April to June 2013 For PDF.pmd - Orissa High Court

Swearing-in-Ceremony of Hon'ble Dr. Justice Akshaya Kumar Rath as Judge of Orissa High Court
on 20.06.2013. Hon’ble Shri Justice C. Nagappan, Chief Justice,
Orissa High Court administering the Oath to His Lordship
Swearing-in-Ceremony of Hon'ble Shri Justice Biswajit Mohanty as Judge of Orissa High Court
on 20.06.2013. Hon’ble Shri Justice C. Nagappan, Chief Justice,
Orissa High Court administering the Oath to His Lordship

Swearing-in-Ceremony of Hon'ble Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi as Judge of Orissa High Court
on 20.06.2013. Hon’ble Shri Justice C. Nagappan, Chief Justice,
Orissa High Court administering the Oath to His Lordship
Farewell to Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court
on his Lordship’s retirement.
Editorial Board
Hon’ble Shri Justice M.M. Das
Hon’ble Shri Justice I.Mahanty
Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K.Patel

CHIEF JUSTICE’ RESIDENCE
CANTONMENT ROAD, CUTTACK 753 001
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July 31, 2013
C. NAGAPPAN,
Chief Justice
MESSAGE
I am happy to release the Court News for the quarter April-June, 2013.
New Judgeships of Malkangiri, Deogarh and Jagatsinghpur were
inaugurated during this quarter. 20 Courts of Addl. District & Sessions Judge at
Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Athagarh, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Nayagarh,
Rourkela, Balasore, Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Aska, Koraput, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar,
Jajpur, Baragarh, Dhenkanal, Berhampur and Baripada have been made functional
during this period. That apart, two Family Courts at Dhenkanal and Jeypore and
the court of the Senior Civil Judge at Kujanga have been inaugurated. I am sure
that the new courts would definitely cater to the need of the litigant public.
Elevation of three permanent Judges to the Bench of the High Court
during the period is definitely a remarkable addition to the justice delivery
system.
(C. Nagappan)

CONTENTS
01. Names of Hon’ble the Chief Justice ... 2
and Hon’ble Judges of Orissa High Court.
02. Sanctioned Strength & Vacancies in Orissa High Court. ... 3
03. Institution, Disposal and Pendency of Cases in the High Court ... 3
from 01.04.2013 to 30.06.2013
04. Sanctioned Strength & Vacancies in District & Subordinate Courts ... 3
05. Institution, Disposal and Pendency of Cases in ... 4
District & Subordinate Courts from 01.04.2013 to 30.06.2013
06. Outlines of some recent Orissa High Court Judgments ... 12
07. Major Events ... 25
08. Programmes attended by Hon’ble the Chief Justice & ... 26
Hon’ble Judges of Orissa High Court at the NJA, Bhopal & other places.
09. Activities of High Court Legal Services Committee ... 26
10. Infrastructural Development of the Judiciary ... 26
during the Financial Year 2013-14
11. E-courts Project in Orissa ... 27
12. Activities of Orissa State Legal Services Authority ... 28
13. Activities of Orissa Judicial Academy ... 30

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HON’BLE JUDGES OF THE ORISSA HIGH COURT
HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
Hon’ble Shri Justice CHOCKALINGAM NAGAPPAN, B.Sc.,M.L.
HON’BLE JUDGES
Hon’ble Shri Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Madan Mohan Das, M.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Indrajit Mahanty, LL.M.
Hon’ble Kumari Justice Sanju Panda, B.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Biswanath Mahapatra, M.A., LL.B., PGDTL.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Subhash Chandra Parija, LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Bijaya Krishna Patel, M.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Bijaya Kumar Nayak, LL.M.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, M.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash, LL.M.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Bira Kishore Misra, LL.B.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Raghubir Dash, B.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Dr. Justice Akshaya Kumar Rath, B.Com, LL.M., Ph.D.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Biswajit Mohanty, M.A., LL.B.
Hon’ble Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, B.Com (Hon), LL.M., Ph.D. ****
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Retirement of Hon’ble Shri Justice Bira Kishore Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court
Date of appointment as Addl. Judge of Orissa High Court : 25.01.2011
Date of appointment as Permanent Judge of Orissa High Court : 17.05.2012
Date of retirement : 01.06.2013
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Appointment of Hon’ble Dr. Justice Akshaya Kumar Rath as Judge of Orissa High Court
Date of Birth : 13.11.1957
Date of appointment as Permanent Judge of Orissa High Court : 20.06.2013
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Appointment of Hon’ble Shri Justice Biswajit Mohanty as Judge of Orissa High Court
Date of Birth : 22.10.1960
Date of appointment as Permanent Judge of Orissa High Court : 20.06.2013
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Appointment of Hon’ble Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi as Judge of Orissa High Court
Date of Birth : 20.07.1962
Date of appointment as Permanent Judge of Orissa High Court : 20.06.2013

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SANCTIONED STRENGTH & VACANCIES IN HIGH COURT
(As on 30.6.2013)
Sanctioned Strength Working Strength Vacancies
17 + 5 * = 22 14 3 + 5* = 8
INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND PENDENCY OF CASES IN THE HIGH COURT
(From 1.4.2013 to 30.6.2013)
MAIN CASES
* Addl. Judges
Pendency as on
1.4.2013
Institution during
the period
Total disposal
during the period
Pendency as on
30.6.2013
Civil Criminal Civil Criminal Civil Criminal Civil Criminal
156218 33426 9064 11643 4702 10882 160580 34187
189644 20707 15584 194767
MISC. CASES
Pendency as on
1.4.2013
Institution during
the period
Total disposal
during the period
Pendency as on
30.6.2013
Civil Criminal Civil Criminal Civil Criminal Civil Criminal
153539 1983 8728 2089 3485 1990 158782 2082
155522 10817 5475 160864
TOTAL NO. OF CIVIL & CRIMINAL CASES DURING THE PERIOD (From 1.4.2013 to 30.6.2013)
Civil
Criminal
Opening Balance Institution Disposed of Pending
309757 17792 8187 319362
35409 13732 12872 36269
345166
31524
21059
355631
SANCTIONED STRENGTH & VACANCIES IN
DISTRICT AND SUBORDINATE COURTS (as on 30.6.2013)
*
Sl. No.
Name of the Cadres
1. District Judge
2. Sr. Civil Judge
3. Civil Judge
(including Gram Nyayalayas)
Cadre
Strength
Present
Strength
Vacancies
156 110 46
191 180 11
295 272 23
4. Special Judicial Magistrates 18 10 08
Total 660 572 88

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STATEMENT SHOWING INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL & PENDENCY OF CIVIL & CRIMINAL
CASES IN THE SUBORDINATE JUDICIARY OF THE STATE From 01.04.2013 to 30.06.2013
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
CIVIL SUITS CIVIL APPEALS
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 12132 761 737 12156 1171 44 17 1198
2 Bhadrak 9460 313 229 9544 879 24 12 891
3 Balangir 2245 107 63 2289 358 15 9 364
4 Sonepur 1041 35 36 1040 203 6 3 206
5 Cuttack 10801 663 457 11007 1118 72 24 1166
6 Jagatsinghpur 3830 257 124 3963 243 12 11 244
7 Kendrapara 8172 340 145 8367 135 11 4 142
8 Jajpur 6468 327 142 6653 620 10 4 626
9 Dhenkanal 3230 69 102 3197 279 25 3 301
10 Angul 3537 183 70 3650 144 3 6 141
11 Ganjam 4114 328 213 4229 538 33 22 549
12 Gajapati 305 47 29 323 46 2 5 43
13 Kalahandi 1293 78 79 1292 265 11 5 271
14 Nuapada 386 42 26 402 11 5 3 13
15 Keonjhar 1769 140 81 1828 214 17 8 223
16 Khurda 18521 748 256 19013 700 39 39 700
17 Koraput 651 39 25 665 130 9 6 133
18 Malkanagiri 113 9 5 117 20 1 0 21
19 Nawarangpur 146 17 14 149 110 8 3 115
20 Raygada 295 43 50 288 78 14 5 87
21 Mayurbhanj 5481 262 132 5611 272 29 11 290
22 Phulbani 257 26 35 248 41 6 2 45
23 Boudh 297 30 68 259 27 3 5 25
24 Puri 7356 378 218 7516 1015 47 40 1022
25 Nayagarh 1781 130 63 1848 106 4 6 104
26 Sambalpur 2282 155 55 2382 140 7 8 139
27 Deogarh 154 14 16 152 25 1 0 26
28 Bargarh 2010 179 103 2086 259 10 7 262
29 Jharsuguda 1275 37 24 1288 40 1 0 41
30 Sundargarh 2293 173 74 2392 382 15 24 373
TOTAL 111695 5930 3671 113954 9569 484 292 9761

