Orissa High Court expresses concern about alleged custodial abuse of fiancée of Army officer 

Orissa High Court expresses concern about alleged custodial abuse of fiancée of Army officer 

The Odisha Police on Tuesday ordered an investigation by the State Crime Branch. File photo The Orissa High Court on Wednesday expressed its concern over the alleged custodial abuse of a woman, the fiancée of a serving Army officer, who had gone to a police station in Bhubaneswar to lodge a complaint in a road … Read more

Second contempt petition in Orissa High Court as government fails to make Puri Jagannath temple disabled friendly

Second contempt petition in Orissa High Court as government fails to make Puri Jagannath temple disabled friendly

A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent disability right activist and a quadriplegic himself filed a second contempt petition in Orissa High Court following State government’s failure to provide wheel-chair bound devotees access to 12 th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, despite the court twice ordering to … Read more

CBI notice to ex-HC judge Quddusi bad in the eyes of law, says court

CBI notice to ex-HC judge Quddusi bad in the eyes of law, says court

Calling it “bad in the eyes of law”, a special CBI Court has scrapped a notice issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to retired Orissa High Court judge IM Quddusi, who stands charge-sheeted by the agency on charges of corruption in the medical college bribery scandal. Vide the said notice, issued in February, … Read more