Source: newindianexpress.com BALANGIR: Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan conducted an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Kalahandi, Boudh, Subarnapur and Balangir districts on Saturday.Accompanied by BJP MPs Basant Panda and Sangeeta Singhdeo, he went round several areas in Balangir town that were submerged following a torrential downpour on Tuesday. The district received record
Source: odishatv.in Bhubaneswar: Despite a thumping victory in the recently concluded 2019 general elections, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seems to be in no hurry to conduct the civic body polls in the State. Though the Supreme Court had earlier rapped the State government on issue, the reservation of seats and ward delimitation process
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has ruled that the benevolent provision under Section 436-A of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is not applicable for granting bail to an accused facing trial for an offence for which maximum punishment prescribed under law is imprisonment for life. The provision under Section 436-A of CrPC is applicable
Source: odishatv.in Bhubaneswar: In a significant development in the Kunduli gang rape and suicide incident in Koraput, Orissa High Court Friday directed the State government to complete the probe and submit its report within four weeks. Hearing a petition filed by senior BJP leader Kharbela Swain, the top court of Odisha also suggested the State government
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has directed Shyam Baba Charitable Trust to deposit Rs 1.25 crore with the Collector of Cuttack by August 20, the next date of hearing on a contempt case filed against it. The High Court had registered a suo moto contempt case after the Trust did not respond to notices issued
Source: orissapost.com Bhubaneswar: Members crossing across party lines Tuesday urged Law Minister Pratap Jena to take in-principle decision to invite local MLAs during inauguration of court buildings. Raising the issue during Question Hour, BJD legislator Prabhu Jani said local MLAs are not being invited to inaugural functions of court buildings. He wanted to know whether there
Source: orissapost.com Puri: A petition has been filed in the Orissa High Court seeking speedy investigation into the murder of three persons at Pattnaikia Square on Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway July 14. Lipika Behera, the wife of victim Purna Behera, has filed the petition in the HC and urged the court to direct the police to expedite
Source: .newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: Laying to rest a nearly 12-year-old controversy over the purview of Right to Information for getting information on custodial deaths, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to provide such information if sought under the Act. The single judge bench of Justice Biswanath Rath issued the direction while dismissing a
Source – livelaw.in The Law Commission of India has submitted the 274th report titled “Review Of Contempt Of Court Act 1971 (Limited To S.2 Of The Act)” to the Ministry of Law And Justice suggesting that the Commission does not consider it necessary to make any amendment therein for the present. “With respect to the
Source:- ndtv.com CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: Orissa High Court directed Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to re-evaluate answer scripts of those students who moved the court alleging discrepancies in the CBSE class 12 results declared in the last week of May. The relief came to students as a single judge bench of Biswanath Rath of Orissa high