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Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
CIVIL MISC. APPEALS CIVIL REVISIONS
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 734 34 22 746 20 20
2 Bhadrak 288 23 10 301 7 2 9
3 Balangir 74 8 6 76 29 1 30
4 Sonepur 28 3 2 29 7 7
5 Cuttack 311 29 45 295 11 1 10
6 Jagatsinghpur 232 19 5 246
7 Kendrapara 207 18 10 215 14 3 11
8 Jajpur 354 28 22 360 7 7
9 Dhenkanal 71 9 7 73 3 2 5
10 Angul 37 3 2 38 4 1 3
11 Ganjam 133 11 15 129 26 4 3 27
12 Gajapati 4 4 1 7 2 2
13 Kalahandi 38 4 1 41 3 3 6
14 Nuapada 13 10 23 2 2
15 Keonjhar 97 15 19 93 5 3 1 7
16 Khurda 576 46 55 567 31 4 3 32
17 Koraput 56 5 11 50 10 1 1 10
18 Malkanagiri 7 7
19 Nawarangpur 18 2 16 2 2
20 Raygada 27 1 28 2 2
21 Mayurbhanj 95 14 26 83 16 5 11
22 Phulbani 17 2 19 0 0
23 Boudh 14 3 8 9 1 1
24 Puri 583 34 28 589 28 2 4 26
25 Nayagarh 41 4 3 42 4 1 1 4
26 Sambalpur 42 2 5 39 12 1 11
27 Deogarh 6 2 8
28 Bargarh 66 10 6 70 25 3 28
29 Jharsuguda 17 2 19 16 16
30 Sundargarh 141 6 15 132 8 2 1 9
TOTAL
4327 349 326 4350 295 28 25 298

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EXECUTION PROCEEDINGS M.J.C.s / SPECIAL ACT CASES
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 1097 85 22 1160 4847 602 324 5125
2 Bhadrak 848 10 858 4786 302 165 4923
3 Balangir 619 10 2 627 728 41 21 748
4 Sonepur 163 2 2 163 192 6 15 183
5 Cuttack 2450 91 155 2386 6667 525 366 6826
6 Jagatsinghpur 417 14 431 2501 258 168 2591
7 Kendrapara 361 32 2 391 5197 305 117 5385
8 Jajpur 473 261 4 730 2783 233 507 2509
9 Dhenkanal 1044 37 31 1050 1492 146 57 1581
10 Angul 710 49 14 745 1742 951 48 2645
11 Ganjam 1327 103 20 1410 2070 177 141 2106
12 Gajapati 74 3 1 76 109 29 20 118
13 Kalahandi 215 6 11 210 1011 82 96 997
14 Nuapada 73 73 383 13 69 327
15 Keonjhar 993 86 86 993 551 63 42 572
16 Khurda 2613 104 22 2695 10867 550 316 11101
17 Koraput 364 18 6 376 270 36 8 298
18 Malkanagiri 20 1 21 18 1 0 19
19 Nawarangpur 73 5 1 77 43 28 14 57
20 Raygada 155 16 3 168 122 59 14 167
21 Mayurbhanj 795 22 17 800 827 84 62 849
22 Phulbani 102 5 4 103 82 15 22 75
23 Boudh 70 2 9 63 41 6 14 33
24 Puri 604 57 8 653 3903 302 161 4044
25 Nayagarh 223 9 3 229 595 81 28 648
26 Sambalpur 591 9 600 710 55 21 744
27 Deogarh 91 1 92 100 10 15 95
28 Bargarh 589 22 8 603 303 37 32 308
29 Jharsuguda 279 19 1 297 737 9 3 743
30 Sundargarh 1256 49 56 1249 859 103 68 894
TOTAL
18689 1128 488 19329 54536 5109 2934 56711

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M.A.C.T. CASES SESSIONS CASES
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 1097 155 156 1096 650 114 60 704
2 Bhadrak 571 18 117 472 226 57 46 237
3 Balangir 482 25 26 481 672 43 24 691
4 Sonepur 47 2 45 160 9 15 154
5 Cuttack 7968 340 435 7873 867 153 84 936
6 Jagatsinghpur 1334 102 42 1394 366 34 43 357
7 Kendrapara 495 18 12 501 917 47 35 929
8 Jajpur 667 46 34 679 916 67 58 925
9 Dhenkanal 1110 68 10 1168 281 54 21 314
10 Angul 530 43 22 551 750 52 40 762
11 Ganjam 3294 235 39 3490 2504 109 101 2512
12 Gajapati 62 1 5 58 141 8 10 139
13 Kalahandi 231 30 28 233 176 26 13 189
14 Nuapada 26 2 28 63 14 7 70
15 Keonjhar 1081 41 82 1040 679 77 56 700
16 Khurda 3576 104 197 3483 1265 120 72 1313
17 Koraput 599 50 45 604 346 44 39 351
18 Malkanagiri 35 5 40 101 44 7 138
19 Nawarangpur 196 31 28 199 235 25 44 216
20 Raygada 136 20 4 152 193 35 21 207
21 Mayurbhanj 590 45 57 578 482 65 46 501
22 Phulbani 184 9 7 186 310 84 32 362
23 Boudh 27 3 3 27 99 26 7 118
24 Puri 3950 97 126 3921 1337 143 73 1407
25 Nayagarh 318 28 39 307 584 47 56 575
26 Sambalpur 502 108 52 558 875 51 44 882
27 Deogarh 223 5 3 225 67 11 10 68
28 Bargarh 529 25 16 538 429 63 22 470
29 Jharsuguda 176 10 7 179 286 11 13 284
30 Sundargarh 1409 58 405 1062 760 91 76 775
TOTAL
31445 1722 1999 31168 16737 1724 1175 17286

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CRIMINAL APPEALS CRIMINAL REVISIONS
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 293 38 9 322 172 13 9 176
2 Bhadrak 404 18 4 418 159 12 8 163
3 Balangir 183 10 6 187 117 6 3 120
4 Sonepur 380 6 386 110 5 1 114
5 Cuttack 389 39 23 405 78 19 15 82
6 Jagatsinghpur 135 10 2 143 45 5 10 40
7 Kendrapara 80 7 5 82 69 9 4 74
8 Jajpur 125 3 2 126 70 2 13 59
9 Dhenkanal 78 1 6 73 38 5 6 37
10 Angul 147 9 2 154 75 14 15 74
11 Ganjam 424 34 36 422 219 12 40 191
12 Gajapati 41 11 52 8 4 2 10
13 Kalahandi 267 1 2 266 69 5 9 65
14 Nuapada 32 4 1 35 2 4 1 5
15 Keonjhar 294 38 41 291 39 17 5 51
16 Khurda 370 25 16 379 171 28 14 185
17 Koraput 40 16 1 55 57 9 7 59
18 Malkanagiri 17 2 15 11 3 2 12
19 Nawarangpur 80 2 3 79 27 4 1 30
20 Raygada 77 16 1 92 15 7 3 19
21 Mayurbhanj 105 6 16 95 68 10 13 65
22 Phulbani 91 19 110 28 11 7 32
23 Boudh 5 1 2 4 1 1 0
24 Puri 228 11 17 222 119 11 11 119
25 Nayagarh 167 6 7 166 57 4 5 56
26 Sambalpur 91 2 4 89 55 10 7 58
27 Deogarh 24 5 2 27 2 6 3 5
28 Bargarh 111 8 8 111 91 6 6 91
29 Jharsuguda 37 5 4 38 22 8 8 22
30 Sundargarh 135 15 27 123 50 25 15 60
TOTAL
4850 366 249 4967 2044 274 244 2074

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CRIMINAL MISC. CASES
SPECIAL ACT CASES
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution during
the Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency a
30.06.201
1 Balasore 30 412 396 46 696 109 28 777
2 Bhadrak 66 298 295 69 164 26 11 179
3 Balangir 23 174 170 27 196 6 13 189
4 Sonepur 5 69 71 3 54 6 0 60
5 Cuttack 63 591 545 109 420 36 28 428
6 Jagatsinghpur 32 284 279 37 231 5 19 217
7 Kendrapara 22 160 143 39 149 6 0 155
8 Jajpur 44 193 201 36 168 32 7 193
9 Dhenkanal 45 197 200 42 259 24 5 278
10 Angul 50 209 210 49 476 35 7 504
11 Ganjam 126 785 812 99 452 42 32 462
12 Gajapati 34 127 146 15 117 8 14 111
13 Kalahandi 22 154 137 39 370 28 30 368
14 Nuapada 15 101 93 23 23 4 1 26
15 Keonjhar 130 374 420 84 167 16 14 169
16 Khurda 85 612 594 103 416 512 27 901
17 Koraput 45 233 254 24 66 7 5 68
18 Malkanagiri 15 55 46 24 94 26 5 115
19 Nawarangpur 20 113 114 19 115 2 5 112
20 Raygada 14 137 119 32 46 2 6 42
21 Mayurbhanj 46 291 294 43 113 42 10 145
22 Phulbani 15 126 120 21 17 1 5 13
23 Boudh 4 73 71 6 18 8 2 24
24 Puri 20 340 329 31 275 31 10 296
25 Nayagarh 42 208 218 32 96 4 6 94
26 Sambalpur 64 287 307 44 180 15 32 163
27 Deogarh 5 64 59 10 70 6 1 75
28 Bargarh 25 169 174 20 213 37 11 239
29 Jharsuguda 4 107 109 2 77 4 1 80
30 Sundargarh 60 491 456 95 48 5 4 49
TOTAL
1171 7434 7382 1223 5786 1085 339 6532

