Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com. In a move that has evoked protests from activists; the Odisha government has asked the office of Lokayukta, the quasi-judicial anti-corruption authority to protect the identity of any public servant against whom a complaint is lodged till the conclusion of the investigation. The General Administration department of the Odisha government which notified the Odisha
Source:-https://www.downtoearth.org.in Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Mining in Tikola No mining operation was noticed at Tikola village in Sonipat district, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Mining
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government on Thursday started the process of reopening of major temples and places of worship by asking the district collectors to consider the possibility and submit action plan by consulting all stake holders within 10 days. The State Government has also asked the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and administration of
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed the complaint case which the Court Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Junagarh had taken up against Minister of State for Home Dibya Sankar Mishra in 2014. The complaint was related to alleged suppression of information in the affidavit relating to movable and immovable properties while filing
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Orissa high court on Wednesday asked the state government to open the temples in a graded manner in accordance with the modalities after assessing the Covid-19 situation. The order of the high court came while disposing of two writ petitions that sought direction to extend financial relief to priests of registered temples for
Source:-indialegallive Bhubaneswar (IL News Service): The Orissa High Court has refused permission to terminate the pregnancy of a physically and mentally challenged 22-year-old woman. The woman is also a rape victim. The woman, also mentally challenged, is a resident of a village in Kujanga Police Station area of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha. She was raped
Source:-indialegallive New Delhi: The Orissa High Court has acquitted two people of murder charge, 32 years after they had appealed against the trial court verdict. The single bench of Justice S. K. Sahoo passed this judgment while disposing an appeal filed by Nityananda Behera and Madhaba Behera, who were charged with murder during a clash
Source:- newindianexpress.com Chilika Lake: The Orissa High Court has posted the matter to March 2 for taking stock of the progress in eviction work. CUTTACK: The state Government on Monday admitted in the Orissa High Court that no eviction work for clearance of encroachments in Chilika lake area has been undertaken for over two months. Eviction work
Source – newindianexpress.com KENDRAPARA: The passage of Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Parliament has brought hope to a large number of Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh residing in the seaside villages of the district. The spectre of deportation was hanging over as many as 1,551 immigrants who were served ‘Quit India’ notice by the district administration
source – orissapost.com New Delhi: Expressing concern over the huge number of working days lost due to lawyers’ strike, the Supreme Court Friday observed that the “judiciary has been brought to complete closure in Odisha.” A two-judge bench of apex court comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph while referring to the affidavit filed by
