The Orissa High Court clarified and upheld the principles for awarding compensation to railway accident claimants, directing an enhanced compensation

The Orissa High Court reaffirmed that writ intervention against eviction from public premises under the OPP(EUO) Act, 1972 is permissible

The Court holds that violation of natural justice cannot be justified on the “useless formality” ground when the very basis

The Orissa High Court reaffirmed that criminal proceedings grounded in civil or contractual disputes lacking basic criminal ingredients are liable

The Orissa High Court reaffirmed that alternative remedies under Section 22 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, do not

The judgment summarily disposes of a batch of writ petitions without entering into the merits or recording substantive findings, thereby

The Court held that a second petition under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC cannot be dismissed by simply citing the

The Orissa High Court holds that, where a breach of audi alteram partem is alleged, the test of prejudice remains

The High Court answers that the Section 25 exemption cannot be invoked by carpentry operations involving electrical or mechanical sawing

Odisha High Court clarifies that for properties situated in areas of the State that were part of ex-princely states (“Gadajat

The Orissa High Court reaffirms that while exercising powers under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure in matrimonial

Orissa High Court reaffirms that in ex-princely (Gadajat) districts, mutation proceedings can be initiated on un-probated wills; probate is not