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CRIMINAL CASES OF MAGISTERIAL COURTS
Sl. No. Name of the Judgeship
Institution
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on 30.06.2013
Gen. File Trial File Total Gen. File Trial File Total Gen. File Trial File To
1 Balasore 25147 17849 42996 4269 809 2258 3067 25691 18507 441
2 Bhadrak 17353 7409 24762 2697 357 991 1348 18441 7670 261
3 Balangir 11113 7795 18908 1822 1139 435 1574 11416 7740 191
4 Sonepur 3545 1038 4583 332 102 211 313 3605 997 46
5 Cuttack 86458 25140 111598 1511 578 2224 2802 85828 24479 110
6 Jagatsinghpur 16789 3946 20735 358 213 224 437 16848 3808 206
7 Kendrapara 13059 4209 17268 887 347 275 622 13366 4167 175
8 Jajpur 25393 7205 32598 1942 252 533 785 26546 7209 337
9 Dhenkanal 16620 5951 22571 1268 802 517 1319 16586 5934 225
10 Angul 49019 10049 59068 2874 627 359 986 51087 9869 609
11 Ganjam 27034 14477 41511 6733 1941 4292 6233 27657 14354 420
12 Gajapati 9137 1889 11026 1523 188 720 908 9771 1870 116
13 Kalahandi 22018 6267 28285 1315 67 1144 1211 22116 6273 283
14 Nuapada 5883 1636 7519 656 0 497 497 6019 1659 76
15 Keonjhar 15806 6978 22784 1322 174 591 765 16246 7095 233
16 Khurda 112192 11573 123765 10221 4614 3195 7809 114759 11418 126
17 Koraput 15746 7979 23725 1898 678 665 1343 16516 7764 242
18 Malkanagiri 3487 364 3851 484 262 194 456 3491 388 38
19 Nawarangpur 16502 5577 22079 2056 1139 1041 2180 16574 5381 219
20 Raygada 27656 3741 31397 1508 22 1409 1431 27855 3619 314
21 Mayurbhanj 21901 10190 32091 2482 2 815 817 23408 10348 337
22 Phulbani 6831 3003 9834 1132 123 654 777 7103 3086 101
23 Boudh 2062 1210 3272 166 206 79 285 2022 1131 31
24 Puri 22612 8514 31126 2296 182 1503 1685 22968 8769 317
25 Nayagarh 6774 4967 11741 874 240 320 560 6967 5088 120
26 Sambalpur 17225 5054 22279 3908 2407 1444 3851 16354 5982 223
27 Deogarh 2004 2848 4852 700 298 207 505 2119 2928 50
28 Bargarh 20855 5378 26233 1782 150 1641 1791 20542 5682 262
29 Jharsuguda 33645 5092 38737 1205 24 1118 1142 34802 3998 388
30 Sundargarh 57791 13426 71217 2906 179 1783 1962 58628 13533 721
TOTAL
Opening Balance as on 01.04.2013 Disposed of during the Quarter
711657 210754 922411 63127 18122 31339 49461 725331 210746 936

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PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (Vig. + C.B.I.)
Opening Balance
as on 01.04.2013
Institution
during the
Quarter
Disposed of
during the
Quarter
Pendency as on
30.06.2013
1 Balasore 465 11 3 473
2 Bhadrak 0 0
3 Balangir 120 1 1 120
4 Sonepur 0 0 0 0
5 Cuttack 666 16 6 676
6 Jagatsinghpur 0
7 Kendrapara 0 0 0 0
8 Jajpur 0 0 0 0
9 Dhenkanal 0 0
10 Angul 3 0 0 3
11 Ganjam 303 1 5 299
12 Gajapati 0 0
13 Kalahandi 79 4 1 82
14 Nuapada 0 0
15 Keonjhar 130 4 5 129
16 Khurda 749 4 9 744
17 Koraput 153 5 3 155
18 Malkanagiri 0
19 Nawarangpur 0 0
20 Raygada 0 0
21 Mayurbhanj 0 0
22 Phulbani 0 0
23 Boudh 0 0
24 Puri 0 0
25 Nayagarh 0 0
26 Sambalpur 540 12 4 548
27 Deogarh
28 Bargarh 0 0
29 Jharsuguda 0 0
30 Sundargarh 0 0
TOTAL
3208 58 37 3229
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TOTAL NO. OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES IN THE SUB-ORDINATE JUDICIARY
OF THE STATE DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1.4.2013 TO 30.6.2013
Opening Bal. Institution Disposed of Pending
CIVIL 230556 14750 9735 235571
CRIMINAL 956207 74068 58887 971388
GRAND TOTAL 1186763 88818 68622 1206959

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OUTLINES OF SOME RECENT ORISSA HIGH COURT JUDGEMENTS
TIKI @ PRASANT BARIK-V- STATE OF ORISSA
BLAPL NO.29609 OF 2012 (Dt.03.04.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S. 439.
Bail – Offence U/ss.457, 395 I.P.C. – Petitioner prays bail on the ground of Parity as similarly
situated Co-accused released on bail – Factual difference between the two cases – Moreover since bail
granted to the Co-accused is not supported by reasons, the same cannot form the basis for granting bail
to the petitioner on the ground of parity – Petitioner involved in seven other Criminal Cases and accusations
against the petitioner are serious in nature – Held, bail petition is rejected.
(B. N. Mahapatra, J.)
KANHU CHARAN DASH -V- STATE OF ORISSA (VIG.)
CRL.REV. NO.763 OF 2012 (Dt.03.04.2013)
ODISHA PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (CONTROL) ORDER, 2008 – CLAUSE-11
Violation of Clause-11 (i) (b) of the PDS (Control) Order, 2008 would occur where even, after
payment of cost of the commodities and on demand the wholesaler/storage agent failed to supply the
commodities immediately – Unless there is material to show that the storage agent or the wholesaler
deliberately refused or failed to supply the commodities on demand for which price has already been paid,
there cannot be any violation of Clause-11 (i) (d) of the PDS (Control) Order, 2008.
In this case the statement of the retailers show that the petitioner has neither refused nor deliberately
failed to supply the rice and sugar to the retailers but the same was caused due to the difficulties of the
retailers regarding transportation they failed to lift the entire quantity issued in their favour – Held, it can
not be said that the petitioner has violated Clause-11(i) (b) of the PDS (Control) Order, 2008 and therefore
he cannot be charged U/s.7 of the EC Act – Impugned order is set aside and the petitioner is discharged
from the charge leveled against him.
(B. K. Nayak, J.)
DR. TIRUPATI PANIGRAHI & ORS.-V- STATE OF ORISSA
BLAPL NO.2282 OF 2013 (Dt.04.04.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.439.
Bail – Offence U/ss.341, 323, 294, 506, 420, 471 & 34 I.P.C. read with Section 3(1)(x) of the
SC & ST (P.A.) Act.
Petitioners induced public to invest money for residential plots – Complainant and many others
deposited money but not provided with plots in spite of repeated requests – Petitioners not even in
possession of genuine transferable homestead land to sell the investors as per their own promise –
Petitioners with dishonest intention cheated the public and misappropriated their money knowing very well
that they were not in a position to provide land to the applicants – It cannot be said that it is a case of
breach of contract simplicitor and it would not constitute any offence U/ss. 420, 406 I.P.C. – In this case,
although the dispute is Civil or Commercial in nature it contains ingredients of Criminal Offences and
subsequent assurance of the petitioners to handover plots or to refund money with interest would not wash
away the culpability of the petitioners – Held, the application for bail is rejected.
(B. N. Mahapatra, J.)

