Orissa High Court

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High Court of Orissa
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଉଚ୍ଚ ନ୍ୟାୟାଳୟ
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Orissa High Court
20°27′54″N85°51′32″E / 20.4650°N 85.8589°E / 20.4650; 85.8589
Established26 July 1948;77 years ago (1948-07-26)
Jurisdiction Odisha
Location Cuttack, Odisha
Coordinates 20°27′54″N85°51′32″E / 20.4650°N 85.8589°E / 20.4650; 85.8589
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state
Authorised by Constitution of India
Appeals to Supreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory retirement at 62 years of age
Number of positions33 (24 Permanent + 9 Additional)
Website www.orissahighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently Harish Tandon
Since26 March 2025

The Orissa High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.

Contents

The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. It was difficult to administratively manage such a vast area, inhabited by people speaking different languages and having different traditions. Administrative exigencies required separation of such areas which originally did not form part of Bengal. So, the new province of Bihar and Odisha was formed on 22 March 1912. However, the said new province of Bihar and Odisha was under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court.

History

On 9 February 1916, in exercise of the powers under Section 113 of the Government of India Act, 1915, the King of the United Kingdom issued letters of patent constituting the High Court of Patna. Odisha was placed under the jurisdiction of Patna High Court. Although, on 18 May 1916, Circuit Court of Patna High Court for Odisha held its first sitting at Cuttack.

On 1 April 1936, Odisha was made a separate province but no separate High Court was provided for it. The Government of India agreed to create a new High Court, and for that purpose the Government of India issued the Odisha High Court Order, 1948, under the Section 229(1) of the Government of India Act, 1935, on 30 April 1948. Finally, on 26 July 1948, Odisha High Court was formally inaugurated.

The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court had a sanctioned judge strength of 27 which stood increased to 33 by the notification dated 2nd February, 2022. [1]

In an innovative effort, Museum of Justice has been established at, Cuttack inside the historic compound of Barabati Fort, Cuttack. [2]

List of Sitting Judges in Orissa High Court (Seniority Wise)

Source

#JudgeDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementDate of Birth
1Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak21 July 202527 August 202728 August 1965
2Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo02 July 201404 June 20265 June 1964
3Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra17 April 201517 April 202718 April 1965
4Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad12 May 202519 July 202620 July 1964
5Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray08 November 201931 January 203201.02.1970
6Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi10 February 202028 July 203429.07.1972
7Justice Savitri Ratho11 June 202003 July 203004 July 1968
8Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo19 October 202106 September 20337 September 1971
9Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik19 October 202124 October 203225 October 1970
10Justice Sashikanta Mishra19 October 202116 January 202917 January 1967
11Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra05 November 202125 February 203126 February 1969
12Justice V. Narasingh14 February 202218 January 202919 January 1967
13Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy14 February 202219 August 202820 August 1966
14Justice Murahari Sri Raman14 February 202207 June 203208 June 1970
15Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra10 June 202213 November 202914 November 1967
16Justice Gourishankar Satapathy13 August 202224 April 203425 April 1972
17Justice Chittaranjan Dash13 August 202211 November 202612 November 1964
18Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra5 September 20232 May 20303 May 1968
19Justice Ananda Chandra Behera5 September 202329 May 202630 May 1964

