orissa High Court has observed.
The Orissa High Court has expressed displeasure over the Assembly secretary's non-acceptance of summons issued to a sitting MLA in the premises of the House while observing that "the entire issue could have been dealt with in a more reasonable and matured way".
The Orissa high court adjudicating an admiralty suit has ordered the ‘arrest’ of Chinese ship MV Zhe Hai 505 on the charge of ‘low supply marine gas oil’ to a trading company.
The Bhandar was last opened for inspection and inventorisation of valuables in 1978.
It’s pertinent to note here that a special vigilance court had sentenced the lawmaker a three-year rigorous imprisonment term.
Earlier a lower court had rejected his bail application. The UTP had later moved the High Court annexing HIV profile medical documents and sought for regular treatment and monitoring.
Therefore, the election of Mohammed Moquim from Cuttack-Barabati Assembly constituency is to be declared null and void as misinformed voters could not make an informed choice according to their free will and conscience and the same violates the fundamental rights of voters to know, Justice Sahoo stressed in the order.