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KISHORE PALLEI -V- ARUNA KUMAR PANDA.
CRL.REV. NO.161 OF 2012 (Dt.04.04.2013)
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881 – Ss.138, 143
Complaint Case U/s. 138 N. I. Act – In normal Case trial has to be conducted in summary
procedure – Summary procedure may be dispensed with only if the Magistrate in terms of the Second
proviso to Section 143 (1) N.I. Act after hearing the parties passes an order to the effect that the nature
of the case is such that a sentence exceeding one year may have to be passed or for any other reason
it is undesirable to try the case summarily and any departure from such procedure would vitiate the trial
– The passing of an order not to follow the summary procedure of trial may be passed suo motu or on
the application of either of the parties and both parties must be heard before such order is passed – But
where ever evidence from both sides has already been closed or complaints already disposed of, the
matter shall not be re-opened for fresh trial by the Magistrate or as the case may be by the appellate
or revisional Court.
In the present case since evidence from both sides has already been recorded by following summons
procedure direction given by the learned JMFC, Khallikote in the impugned order for denovo trial is
quashed – Learned JMFC is directed to hear arguments and dispose of the complaint case within two
months.
( B. K. Nayak, J.)
SIKSHA ‘O’ ANUSANDHAN, A DEEMED UNIVERITY -V-
COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURE (COA) & ANR.
W.P.(C) NO.2837 OF 2011 (Dt.08.04.2013)
A. EDUCATION – “ Deemed to be University” – Whether it requires permission to open degree
course in Architecture – Held, Petitioner-University being a deemed to be University is not required to
obtain prior approval for opening of degree course in Architecture.
B. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION ACT, 1956 – S.3.
Petitioner-University is a “deemed to be University” – Whether it needs to obtain prior permission
from COA and AICTE for opening/imparting degree course in Architecture – In the absence of any statutory
provision under the Architects Act, 1972 and Rules made there under and in view of clarification made by
the Govt. of India basing on its notification Dt.7.4.2006, the petitioner-University being a “deemed to be
University” is not required to obtain prior approval from the council of Architecture and AICTE for opening
of degree course in Architecture i.e. B. Arch. – Held, impugned letters under Annexures-4 and 6, compelling
the petitioner-University to obtain prior permission to open degree course in Architecture are quashed.
(M. M. Das, J.)
SUBHENDU KUMAR MOHANTY-V- M.D., ORISSA POWER GENERATION CORPN. & ORS.
O.J.C. NO.6874 OF 1996 (Dt.09.04.2013)
SERVICE LAW – Promotion – Preparation of gradation list – Retrospective promotion of O.P.Nos.
4 to 22 to the post of Sr. Asst. Manager in E-2 grade w.e.f. the date they completed three years of service,
dehors Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. Recruitment and Promotion Rules for Executive, 1992
– Re-designation of O.P. Nos.19, 20 and 21 as Sr. Asst. Managers in E-2 grade subsequent to the
petitioner’s appointment as Sr. Asst. Manager in E-2 grade, and placing them in the gradation list above
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issued to O.P.Nos.1 to 3 to consider the Case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Deputy
Manager in E-3 grade from the date his juniors i.e. O.P. Nos.4 to 14 (except O.P. No.10) and 17 were
promoted to the said post and to refix his seniority with all consequential benefits.
(M. M. Das, J & S.C. Parija, J.)
G. DEVENDRA RAO-V- G. PUSPA PRABHA RAO @ DORA & ANR.
CRLREV. NO.553 OF 2012 (Dt.10.04.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.125 (4)
Maintenance – Grant of – Divorced wife can claim maintenance, even though, a decree of divorce
has been passed against the wife on the ground of desertion.
(B. K. Nayak, J.)
SUMITRA DEV & ORS.- V- ISWAR CHANDRA SAMAL & ANR.
M.A.C.A. NO.679 OF 2009 (Dt.15.04.2013)
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 – S.140, 166.
Motor accident – Deceased was working as the helper in the offending Bus – Evidence shows that
the front wheel axle was broken for which the Bus capsized and the deceased fell down and died –
Tribunal held the accident was not taken place due to rash and negligent driving of the driver and
dismissed the claim petition being not maintainable – Hence the appeal.
Held, due to the use of the offending Bus the deceased met with the accident and died and it is
not correct to hold that the death of the deceased was not caused due to negligent driving of the driver
– The claim petition is maintainable and needs fresh adjudication – Impugned order set aside and the
matter is remanded to the claims Tribunal for disposal afresh.
(B. N. Mahapatra, J.)
INDU BEHERA-V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO. 5554 OF 2013 (Dt.16.04.2013)
TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS & TISSUES ACT, 1994 – S.2(i),
r/w Rule 6-F (d) of the Transplantation of Human Organs Rules, 1995.
Kidney transplantation – Unrelated donor – Permission – “Authorization Committee” rejected the
application for non-supply of documents in support of residence proof and there was no cogent reasons
as to why the donor wishes to donate her kidney.
No finding before the Committee that the donor is being exploited and/or there has been any
commercial transaction between the donor and the recipient – Since the donor did not have a photo
identity card the Corporater of Ward No.36 of Cuttack Municipal Corporation identified the donor and
issued a certificate to that effect – The donor and her daughter expressed before this Court to have
donated the kidney out of own volition – Held, there was no justification by the Authorization Committee
to refuse “No objection Certificate” to the donor and the recipient for transplantation of kidney – Direction
issued to O.P.2 DMET (O) to issue “No objection Certificate” for performance of surgery for transplantation
of kidney in Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar in favour of the husband of the petitioner who is to receive a
kidney on donation from Smt. Vijayalaxmi.
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BALARAM DIXIT & ORS.-V- TADIT KUMAR ROUT
W.P.(C) NO.4491 OF 2013 (Dt.17.04.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-8, R-1.
Written statement filed along with a petition U/o-8, R-9 to accept the same – Delay of one year
– No party should ordinarily be denied the opportunity of participating in the proceedings of the Court.-
Nature of the provision contained in Order 8, Rule 1 C.P.C. is procedural and not substantive law – Object
of the provision to expedite the hearing and not to scuttle the same – Petition filed by the defendants that
there was talk of compromise between the Parties, is a good ground for extending time beyond prescribed
limit – Petition filed by the defendants-petitioners to accept the W.S. is allowed on payment of cost before
the Court below.
In this case application filed under O-8, R-9, C.P.C. is not appropriate as the petitioner has not filed
any written statement and as such there is no question of filing of subsequent pleadings.
(S. K. Mishra, J.)
MIR MASUK ALLI & ORS.-V- STATE OF ORISSA.
CRL. REV. NO.126 OF 2013 (Dt.17.04.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.216.
Framing of additional charge U/s. 304-B I.P.C. and Section 4 D.P. Act, challenged – Evidence on
record does not make out a prima facie case that soon before her death the deceased was subjected
to cruelty and harassment in connection with demand of dowry – Three months before her death the
deceased made a solitary phone call to her parents that the petitioners were demanding Rs.3.00 lakhs
as dowry – No material to the effect that any torture or ill-treatment was meted out to the deceased within
that three months – Allegation of harassment in the form of not providing food three months before the
death can not be said to be “soon before death” – Held, impugned order relating to framing of additional
charge U/s.4 D.P.Act is maintained and framing of additional charge U/s.304-B I.P.C. is set aside.
( B. K. Nayak, J.)
THE COMMISSIONER, KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, NEW DELHI & ORS. -V-
V. SATYA NARAYAN MURTY.
W.P.(C) NO.5280 OF 2013(Dt.22.04.2013)
SERVICE LAW – Transfer of employee – Tribunal quashed the order being punitive – Order challenged
– This Court finds that the Opp.Party-employee hesitated to discharge his duty assigned to him – The
action on the part of the petitioner may be a motive for passing the order of transfer but not punitive in
nature or attaching stigma to the Opp.Party – Held, the order of transfer is valid – Impugned order passed
by the Tribunal is set aside.
(M. M. Das, J & B. K. Misra, J. )
SANJEEV KU. SHARMA & ORS.-V- UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.24023 OF 2011 (Dt.24.04.2013)
A. NATIONAL HIGH WAYS ACT, 1956 – Ss. 3-A, 3-C.
Widening/four laning of National High Way No.203 – Notification for land acquisition – Petitioner
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Gopika Seva Mission and others is not correct since they filed objection within the statutory period and
the alignment of the original plan was changed in the second notification – Petitioners land finds place
in the first and second notifications which are vitally required for completion of the above project – Moreover
none of his land is homestead - Held, the importance of the project i.e. completion of National High Way
No.203 from Bhubneswar to Puri having great public interest, especially, keeping in view the fact that the
Nabakalebar of Lord Jagannath is due in the early part of 2015 for which the NHAI have taken all
necessary steps to complete the National High Way to accommodate more than 50 lakh people to visit
Puri during the said period – Writ petition is dismissed.
(C. Nagappan, CJ & Indrajit Mahanty, J.)
BISWA RANJAN MOHANTY -V- STATE OF ODISHA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.7825 OF 2013 (Dt.24.04.2013)
TENDER – Petitioner challenged Auction notice published in the Daily “Sambad” Dt.19.03.2013 for
settlement of annual lease of black granite mines belonging to Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri.
In this case opening of tenders have been held on 02.04.2013 and the petitioner filed the writ petition
on 04.04.2013 – Auction notice does not violate Odisha Miner Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 – Since
the petitioner did not participate in the auction bids, he has no locus standi, even, to bring any challenge
to the terms and conditions of the tender after the auction has been concluded – Writ petition merits no
consideration.
(C. Nagappan, CJ & Indrajit Mahanty, J.)
MANAGEMENT OF CUTTACK MUNICIPAL CORPORATION -V-
WORKMAN SRI SRADHAKAR MOHANTY & ANR.
W.P.(C) NO.6849 OF 2009 (Dt.24.04.2013)
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947 – S. 2(oo) (bb)
Retrenchment of Workman – Non compliance of Section 25-F of the I.D. Act – Labour Court directed
reinstatement and to pay 25% towards back wages – Order challenged – Held, since compensation in
lieu of reinstatement is proper to a daily wager who has completed 240 days of work preceding from the
date of termination and this Court in exercise of the jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of
India modified the impugned award and directed the petitioner-management to pay a sum of Rs.80,000/
- as compensation to the O.P. No.1-Workman in lieu of reinstatement.
