Orissa High Court
'Advocate General Is Not A Mere Messenger': Orissa High Court Says AG Office Shouldn't Advise Non-Implementation Of Orders Without Stay
The Orissa High Court has expressed disappointment over a letter issued by the office of the Advocate General asking officials to refrain from implementing an authority's order merely because a writ petition was filed and pending against such order. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 88]Clarifying the settled legal position that mere filing of a writ petition does not render the decision of lower...
'Judicial Harakiri': Orissa High Court Criticizes Magistrate For Ignoring Direction To Decide Maintainability Of Cheque Bounce Case
The Orissa High Court has criticized a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) for dismissing a petition seeking to decide the preliminary question of maintainability of a cheque bounce case brought under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the 'NI Act'), despite a clear direction from the High Court to decide the same. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 89]A Bench of Justice V. Narasingh...
Orissa High Court Orders ₹30,000 Compensation For Man's Prima Facie Illegal Arrest Through Forged NBW
The Orissa High Court has ordered payment of ₹30,000 as compensation to a 63-year-old man after finding that he was prima facie illegally arrested and detained on the basis of a counterfeit non-bailable warrant (NBW). [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 87]The Court also directed separate enquiries by the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Bhubaneswar and the Deputy Commissioner of Police...
OTT Fame Shalini Passi Moves Orissa High Court To Quash Criminal Case For Posting Jagannath Temple's Inner Premise Photo
Reality television personality and art collector Shalini Passi has filed a petition before the Orissa High Court seeking to quash the cognizance order and the impending criminal proceeding registered against her for capturing photo of Lord Jagannath temple's inner premise and posting the same through her Instagram handle.As per the prosecution allegations, an FIR was registered under Section...
Maintenance Granted Under HAMA Can't Be Enhanced Under Section 127 CrPC: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that a Family Court cannot exercise its jurisdiction under Section 127 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to enhance maintenance amount when the original maintenance order was passed under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA). [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 86]While setting aside the impugned order which was passed on such jurisdictional error, the...
Giving Inadequate Grounds Doesn't Automatically Vitiate Arrest Unless Accused Is Prejudiced: Orissa High Court Cites 'Sonam Raghuvanshi' Case
The Orissa High Court has held that the police furnishing inadequate grounds of arrest to the arrestee may not always vitiate the arrest, and it is vitiated only when such communication of inadequate grounds causes prejudice to the arrestee. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 85]While explaining the difference between “non-communication of reasons of arrest” and “inadequate communication of reasons...
Orissa High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Torching Vehicles Near High Court Premises
The Orissa High Court has granted bail to a woman who, in March this year, threw a burnt bottle containing petrol towards the High Court premises as a result of which four vehicles parked nearby the boundary wall caught fire and were damaged.Considering the fact that the accused-petitioner is a lady who has a five-year-old son, the Bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy...
Degree From Unauthorized Institution Is Invalid But Not Fraud Unless Active Role Of Candidate Proved: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has come to the rescue of a government employee who was demoted from his post allegedly for submitting fake/fictitious certificate to prove his qualification.Delineating the difference between a fictitious/fabricated degree and a degree conferred by an unauthorized institution, the Division Bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad (now retired) and Justice Chittaranjan...
LiveLaw Orissa High Court Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 1-66]Sarfaraz Khan & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 1Priyam Pratham Sabat v. State of Odisha, 2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 2Pabana @ Prabhakar Sahu @ Pabana Sahu & Ors. v. State of Odisha, 2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 3Union of India & Ors. v. K. Manoj Patra & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 4Jayanti Biswas & Ors. v. State of Odisha & Ors.,...
Impossible To Satisfy Every Litigant, Judge's Morality Should Be Governed By Sensible Sections Of Society: Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad Retires
The Orissa High Court held a Full-Court Reference on Friday (July 17) to bid farewell to Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad, the third senior-most Judge of the High Court, upon his superannuation from office with effect from July 19, 2026.The event, which was chaired by Chief Justice Harish Tandon, saw attendance of the Judges of the High Court, Justices R. Nataraj and E.S. Indiresh of the...
