Source – newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: In order to ensure speedy disposal of sexual crimes against women and children, Odisha Government on Tuesday decided to set up 45 fast track courts in the State. The move comes after Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the States and the Chief Justices of High Courts to
Source – newindianexpress.com JAGATSINGHPUR: As many as five dalit families of Karatutha village in Kujang block, affected by the super cyclone of 1999, are yet to get land for constructing their houses. The Orissa High Court, around 10 months back, had directed the district administration to ensure the families are given their dues. It is alleged
Source – newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court may have started the process for transfer of cases pending in the Odisha Administration Tribunal (OAT). But ‘en bloc transfer’ of cases from OAT cannot be done right now as a stay order poses a roadblock. This is evident from an ‘Office Order’ the High Court has issued
Source – odishabytes.com Koraput: A three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) began to probe the much-talked-about Kunduli rape and suicide case by meeting the victim’s mother, aunt and brother in Koraput on Monday. The development came two weeks after the Orissa High Court directed the state government to shortlist three senior police officers in the rank
Source – odishabytes.com The Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has once again clarified that it has “no plans” to open the locks — neither for audit nor for the inventory — of the Ratna Bhandar at the Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri. The last time the government opened the locks of the treasury was way back
Source – scroll.in A court in Delhi on Tuesday asked former Orissa High Court judge IM Quddusi and six others to appear before it on January 9 in connection with a medical college scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused them of criminal conspiracy and corruption by trying to influence the verdict in a
Source – newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has directed Provident Fund Authority (PFA) to sanction higher pension for employees of Cuttack Urban Cooperative Bank (CUCB) under Employee Pension Scheme in accordance with the Supreme Court’s judgment on October 4, 2016. Employees of CUCB like all employees in the organised sector contribute 12 per cent of
Source – pagalguy.com The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national education board that looks into the curriculum and the educational system of schools affiliated to it. Besides all major government schools, it also has a huge number to private schools under its ambit. One of the important examinations conducted by the CBSE
Source – newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: Orissa High Court on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the investigation conducted by State CID-Crime Branch into the alleged Kunduli gang rape case, and submit a report. This comes more than three months after the State Government tabled the report of Judicial Commission in the Assembly. The division bench
Source – newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government will open six Additional District and Sessions courts in the State this year. A proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The courts will be opened at Cuttack, Bhadrak, Nilagiri in Balasore, Udala in Mayurbhanj, Pattamundai in Kendrapara and Khariar in Nuapada district. While