(Sanju Panda, J.)
BISHNU CHARAN MOHANTY -V- MANAGEMENT OF
M/S. SARALA WEAVERS COOPERATIVE SPINNING MILLS LTD.
W.P.(C) NO.16007 OF 2006 (Dt.24.04.2013)
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947 – S.2 (oo) (bb)
Retrenchment – Workman engaged in the establishment of the management for a period of two
years – While working as such he was arrested by police on the allegation of theft – After acquittal the
workman submitted his joining report but he was not allowed to resume duty as his engagement was not
against a regular post – Labour Court came to the conclusion that there was no employer and employee
relationship between the parties – Held, workman not entitled to any relief.
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KAMALA BISWAL & ORS. -V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.18522 OF 2012 (With Batch) (Dt.24.04.2013)
ODISHA PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (CONTROL) ORDER, 2008 – CLAUSES 6, 7
Petitioners are sub-wholesalers of Kerosene – Government issued instructions not to extend their
licence period – Action challenged – Government took the policy decision to change the three tier system
of distribution i.e. wholesaler, sub-wholesaler and fair price shop retailer – In order to provide superior
quality of Kerosene at a lower price Government decided to abolish the intermediary tier of sub-wholesalership
- So it cannot be said that the Government creates a class amongst class – In the other hand appointment
of sub-wholesaler is not a mandatory requirement under the O.P.D.S. (Control) Order 2008 – Held, in the
absence of materials of mala fides this Court cannot interfere with the policy decision of the Government
and the action of the Government cannot be held to be violative of Article 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution
of India – Impugned decision of the Government is neither unreasonable nor arbitrary nor discriminatory
– Writ petition is devoid of merit hence dismissed.
(C. R. Dash, J.)
SUDHAKAR NAYAK & ANR.-V- STATE OF ORISSA.
CRLA. NO. 154 OF 2004 (Dt.24.04.2013)
N.D.P.S. ACT, 1985 – S. 20(b) (ii) (c)
Conviction U/s.20 (b) (ii) (c) N.D.P.S. Act - Conviction challenged on the ground that P.W.4 having
conducted search, seizure and arrested the appellants should not have proceeded with the investigation
in order to ensure fair play and impartiality – No provision in the Criminal Procedure Code as well as in
the N.D.P.S. Act which precluded the seizing officer from taking up the investigation – No material to show
that the prosecution against the appellants was initiated as a result of any malice on the Part of P.W.4
– Held, appellants are not entitled to an order of acquittal.
(B. K. Misra, J. )
MANOJ KU. NAYAK & ANR.-V- GUNA MOHANTY & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.24781 OF 2012 (Dt.25.04.2013)
A. CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-39, R-1 & 2
Interim injunction – Court is required to consider prima facie case, balance of convenience and in
convenience irreparable loss so also the conduct of the party while considering interim order of injunction.
In this Case defendant Nos.4 and 5 claim title and possession over Lot No.II property which were
executed on 4.2.1986, 17.2.1997 and 7.3.2001 – In the mean time multi-storied buildings have been
constructed on a part of the suit land and apartments of the building have been sold to a number of
persons who are in possession – So in view of the sale made long back and entries made in the ROR
and lands having been converted in OLR proceedings it cannot be held that the plaintiff has established
a prima facie case – The entries in the ROR and construction of multistoried building have titled balance
of convenience in favour of defendant Nos.4 and 5 – Any interference with such balance shall result
inconvenience and irreparable loss to the defendants 4 & 5 – Moreover the plaintiff has slept over her right
for a long period and filed the suit in the year 2012 so her conduct does not permit any equitable relief
in her favour – Held, the impugned order of status quo relating to the lands under suit Schedule Lot No.II
is not sustainable – Order passed by both the Courts below so far it relates to maintenance of status
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B. HINDU LAW – Joint family – Sale of undivided share in joint family property by a Coparcener
– Right of the purchaser – It is well settled that transfer by one of the Co-owners remains valid to the
extent of the share of the transferor – The Co-owner can transfer his undivided interest in a joint property
and the transferee acquires right to enforce the sale.
(B. K. Patel, J.)
KALYANI MOHANTY -V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NOS.15667/2011 & 7952/2008 (Dt.26.04.2013)
SERVICE LAW – Anganwadi worker – Promotion – In view of Odisha Children and Women’s Welfare
Service Rules, 1989, as amended in 2007, the petitioner deserves to be promoted from the post of
Anganwadi worker to the post of supervisor – Preparation of Gradation list by the authorities placing O.P.4
to 10 above the petitioner although they have passed matriculation after the petitioner – Gradation list
challenged - O.P.2 & 3 have not produced the service records of the petitioner - Experience certificate
issued by CDPO, Bramhagiri in favour of the petitioner Dt. 4.1.2008 reveals that the petitioner was working
as Anganwadi worker from 30.10.1979 to 31.5.1993 as per acquaintance roll - There was no proceeding
or any allegation against the petitioner and it cannot be said that she was engaged afresh in July, 1983
– Held, direction issued to O.P.2 & 3 to correct the service record of the petitioner by accepting her
engagement as Anganwadi worker from 31.10.1979 instead of 21.7.1983 and correct the gradation list of
the petitioner from Anganwadi worker to the post of supervisor.
(Sanju Panda, J. )
PRANABALLAV MAHAKUD -V- STATE & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.8700 OF 2013 (Dt.29.04.2013)
TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUES ACT, 1994- S.2 (i)
Kidney transplantation – Petitioner unable to get a “near relative” donor but obtained consent from
a non-relative donor – SCB Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack did not refer such case to the Authorization
Committee for consideration on the ground that in the certificate of Registration granted to it and other
hospitals limiting such certificate to the “related transplantation only” – Hence the writ petition.
There is no pre-requisite that transplantation of Kidney can only be permitted from the related donor
– When the proposed donor and the recipient are not “near relative” the Authorization Committee shall
evaluate and ensure that no commercial activities are proposed between them – Held, imposition of the
condition in the certificate of Registration granted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack and
other such hospitals limiting such certificate in to the “related transplantation only” is opposed to Law
which stands deleted from the certificate of Registration – Direction issued to O.P.3 to evaluate the donor
strictly in terms of the Act, 1994 and the application may be forwarded immediately to the Authorization
Committee for their consideration.
(C. Nagappan, CJ & Indrajit Mahanty, J.)
ANITA KUMARI PANDA & ORS. -V-
CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS, C.H.S.F., ODISHA & ANR.
W.P.(C) NO.16511 OF 2012 (Dt.01.05.2013)
EXAMINATION – Political science paper in +2 Arts – Flying Squad detected malpractice in respect
of 11 students but recommended for cancelling of result of 164 Candidates – Notification cancelling the
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In this case 30 pages of incriminating materials were found from one of the windows of the
examination Centre which might have thrown by one of the students or some of the students of that hall
– It does not justify mass malpractice – Examination Committee has not properly applied its mind either
to the report of the Flying Squad or to the facts and circumstances of the case while taking the drastic
decision – Held, impugned notification relating to cancellation of Political science paper is quashed except
11 candidates who were found to be resorting to malpractice – Result of other students except those 11
candidates be published within four weeks – Action be taken against those 11 students in accordance
with law.
(C. R. Dash, J. )
BATAKRUSHNA SETHY & ORS. -V- MUKTILATA KAR & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.181 OF 2011 (Dt.02.05.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-7, R-11 (d)
Suit for declaration filed in 2007 – Court fee exempted as plaintiffs are “Dhoba” by Caste – During
trial plaintiff No.5 deposed that he adopted Christianity in the year 1984 – He became a Christian within
the meaning of Paragraph-3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1956
and he cannot be deemed to be a member of the Scheduled Caste – So even if plaintiff No.5 produced
a Caste Certificate issued by a Revenue Officer showing that he belongs to Scheduled Caste has lost
its validity – Held, direction issued by the trial Court to the plaintiff to pay Court fee on the valuation of
the suit calls for no interference by this Court.
(B. K. Misra, J.)
SIB PRASAD KANHAR-V- STATE OF ODISHA
BLAPL NO.2768 OF 2013 (Dt.02.05.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.439
BAIL – Offence U/ss.8, 20 (b) (ii) (c) of the N.D.P.S. Act, 1985 – There must be reasonable ground
for the Court to believe that the petitioner is not guilty of such offence and he is not likely to commit any
offence while on bail - Held, prayer of the petitioner to be released on bail on the ground of parity as
the Co-accused is released on bail, has no substance – Prayer for bail is rejected.
( Raghubir Dash, J.)
BISHNU CHARAN MOHANTY & ANR.-V- RAHAS BIHARI DAS & ORS.
CIVIL REVISION NO.43 OF 2004(Dt.03.05.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-21, R-99 & 100,
Application for restoration of suit land – Dispossession took place on 20.08.1986 and petition for
restoration filed on 23.02.1987 i.e. after 30 days of the dispossession – Maintainability – Admittedly
neither the plaintiff nor the defendants brought to the notice of the Court that the Opp.Parties have
purchased the land in question from their predecessor in interest – Such concealment amounts to fraud
on the Court – Only after she came to know about her dispossession from other source she filed
application for restoration of the property in her favour – Held, the period of limitation will run from the date
of her knowledge and not from the date of dispossession from the property in question – No scope for
interference with the impugned orders passed by the Courts below.
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SMITA SINGH-V- BISHNU PRIYA SINGH & ORS.
CRL.REV. NO.1236 OF 2009(Dt.06.05.2013)
PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005 –S.29
Appeal – Orders which scuttle the rights of the applicants to get relief under the Act or bring the
proceeding to an end at the threshold must be held to be appealable U/s.29 of the Act – Held, the order
impugned in this revision being appealable U/s.29 of the Act, the Criminal Revision is dismissed and liberty
is given to the petitioner to challenge the order in appeal.
(B. K. Nayak, J.)
RATNAKAR SAHU-V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
CRLMC. NO.687/10 & 594/09.(Dt.06.05.2013)
CRIMINAL TRIAL – Dowry death case – Trial Court dispensed with charge sheet witnesses - Order
