Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad Sworn-In As Judge Of Orissa High Court

Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad has been sworn in as a Judge of the Orissa High Court on Monday (May 12).

Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tandon administered the oath of office to Justice Shripad, a former Judge of Karnataka High Court, who was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium to be transferred last month to the Orissa High Court. The Centre notified his transfer on May 1. 

Justice Dixit was enrolled as an advocate in July 1989. He predominantly practised in the High Courts of Karnataka and Madras, specializing in Law of Writs, Election Laws and Service Laws. He also appeared before the Service/Administrative Tribunals of different States. He was appointed as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Election Commission of India and also as an Additional Central Government Standing Counsel in 1999.

He has also served as Standing Counsel for the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Karnataka Veterinary Sciences University, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and National Institute of Unani Medicines. He was engaged as Amicus Curiae in certain matters before by the High Court of Karnataka. He was a Panel Counsel for a few Nationalized Banks as well.

In 2014, he was appointed as the Assistant Solicitor General and he continued as such till his elevation to the Karnataka High Court as a Judge on February 14, 2018. Justice Dixit has been a part of several important judgments, including the Hijab ban judgment (2022).

He is now the fourth senior-most Judge of the Orissa High Court, who is set to demit his office on July 19, 2026. On the first day of his office, he will share a Division Bench with the third senior-most Judge Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra.