Orissa HC Allows Premature Withdrawal Of Post Bank Fixed Deposit For Marriage, Says Hindu Law Recognises It As 'Necessity'

The Orissa High Court has ordered the Post Bank to allow a woman to prematurely withdraw/encash a sum of money, which she had invested in fixed deposits, in order to bear the expenses of a marriage in the family.Refuting the stance of the bank that no such premature withdrawal is permissible, the Bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad was of the opinion that marriage is recognised as...

S. 250(1) BNSS | POCSO Accused Can File Discharge Application Within 60 Days Of Receiving Police Papers: Orissa HC Issues Directions

Filling a legislative gap concerning interplay of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ('BNSS') and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ('POCSO Act') regarding limitation period for filing a 'discharge application', the Orissa High Court has held that an accused under the latter enactment can prefer an application seeking discharge under Section 250(1) of the BNSS within...

Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Denied On Hyper-Technical Medical Terminology When Cause Of Death Falls Within Eligible Diseases: Orissa HC

A Division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice S.K. Sahoo and Justice S. S. Mishra held that when medical records from a premier government hospital clearly establish that the deceased employee suffered from cardiac and kidney ailments and died due to cardiac arrest, such death falls within the diseases specified under the Compassionate Appointment Scheme and the company...

Unfair To Generalise That Wives Are Breeding A Class Of Idle Women To Burden Husbands To Pay Maintenance: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court recently observed that unless there is clear material evidence of income or actual prospects of earning, it would be 'unfair' to generalize that educated wives intentionally avoid working only to saddle their husbands with liability to pay maintenance A bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy, while dismissing a revision petition filed by a husband against...

'Railway Strictly Liable For Death Of Passenger': Orissa High Court Grants ₹9.23 Lakh Compensation For Man's Death Due To Sudden Train Jolt

“Beneficial legislation must be given effect to in a manner that heals, not in a manner that harms,” the Orissa High Court recently remarked while directing the Railway Department to pay compensation to the kin of a deceased person who succumbed to the fatal injuries sustained during a train travel in the year 2006.Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi criticised the railway department for...

Orissa High Court Dismisses Review Plea Challenging Exoneration Of Ex-Registrar General From Disciplinary Action

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday (September 17) dismissed a review petition, filed by the High Court through its administrative side, against a May, 2025 judgment which exonerated a former Registrar General from disciplinary actions for registering a suo moto case without obtaining permission from the then Chief Justice.A Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo...

Orissa High Court Dismisses Challenge To Debarment Of Govt Teachers From Acting As Registrars Of Muslim Marriages

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the decision of the State Government to revoke/rescind the licenses issued in favour of serving teachers of government/aided schools to act as Registrars of Muslim marriages and divorces.Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad was apprehensive about feasibility on the part of such teachers to give “absolute commitment”...

Orissa High Court Flags 'Ego' Of State Functionaries In Not Executing Consent Decree Passed By Supreme Court In 1992, Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost

“Delayed justice is egregious form of human rights violation,” the Orissa High Court recently remarked while imposing an exemplary cost of rupees two lakh on the State for its apathy in not executing a clear order passed by the highest Court of the land more than three decades back.Drawing curtains to almost five-decade-old “relentlessly fought legal battle”, the Single Bench of...

Clause 18 Of Vivad Se Vishwas-II Scheme Is Mandatory If Claim Satisfies Twin Test: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court, while hearing an appeal u/s 37 of the A&C Act, a Writ Petition filed by the Respondent for directions to the Appellant to consider the offer made under appeal, observed Vivad se Vishwas II (contractual disputes) scheme (“the scheme”), observed that Clause 18 of the scheme is mandatory in nature. The bench of Justice Sanjeeb K. Panigrahi observed that...

Orissa High Court Waives Bail Condition Stipulating One Surety To Be Relative Of Accused, Calls It 'Onerous'

The Orissa High Court has waived a bail condition imposed by a Sessions Court requiring the accused to furnish two sureties, one of whom must be his 'kin/relative', on the ground that putting such 'onerous' condition defeats the purpose of bail.A single bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy also held that putting such conditions which are impossible to comply is against the intention of...

Orissa High Court Upholds Eviction From Jagannath Temple Land; Says Long Occupation Or Aadhar Cards Only Show Residence, Not Ownership

The Orissa High Court has held that 'Amrutamanohi land' belonging to the deity Lord Jagannath cannot be settled in favour of illegal occupants/encroachers only because it is in their possession for decades and they have government identity proofs with the said land.Dismissing the challenge to eviction notice as well as rejection of representation for settlement of land, a single bench of...

Low Vision Candidates Not Eligible For Assistant Agriculture Engineer Post If Not Identified Under PwD Notification : Orissa HC

A Division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo held that Candidate with low vision disability cannot claim selection for the post of Assistant Agriculture Engineer when the disability is not identified as suitable for the post under the Government notification issued under Sections 32 & 33 of the...