challenged by the informant – Locus standie – No provision in Cr. P.C. giving power to a trial Court to
dispense with examination of charge sheet witness unless he/she is declared by the prosecution – Held,
impugned order is set aside – Direction issued to the trial Court to take all steps to procure the attendance
of the Medical officer and Investigating officer for their examination in the trial.
(C. R. Dash, J.)
SARAT PRADHAN & ANR. -V- STATE OF ORISSA.
CRLA NO.385 OF 2010 (Dt.08.05.2013)
NARCOTIC DRUGS & PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCE ACT, 1985 – S.20 (b)
Prosecution failed to establish that Ganja has been seized from the conscious and exclusive
possession of the appellants – No neighbouring witnesses have been examined in support of the prosecution
case that the appellants were the occupants of the house from which contraband Ganja was recovered
– No evidence to show that the appellants were dealing in Ganja and had stored Ganja – No unimpeachable
evidence to support the prosecution case – Held, conviction and sentence imposed on each of the
appellants set aside.
( B. K. Misra, J.)
M/S. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO.LTD., KATHAJODI ROAD,
CUTTACK-V-NIM INDRAJIT SINGH & ANR.
F.A.O. NO. 167 OF 2011 (Dt.10.05.2013)
(A) MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 : S. 147
Death of “Helper” of the offending bus – “Any Person” mentioned in Section 147 of M.V.Act, does
not cover the employees other than those mentioned in sub-clauses (a), (b) & (c) of Proviso (i) to Section
147(1) of the Act, i.e., the driver and conductor of the vehicle – However the owner of the vehicle is free
to secure a policy of insurance providing wider coverage and in that event the liability would cover beyond
the requirement of the above provision.
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Company also covers the other two employees besides the statutory liability of driver and conductor –
Held, the commissioner is justified in holding that the appellant-Insurance Company is liable to pay the
compensation awarded to the legal heir of the deceased-Helper.
(B) EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 : S. 115
Estoppel – Insurer neither pleaded nor produced any evidence regarding the policy condition before
the Tribunal – Held, in the absence of ay pleading the insurer is estopped to raise any plea in the appeal
that in the insurance policy the liability of Helper is not covered – Learned Commissioner is justified to
fasten liability on the Insurance Company to pay compensation to the claimant-respondent No. 1 for the
death of the Helper.
(C) WORKMENS COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 : S. 4-A (3)
Payment of Interest – No appeal filed by the claimant – Whether the insurere is laible to pay
interest in the event of default that too with retrospective effect – Held, yes – Direction issued to the
Insurance company to pay simple interest on the amount of compensation @ 7.5% per annum from the
date of filing of the application till the date of passing of the award and interest at the rate of 12% P.A.,
thereafter till the compensation amount is deposited before the commissioner.
(B.N.Mahapatra, J.)
SATSANGHA KENDRA, BARAMUNDA -V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.20511 OF 2011 (Dt.14.05.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-1, R-10
Impletion of party – Person who has direct interest in the subject matter of litigation can be
impleded as a party.
In this case although there is no material on record to show that the 3 rd party-interveners are
necessary parties having direct interest in the suit property the learned trial Court has allowed their prayer
which is challenged in this writ petition – Not a single Scrap of paper has been produced in bolstering
their claim – Learned trial Court has not at all discussed in the impugned order as to how their impletion
would help the Court in proper adjudication of the suit – The impugned order is very cryptic and nonspeaking
– Learned Court below did not apply its judicial mind and conscience while deciding to implead
them which definitely has caused prejudice to the plaintiff – Held, the impugned order is set aside –
Direction issued to the Court below to proceed with the suit if pleadings are complete.
(B. K. Misra, J.)
PRASANNA KUMAR RAM -V- NABAKISHORE RAM & ORS.
R.F.A. NO.6 OF 2009 (Dt.14.05.2013)
HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956 – S.8
Scheme of succession to the property of a Hindu dying intestate – Heirs specified in Class-I took
simultaneously to the exclusion of all other heirs – A Son’s son was not mentioned as an heir under Class-
I of the Schedule so he could not get any right in the property of his grand father under the provision –
The right of a son’s son on his grand father’s property during the life time of his father which existed under
Hindu law as in force before the succession Act, was not saved expressly by the Act and therefore the
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In this case Lot No-1 and Lot No.2 property are ancestral properties in the hands of defendant No.1,
father of the plaintiff and in view of the above provision the plaintiff cannot have any interest in the said
properties when his father defendant No.1 is alive and he can not question the alienation of Lot No.1
property by defendant No.1 to defendant No.2 as the said property devolved on defendant No.1 in his
individual capacity and not as “Karta” of his family after the death of his father – Held, suit for partition
filed by the plaintiff has been rightly dismissed by the Court below.
(B. K. Misra, J. )
ABHITOSH DEBATA & ANR.-V- STATE OF ORISSA.
CRLMC NO.2696 OF 2012 (Dt.15.05.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.482
Cognizance taken for the offences U/ss. 341, 323, 307, 354, 506 & 34 I.P.C. – Quashing of – All
the offences are compoundable except offence U/s.307 I.P.C. – Injury sustained on the informant was
simple in nature and none of the ingredients of an offence U/s.307 I.P.C., even prima facie, exists in the
present case – The informant-Russian Couple submitted a petition for compromise before the P.S. amicably
settling the dispute against the petitioners – No useful purpose would be served by continuing the above
proceeding as there is a bleak chance of conviction – Held, in the ends of justice Criminal Proceeding
is quashed.
(Indrajit Mahanty, J.)
ABINASH SAMAL –V- GITIPUSPA SAMAL
MATA NOS. 90, 91 & 92 of 2011 (Dt. 17.05.2013)
HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 – S. 13(1) (ia)
Mental Cruelty – Ground of divorce – No strait jacket formula for determining mental cruelty –
Parties remain separate for more than six years – No feelings or emotions towards each other – Respondent-
Wife filed large number of cases against the appellant-husband and in one of such cases the parents of
the appellant arrested and taken into custody – Such conduct of the wife proves mental torture on the
husband – since matrimonial bond between the parties ruptured, there is hardly any chance of reunion
– No fruitful purpose will be served by refusing a decree of divorce by dissolving the marriage between
the parties – Held, impugned judgement u/s 13 of the Act is set aside – Marriage between the parties
stands dissolved and decree of divorce is passed – Order of permanent injuction against the appellanthusband
injuncting him to re-marry is set aside – Award of monthly maintenance of Rs. 2000/- per month
be reduced to Rs. 1000/- per month payable from 12-08-2009 till April, 2013 and upon passing of the
decree of divorce the husband shall Pay Permanent alimony of Rs. 3,00,000/- to the wife.
(M. M.Das, J & B. K.Misra, J.)
ASHOK KUMR PRUSTY-V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.3415 OF 2004 (Dt.17.05.2013)
SERVICE LAW – Petitioner an N.M.R. employee – Apprehending termination he filed a writ petition
earlier, where in direction issued to the O.P.-Corporation to take up his case for regularization – Letter
issued to him to Opt for V.R.S. – Action challenged – Petitioner’s case for regularization not considered
where as his juniors have been retained in service – Filing of false affidavit by OLIC – Held, Direction
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order directing the petitioner to Opt for V.R.S. is quashed and direction issued for payment of all arrears
– Proceeding be initiated against the Law Officer of OLIC for filing of false affidavit.
(M. M. Das, J & B. K. Misra, J. )
SK. ANISOOR RAHEMAN & ORS.-V- STATE OF ORISSA & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.27424 OF 2011 (Dt.17.05.2013)
ODISHA POLICE MANUAL - RULE 667.
Appointment of temporary constables – Not against permanent vacancies – To observe them
permanently their suitability within the meaning of Rule 667 (5) of the Odisha Police Manual is required
to be considered and they must undergo the normal selection process.
In this case the petitioners were appointed as temporary Constables for a few days but not against
permanent vacancies so merely because of their temporary appointment they cannot be observed
permanently – Held, no infirmity in the impugned orders passed by the Tribunal calling for any interference
by this Court.
(M. M. Das, J & B. K. Misra, J.)
LAXMI NARAYAN MOHAPATRA & ORS. -V- ROTARY CLUB, BHADRAK & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.30034 OF 2011 (Dt.31.05.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-1, R-10
Impletion of Party – A person is a necessary party if in his absence no effective decree can be
passed – He is a proper party if his presence is necessary for an effectual and complete adjudication of
the lis.
In this case issues involved in the suit relates to the claim of the O.P.1 as a lessee over the suit
land – The interveners–petitioners can possibly have no say in such a matter – Even if their prayer would
be allowed that will unnecessarily prolong the litigation – The petitioners have failed to establish if they
have any direct interest in the suit property – Held, the impugned order rejecting the prayer for impletion
of party calls for no interference.
(B. K. Misra, J. )
LALITA DASHI -V- ACHYUTANANDA DAS & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO.1159 OF 2011 (Dt.31.05.2013)
CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 – O-1, R-10
Impletion of party – The Opp.Party No.1-intervener, prima facie, appears to have direct interest in
the subject matter of litigation – “Direct interest” means direct in the issues between the plaintiff and the
defendant – A person is legally interested in the question involved on the suit only if he can show that
it may lead to a result that may affect him legally, that is curtailing his legal rights – Held, the learned
District Judge has rightly allowed the prayer for impletion of O.P.1 as a defendant in the suit which calls
for no interference.
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BASIL LAKRA V. STATE OF ORISSA
JCRLA NO.21 OF 2004 (Dt.27.06.2013)
PENAL CODE, 1860 – S.376 (2) (f)
Rape – Appellant sentenced to R.I. for life and to pay fine of Rs.10,000/- and in default to undergo
R.I. for six months – Reduction of sentence – Victim was less than 12 years and the appellant was 45
years at the time of occurrence – Both belong to Schedule Tribe community and reside in the remote back
ward area of the State – Not warranted maximum sentence prescribed – This Court has also taken note
of that the appellant is a poor tribal and is not in a position to pay such huge amount of fine which is
not disputed by the State – Held, sentence of life imprisonment is modified to R.I. for 10 years and the
