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Can adopted son claim government job? Orissa HC cites ancient Hindu laws to settle major Railway dispute

January 10, 2026 11:04 am

The bench was hearing the plea filed by the railways and the central government challenging the order to consider the compassionate appointment of the adopted son of a railway employee.

From granddaughter to grandson: Orissa High Court asks government to change property document after sex change

December 30, 2025 6:27 pm

Orissa High Court transgender property rights: Justice Behera underscored it as a legal duty of all courts to pass orders for the overall protection, safeguard, right to vote, right to own property, right to education, employment, and health of transpersons.

Plant, maintain 50 saplings of mango, neem, tamarind: Orissa High Court bail condition for knife-attack accused

December 26, 2025 1:18 pm

Orissa High Court Green Bail Order: Justice Sanjeeb K Panigrahi directed the district nursery to supply the saplings and the revenue authority to assist the accused in identifying the location for plantation of the saplings if the land is not available.

Orissa High Court quotes Bible, says honest apology dilutes guilt to condone student's late fee payment

December 24, 2025 10:44 am

The court observed that justice of the case warrants regularisation of student's admission to the next level and subsequent publication of the results to complete the course in a peaceful way.

Orissa High Court says Hindu deity ‘eternal minor’, refuses to direct Jagannath temple admin to sell property

December 16, 2025 1:47 pm

Orissa High Court Jagannath Temple Property Sale: Justice Krishna Shripad said it has long been settled that a Hindu deity is an eternal minor and therefore, a minor’s property cannot be sold in the absence of statutory enablement.

‘Prosperity without preservation is peril, not progress’: Odisha High Court junks plea over 'unauthorised' use of forest area

December 05, 2025 3:27 pm

Odisha HC forest land case, Odisha forest clearance rules: Justice Sanjeeb K Panigrahi observed that a miner’s licence is a privilege, not a prerogative and his first duty is stewardship, not exploitation.

‘Even God gave hearing to Adam and Eve’: Orissa High Court emphasises on principles of natural justice

December 01, 2025 6:25 pm

Odisha court ruling, Adam and Eve hearing remark: The grievance of the petitioners in this case was against the recovery order that had occurred because of withdrawal of one annual increment.

MPs, MLAs can no longer recommend school teachers’ transfer in Odisha: HC strikes down govt order

November 28, 2025 7:00 am

The Orissa High Court observed that ‘political interference in the campus is not desirable’

Orissa High Court says jail authorities negligent, orders Rs 20 lakh compensation to wife of undertrial who died during treatment

November 26, 2025 4:35 pm

Orissa high court compensation, Orissa HC undertrial death ruling: Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, while considering the ‘negligence on the part of the jail authorities in not providing proper and better treatment to the undertrial’, directed the state government to release the compensation within 6 weeks.

Orissa HC refuses to order SIT probe in self-immolation case; issues notices to BJD, Cong

July 22, 2025 9:17 pm

The 20-year-old student who suffered 95 per cent burns died in AIIMS Bhubaneswar on the night of July 14.

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