Vidushi Vats The Orissa High Court has issued a directive to the chief secretary, urging doctors across the state to adopt capital letters or legible handwriting when preparing postmortem reports and prescriptions. This instruction, issued on January 4, stems from Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V On November 29th, the Supreme Court ruled that it is “illegal” to offer relief to an accused for a short time and that it violates their right to liberty when a court determines that the accused person Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Orissa High Court has ordered the government to take action against an advocate for his contemptuous conduct in attempting to manhandle a government counsel in an open court. The incident took place during the hearing of a Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the Orissa High Court affirmed the conviction of a brother for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old sister, leading to her pregnancy. The case was adjudicated by a single Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Orissa High Court concluded that consensual physical relations between two people cannot be constituted as rape even if the promise of marriage was broken. Justice R K Pattanaik quashed the rape charge of a man, who was Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar who is the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, officially opened 50 more paperless courts in 23 districts around Odisha. Judges from the High Court and Justice Subhasis Talapatra, Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence and Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, Orissa High Court put a stay on the Goods and Service Tax (GST) demand subject to deposit of tax as the GST Tribunal is not constituted. Justice B.R. Sarangi and Justice M.S. Raman observed in the case Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India reserved its judgment in a plea that was discussing the power of the Bar Council of India (BCI) to regulate matters pertaining to enrolment as an advocate. Advocate Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal This has been recently observed by the Orissa High Court by ruling in a case that Section 409A of IPC is often misused by wives to pressure their husband’s family. In the instant case, a woman approached the Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V Muslims cannot adopt minor children as per their personal law but must follow the adoption procedures under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, held by the Orissa High Court. The Division Bench made Read more