appellant is exempted from payment of fine.
(Sanju Panda, J. & Dr. B.R.Sarangi, J.)
TACHHU @ KACHHU ROUT & ORS. -V- JAYANTI BISWAL & ANR.
CRLMC NO.(S) 2187 & 2188 OF 2008 (Dt.28.06.2013)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973 – S.482
Case and counter case filed by co-villagers and the matter has been amicably settled between them
– The object of Penal Law is not merely punitive and one of the objects is to maintain peace and harmony
in the society – Since the parties do not want to prosecute each other it would not be in the interest of
justice to continue the criminal proceedings – Held, the impugned criminal proceedings are quashed.
(Dr. B. R. Sarangi, J.)
M/S. HOTEL SHEELA TOWERS (P) LTD. -V-
ORISSA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION & ORS.
W.P.(C) NO. 266 OF 2008 (WITH BATCH) (Dt.28.06.2013)
ODISHA ELECTRICITY REFORMS ACT, 1995 : S.39
Hotel Industry – As per Industrial Policy Resolutions 1996, hotels supplied power by charging
industrial tariff rate – Such incentive not available in I.P.R. 2001 and 2007 – Order passed by OERC Dt.
22.03.2005 reclassifying the petitioner hotel as commercial tariff instead of industrial tariff is challenged
– Held, since the benefits the petitioners are getting under I.P.R. 1996, not extended to them, it is open
for the petitioners to challenge the order of the OERC u/s 39 of the Act.
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MAJOR EVENTS
1. Inauguration of the Family Court at Dhenkanal
Family Court at Dhenkanal was inaugurated by Hon’ble Kumari Justice Sanju Panda, Judge, Orissa
High Court on 22.6.2013 in presence of local Judicial Officers and Members of the Bar.
2. Inauguration of the Court of District & Sessions Judge at Deogarh and Laying of Foundation Stone
of A.D.R. Building in the Court premises at Sundargarh.
The Court of District and Sessions Judge Judge at Deogarh was inaugurated by Hon’ble Shri Justice
B.K.Patel, Judge, Orissa High Court on 20.4.2013 in presence of local Judicial Officers, Members of
the Bar and M.L.A.
Also His Lordship laid the foundation of A.D.R. Building in the Court premises at Sundargarh on 21.4.2013.
3. Inauguration of the Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge at Athagarh.
The Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge at Athagarh was inaugurated on 8.4.2013 by Hon’ble Shri
Justice B.K.Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court in presence of local Judicial Officers and Bar Members.
4. Inauguration of the Court of District & Sessions Judge at Malkangiri and A.D.R. Centre at Jeypore
Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K.Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court inaugurated the Court of District and Sessions
Judge at Malkangiri on 20.4.2013 in presence of local Judicial Officers and Members of the Bar.
Also His Lordship inaugrated the A.D.R. Centre in the Court premises at Jeypore on 21.4.2013.
5. Inauguration of the Court of District & Sessions Judge at Jagatsinghpur.
The Court of District and Sessions Judge Judge at Jagatsinghpur was inaugurated by Hon’ble Shri
Justice B.K.Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court on 17.5.2013.
6. Opening of different Courts in the State.
• Opening of the Court of A.D.J., Puri ... 01.04.2013
• Opening of the Court of A.D.J., Cuttack / ... 08.04.2013
• Jagatsinghpur / Athagarh / Bhubaneswar /
Khurda / Nayagarh / Rourkela / Balasore /
Bhadrak / Sambalpur / Keonjhar / Aska /
Koraput / Jharsuguda
• Opening of the Court of A.D.J., Jajpur ... 22.04.2013
• Opening of the Court of A.D.J., Bargarh / ... 27.05.2013
Dhenkanal / Baripada
• Opening of the Family Court at Jeypore ... 26.06.2013
• Opening of the Court of Civil Judge (SD), Kujanga ... 29.06.2013
7. Launching of Website of District Court, Khurda at Bhubaneswar
Launching of Website of District Court, Khurda at Bhubaneswar was held on 20.04.2013. Hon’ble Shri
Justice M.M. Das, Judge, Orissa High Court attended the said occasion.
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Hon’ble Chief Justice & Hon’ble Judges of Orissa High Court
participating Programmes/ Courses at the N.J.A., Bhopal and other places
Sl. No.
Names of the Hon’ble Judges
1. Hon’ble Shri Justice
C.Nagappan, Chief Justice
2. Hon’ble Shri Justice
P.K.Mohanty
3. Hon’ble Kumari Justice
Sanju Panda
Period
4.4.2013
20.4.2013
&
21.4.2013
20.4.2013
&
21.4.2013
15.5.2013
Topics
Attended the Chief Justices’ Conference
at New Delhi
Attended NALSA’S Eleventh All India
Meet of State Legal Services Authorities
at Chennai
Attended NALSA’S Eleventh All India
Meet of State Legal Services Authorities
at Chennai
Attended the programme
at N.J.A., Bhopal
4. Hon’ble Shri Justice
B.K.Patel
2.6.2013
to
4.6.2013
Participated in the Judicial Dialogue on
HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Asia
and the Pacific organized by UNAIDS
Secretariat, UNDP. and ICJ
at Bangkok (Thailand)
ACTIVITIES OF HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
1. The 13 th High Court Mega Lok Adalat was held on 06.04.13 in which Hon’ble Shri Justice P. K. Mohanty,
Executive Chairman, Odisha State Legal Services Authority, Hon’ble Shri Justice M. M. Das, Chairman,
High Court Legal Services Committee, Hon’ble Shri Justice B. N. Mohapatra, Hon’ble Shri Justice S. K.
Mishra and Hon’ble Shri Justice Raghubir Dash, Judges of the Hon’ble Court presided over the Lok Adalat
Benches. In the above Lok Adalat 181 number of Cases were disposed of which includes MAC Appeals,
Writ Petition and Land Acquisition cases by way of Compromise. The General Insurance Companies
agreed to pay Rs.2, 76,61,000/- (Two crore Seventy Six Lakh sixty one thousand only) as compensation.
2. During the period under report, 23 applicants have been provided with the benefit under the scheme of
Legal Aid and Advice by the High Court Legal Services Committee to file and defend their cases in the
Hon’ble High Court.
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INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUDICIARY
DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-14
The State Government in their Home Department have proposed to provide funds amounting to
Rs.75,00,00,000/- under State Plan for infrastructural development of the Judiciary during the financial year
2013-14. Out of the said amount, a sum of Rs.69,00,00,000/- has been ear-marked for non-residential projects
and the balance funds amounting to Rs.6,00,00,000/- for residential projects. The current year budget includes
construction of 15 numbers of District Court Buildings for newly created Judgeships and two other District Court
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e-Courts Project in Odisha
In our State a Steering Committee under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Shri Justice M.M. Das and Hon’ble
Shri Justice I. Mahanty, Hon’ble Shri Justice S.C.Parija and Hon’ble Shri Justice S.K. Mishra as members
thereof, is monitoring the implementation of the e-Courts project with the assistance of the Central Project
Coordinator, Shri R.K.Pattanaik.
The scope of e-Courts project is to develop, deliver, install and implement automated decision making and
decision support system in the district and subordinate courts of the state with the help of e-Committee Supreme
Court of India.
The objectives of the project are:
To help judicial administrations of the courts in streamlining their day-to-day activities
• To assist judicial administration in reducing the pendency of cases
• To provide transparency of information to the litigants
• To provide access to legal and judicial databases to the judges.
The state judiciary, configured to 115 court complexes, consists of 423 courts situated in different parts
of the state.
The following progress have been achieved in the state under e-Courts project
1. Site preparation of 115 Court complexes is completed.
2. Delivery and installation of hardware have been progressively made.
3. About 476 judicial officers are provided with laptops and printers.
4. 41 nos. of Diesel Generator sets are already provided while further 48 nos. of Diesel Generator sets are
ordered to be delivered.
5. 14 nos. of System Officers and 28 nos. of System Assistants have been deployed at District level to
provide the technical support.
6. Successful data entry is going on at 104 Court Complexes.
PRESENT STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF “E-COURTS PROJECT”
No. of Court
Complexes
DG Set
Delivered
DG Set
Ordered
Site/Lan
Survey
completed
Lan
Material
Delivered
Lan
Material
Installed
Hardware
(PC)
Delivered
Hardware
(PC)
Installed
Software
Rollout
Data Entry
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ACTIVITIES OF ORISSA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
1. Lok Adalats
(i) At State Level
During the period from April, 2013 to June, 2013, 04 State Level Lok Adalats were held one each
at Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak, Puri and Balasore on 20.4.2013, 27.4.2013, 4.5.2013 and 22.6.2013 respectively,
in which, 757 number of cases were disposed of which consisted Matrimonial -284 and MACT-473. A sum
of Rs.9,25,73,147/- was awarded as compensation in the above MACT cases.
Further, a Special State Level Lok Adalat for disposal of matrimonial and other cases was also held
at Balasore on 20.4.2013, wherein, in total 2047 number of cases were disposed of on conciliation which
comprised of Civil-440, Compoundable Criminal cases-1219, Matrimonial-385 and MACT-03. A sum of
Rs.1,28,590/- towards Criminal fine was realized in the above Criminal cases and Rs.6,45,000/- was
awarded as compensation in the MACT cases.
(ii) At High Court Level
During the above period, the High Court Legal Services Committee has organized
a Mega Lok Adalat on 06.4.2013 in the High Court Premises in which, 181 number of cases have been
disposed of which consisted of Motor Accident Claim Appeals-86, Land Acquisition Cases-14 and OJC/
W.P.(c)-81. A sum of Rs.2,76,61,000/- has been awarded towards compensation in the above Motor
Accident Claim Appeals.
(iii) At District & Taluk Levels
During the above period, 186 no.of District and Taluk Level Lok Adalats have been organized in the
State of Odisha by the field units i.e. 30 District Legal Services Authorities and 73 Taluk Legal Services
Committees. In the above District and Taluk Level Lok Adalats, in total 35,304 no.of cases have been
disposed of which consisted of Civil-563, Compoundable Criminal Cases-17,790, Revenue-14,463
Matrimonial-14 Bank-2187, BSNL-180 , Labour-02, Consumer-02 and MACT- 103. A sum of Rs.25,05,033/
- towards Criminal fine and Rs.71,32,394/- as Revenue have been collected in the said Lok Adalats.
Further, a sum of Rs.2,16,27,500/- has been awarded towards compensation in the above Motor Accident
Claim Cases.
2. Permanent Lok Adalats(PUS)(U/s.22-B of the L.S.A.Act.,1987)
During the above quarter, 359 number of cases relating to Public Utility Services were registered
in the Thirteen Permanent Lok Adalats, out of which, 331 no. of cases were disposed of.
3. Activities of Mediation Centres
Training and Awareness Programmes
With a view to evaluate the impact of mediation training and awareness programmes, the Mediation
& Conciliation Project Committee, Supreme Court of India has selected Berhampur and Puri in Odisha
for the pilot programme.
A ‘one day discussion programme’ was held at Berhampur on 13.4.2013 and Puri on 14.4.2013
respectively involving the Referral Judges, Advocate-Mediators and Co-ordinator and staff of Mediation
Centre. The above programme was graced by Hon’ble Mr.Justice Madan B.Lokur, Judge, Supreme Court
of India & Member, MCPC.

