Orissa High Court & District Courts Campuses Vacated Following Bomb Threat

The Orissa High Court as well as the Cuttack District and Sessions Court campuses were vacated on Thursday (January 8) following a bomb threat.Upon receiving the mail, the Registry informed the Courts of the same following which the judicial works were halted. Advocates and staff were seen rushing out of Courts.Evacuation process in the campuses are undergoing. The police as well as anti-bomb squad have arrived at the Court premises. Source of the threat mail is yet to be known.

'Highest Positions In Legal Profession Always Reserved For Hardworking & Patient Young Lawyers': Justice SK Sahoo Bids Adieu To Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice Harish Tandon, organized a farewell ceremony on Monday (January 05) for Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo, who has recently been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. A Full Court Reference was held in the Chief Justice's old Court room in the afternoon, which was attended not only by the Judges of the Court but also...

Orissa High Court Annual Digest 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 1-175]MH BLAND S.L. v. MV PROPEL FORTUNE (IMO 9500699), 2025 LiveLaw (Ori) 1Doyel Dey v. The Judge, Family Court, Balasore & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ori) 2Sonel Sekhar Nayak & Ors. v. State of Odisha & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ori) 3Binod Pattanayak v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ori) 4Ashok Kumar Swain & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw...

Criminal Breach Of Trust And Cheating Cannot Co-Exist On Same Facts: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that the offences of 'criminal breach of trust' and 'cheating' cannot co-exist in a given case based on same set of facts, since in the offence of cheating, criminal intention is necessary at the time of making false and misleading representation but in the offence of criminal breach of trust, there may not be any prior criminal intention, which begins...

'Win-Win Situation For All': Orissa High Court Quashes FIR Alleging Cheating After Parties Resolve Dispute Through Mediation

The Orissa High Court has recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) alleging commission of offences of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, uttering obscene words to the annoyance of others in public and criminal intimidation, after the informant and the accused persons settled the dispute among themselves amicably through mediation.Agreeing to draw curtains on...

GST Demand Stayed As Audit Report Issued By Unauthorised Officer: Orissa High Court Finds Prima Facie Jurisdictional Defect

The Orissa High Court has stayed further proceedings arising from a Goods and Services Tax (GST) demand-cum-show cause notice issued under Section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, after finding a prima facie jurisdictional defect in the audit process that formed the basis of the demand. The interim order was passed in a writ petition which challenged an audit notice...

GST | Parallel Proceedings On Sanctioned Refund An 'Overstep': Orissa High Court Quashes Recovery Proceedings As Appeal Order Stands

The Orissa High Court in a matter concerning, Double Jeopardy on Refund of about Rs. 14 crores where recovery proceedings were initiated under Section 73 for Refund already sanctioned by the Appellate Authority, has quashed the Show Cause Notice for recovery. In a recent judgment, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman, observed that...

Orissa High Court Orders Change Of Gender In Mutation Certificate After Woman Undergoes Sex Reassignment Surgery

The Orissa High Court has recently ordered the General Administration Department of the State Government to change the name and gender of a woman in the property mutation certificate after she changed her gender from female to male by undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS).Giving relief to the petitioner, the Bench of Justice Ananda Chandra Behera held –“Here, in this matter at hand,...

Decree Confirming Possession Can Be Enforced By Evicting Judgment Debtor Who Forcibly Re-Enters: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that an executing Court can order eviction of judgment-debtor from illegally occupying the suit-land even while executing a decree of permanent injunction against him, confirming the possession in favour of the decree-holder, under Order XXI Rule 32 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC).Clarifying the procedure governing the field, the Bench of Justice...

'No Judicial Review Of Bill Before Governor's Assent': Orissa High Court Declines PIL Against Bill Seeking To Hike MLA Salaries

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Odisha Legislative Assembly Members' Salary, Allowances and Pension (Amendment) Bill, 2025 ('the Bill') which is slated to hike the salary of the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) by almost three times, making it the highest for the legislators in the entire country.Holding the challenge to the Bill to...

Civil Court Can Order Police Assistance To Enforce Injunction Orders U/S 151 CPC: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that even though the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) does not contain a specific provision enabling police assistance for enforcing and implementing an order of injunction, still a Civil Court can invoke the inherent power vested in it under Section 151 to order police assistance, if other express provisions are found inadequate to give effect to an...

GST Interest/Penalty Waiver Can't Be Denied For Initial Wrong RCM Payment Through ITC Once Cash Compliance Is Made: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that a GST interest and penalty waiver application filed by the petitioner cannot be rejected merely because a portion of tax liability under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) was initially discharged through input tax credit, subsequently pays the amount in cash and complies with legal requirements. A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice Harish...