Similarly, another ‘Awareness Programme and Refresher Course for the Referral Judges and
Advocates-Mediators’ was also held at Berhampur on 11.5.2013 and at Puri on 12.5.2013 by the
Mediation Conciliation Project Committee involving Advocate-Mediators, Referral Judges and Bar Members
of Puri and Berhampur. Master Trainers of Delhi Mediation Centre deputed by Mediation & Conciliation
Project Committee had attended as Resource Persons for both the programmes.
Further, another Awareness Programme for Referral Judges Training and Refresher course
for Advocate-Mediators was also organised on 29.6.2013 at Berhampur & on 30.6.2013 at Puri involving
the participants such as Advocate-Mediators, Referral Judges and Bar Members of Puri and Berhampur
Bar Associations. Mr.Alok Aggarwal & Mr.V.K.Bansal, Judicial Officers, Ms.Anupam Dhingra, Master
Trainer of Delhi Mediation Centre deputed by Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee had attended
as Resource Persons for both the programmes.
During the above period, 239 no. of cases were referred by the different Courts to the Mediation
Centres of the State for mediation, out of which, 183 no.of cases were disposed of and in 51 no.of cases
mediation becomes successful.
4. Legal Literacy/Awareness Campaign
During the above quarter, the field units i.e 30 District Legal Services Authorities and 73 Taluk Legal
Services Committees organized 282 no.of Legal Literacy/Awareness Camps in relation to Pre-Natal Sex
Selection and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act, Women and Children in need of care and
protection, MGNREGA Camps, awareness camps on the rights of women and on Protection of Women
from Domestic Violence (PWDV) Act, awareness programmes against child labour and different social
schemes of the Government, as per National Planof Action for 2013-14 & Calendar of Activities of NALSA.
5. Legal Aid Beneficiaries
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Free Legal Aid and assistance has been provided to 1019 number of beneficiaries, which comprised
of SC-142, ST-82, OBC-117, Women-347, Children-01, In-custody-102 and other weaker sections of the
Society-228.
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ORISSA JUDICIAL ACADEMY, CUTTACK
DETAILS OF PROGRAMME WITH NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
(RANKWISE) ORGANIZED
DURING THE PERIOD FROM 01.04.2013 TO 30.06.2013
Sl. Date of Name of the programme No. of Officers/ Present
No. programme
(Rank Wise) Nominated
Participants
1. 08 th to 12 th Training Programme for Public Prosecutors. 30/22 P.Ps. & Addl. P.Ps.
Apr. 2013
2. 20 th & 21 st ADR with reference to Sec. 89 C.P.C. 25/18 ADJ=3, CJM=5,
Apr. 2013
Sr. C.J =5, JMFC/
CJ - 5
3. 27 th & 28 th Sec. 139 Negotiable Instrument Act 25/22 SDJM=11, JMFC=11
Apr. 2013
4) 4 th May, Protection of Child Rights Commission Act 20/17 DJ= 16, ADJ = 1
2013 2005 read with protection of Children from
Sexual Abuse Act 2012
5) 14 th to 17 th Training Programme for Public Prosecutors. 30/23 Asst. P.Ps.
May. 2013
6) 18 th & 19 th Criminal Adjudication - Cases in 25/21 SDJM=11,JMFC=10
May, 2013 Magisterial Courts
7) 28 th to 15 th Induction Training for newly recruited . 05/05 ADJ = 05
June, 2013 Addl. Dist. Judges through direct recruitment
8) 04 th to 07 th Training Programme for Public Prosecutors 30/28 Asst. P.Ps.
June, 2013
9) 22 nd & 23 rd Two days Awareness-cum-training Prog. on 20/20 All are holding
June, 2013 UBUNTU Special Category
Posts Judicial
Officers
N. B. :
1 A Special Session was addressed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. K. Patnaik, Judge, Supreme Court of India
on 18.05.2013. His Lordship interacted with the newly recruited Judicial Officers on the topic “ Judicial
Decorum” and explained the necessity of quality required of a Judge and also explained the procedure
for dispensation of justice. Finally, His Lordship reminded them of their oath and to go by the Rule of Law
to uphold the majesty of Law by acting fearlessly.
2. A Special Session was addressed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Gopala Gowda, Judge, Supreme Court of
India on 11.05.2013 on the topic “Constitution vis-à-vis Criminal Law”. It was basically an interactive Session
with the newly recruited Judicial Officers wherein His Lordship deliberated on Social Justice to Common
man in a welfare State.
3. New Legislation like Protection of Child Rights Commission Act, 2005 and Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act, 2012 have been deliberated in extra programmes on the request of State Government
in Women & Child Development Department.

Inauguration of Court of the Judge, Family Court at Dhenkanal on 22.06.2013
by Hon’ble Kumari Justice Sanju Panda, Judge, Orissa High Court
Inauguration of Court of the District & Sessions Judge at Deogarh on 20.04.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Patel, Judge, Orissa High Court

Inauguration of Court of the District & Sessions Judge at Malkangiri on 20.04.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court
Inauguration of Court of the District & Sessions Judge at Jagatsinghpur on 17.05.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court
Inauguration of Court of the Addl. District & Sessions Judge at Athagarh on 08.04.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Misra, Judge, Orissa High Court

Laying of Foundation Stone of ADR Centre at Sundargarh on 21.04.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice B.K. Patel, Judge, Orissa High Court.
Launching of Website of District Court Khurda at Bhubaneswar on 20.04.2013
by Hon’ble Shri Justice M.M. Das, Judge, Orissa High Court