List of Chief Justices of Orissa High Court

Source

#PortraitChief JusticeTenureParent High CourtAppointer
(Governor)
1 Justice Bira Kishore Ray.jpg Justice Bira Kishore Ray 26 July 194830 October 19513 years, 96 days Bihar and Orissa High Court Asaf Ali
2 Justice B Jagannadha Das.jpg Justice B. Jagannadha Das 31 October 19513 March 19531 year, 123 days Madras High Court
3 Lingaraj Panigrahi.jpg Justice Lingaraj Panigrahi 4 March 195321 March 19563 years, 17 days Orissa High Court Saiyid Fazl Ali
4 Justice RL Narasimham.jpg Justice R. L. Narasimham 22 March 195627 December 19648 years, 280 days Orissa High Court P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
5 Justice Khaleel Ahmed.jpg Justice Khaleel Ahmed 18 January 19655 April 19672 years, 77 days High Court of Jammu and Kashmir Ajudhia Nath Khosla
6 Justice SB Barman.jpg Justice Satya Bhusan Barman 6 April 196730 April 19692 years, 24 days Orissa High Court
7 Gati Krushna Misra.jpg Justice G. K. Misra 1 May 196930 October 19756 years, 182 days Orissa High Court Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
8 Siba Narain Sankar.jpg Justice Siba Narain Sankar 1 November 197512 October 19771 year, 345 days Delhi High Court Akbar Ali Khan
9 Justice SK Ray.jpg Justice S. K. Ray 13 October 19774 November 19803 years, 22 days Orissa High Court Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
10 Ranganath Mishra.png Justice Ranganath Mishra 16 January 198114 March 19832 years, 57 days Orissa High Court C. M. Poonacha
11 Justice Dambarudhar Pathak.jpg Justice Dambarudhar Pathak 11 August 198328 February 19862 years, 201 days Gauhati High Court
12 Justice Hari Lal Agrawal.jpg Justice Hari Lal Agrawal 1 May 198631 July 19893 years, 91 days Patna High Court Bishambhar Nath Pande
13 Justice BL Hansaria.jpg Justice B. L.Hansaria 22 February 199013 December 19933 years, 294 days Gauhati High Court Yagya Dutt Sharma
14 Justice GT Nanavati.jpg Justice G. T. Nanavati 31 January 199427 September 1994239 days Gujarat High Court B. Satya Narayan Reddy
15 Justice VA Mohta.jpg Justice V. A. Mohta 28 September 199425 April 1995209 days Bombay High Court
16 Justice SN Phukan.jpg Jusitce S. N. Phukan 2 August 199627 January 19992 years, 178 days Gauhati High Court Gopala Ramanujam
17 Justice Biswanath Agrawal.jpg Justice Biswanath Agrawal 18 November 199918 October 2000335 days Patna High Court M. M. Rajendran
18 Justice NY Hanumanthappa.jpg Justice N. Y. Hanumanthappa 17 February 200124 September 2001219 days Karnataka High Court
19 Justice PK Balasubramanyan.jpg Justice P. K. Balasubramanyan 5 December 200110 March 20031 year, 95 days Madras High Court
20 Justice SB Roy.jpg Justice Sujit Barman Roy 9 April 200321 January 20073 years, 287 days Gauhati High Court
21 Asok Kumar Ganguly - Kolkata 2015-03-21 6970.JPG Justice A. K. Ganguly 2 March 200718 May 20081 year, 77 days Calcutta High Court Rameshwar Thakur
22 Justice BS Chauhan.jpg Justice B. S. Chauhan 16 July 200810 May 2009298 days Allahabad High Court Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
23 Bilal Nazki, 2010 (cropped).jpg Justice Bilal Nazki 14 November 200917 November 20093 days High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
24 Justice VG Gopala Gowda.jpg Justice V. G. Gopala Gowda 25 March 201023 December 20122 years, 273 days Karnataka High Court
25 Justice C Nagappan.jpg Justice C. Nagappan 27 February 201318 September 2013203 days Madras High Court
26 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.png Justice A. K. Goel 12 October 20136 July 2014267 days Punjab and Haryana High Court S. C. Jamir
27 Justice Amitava Roy.jpg Justice Amitava Roy 6 August 201426 February 2015204 days Gauhati High Court
28 Justice DH Waghela.jpg Justice D. H. Waghela 4 June 201514 February 2016255 days Gujarat High Court
29 Justice Vineet Saran.jpg Justice Vineet Saran 26 February 20166 August 20182 years, 161 days Allahabad High Court
30 Justice KS Jhaveri.jpg Justice K. S. Jhaveri 12 August 20184 January 20201 year, 145 days Gujarat High Court Ganeshi Lal
31 Justice Mohammad Rafiq.jpg Justice Mohammad Rafiq 27 April 20203 January 2021251 days Rajasthan High Court
32 Justice S. Muralidhar.jpg Justice S. Muralidhar 4 January 20217 August 20232 years, 215 days Delhi High Court
33 Justice Subhasis Talapatra.jpg Justice Subhasis Talapatra 8 August 20233 October 202356 days Tripura High Court
34 Justice CS Singh.jpg Justice C. S. Singh 7 February 202419 January 2025347 days Patna High Court Raghubar Das
35 Justice Harish Tandon.jpg Justice Harish Tandon 6 March 2025Incumbent176 days Calcutta High Court Kambhampati Hari Babu

Judges elevated to Supreme Court of India

Source

#NameDate of Appointment to Supreme CourtRemarks
1Justice Ranganath Misra 15-3-198321st Chief Justice of India
(25 September 1990 - 24 November 1991)
2Justice Radha Charan Patnaik03-12-1991
3Justice Banwari Lal Hansaria 14-12-1993
4Justice Gopala Ballav Patnaik 11-09-199532nd Chief Justice of India
(8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002)
5Justice Deba Priya Mohapatra09-12-1998
6Justice Sailendu Nath Phukan 28-01-1999
7Justice Biswanath Agrawal 19-10-2000
8Justice Arijit Pasayat 19-10-2001
9Justice P. K. Ayer Balasubramanyan 27-08-2004
10Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly 17-12-2008
11Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan 11-05-2009
12Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik 17-11-2009
13Justice Dipak Misra 10-10-201145th Chief Justice of India
(28 August 2017 - 2 October 2018)
14Justice V. G. Gopala Gowda 24-12-2012
15Justice C. Nagappan 19-09-2013
16Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel 07-07-2014
17Justice Amitava Roy 27-02-2015
18Justice Vineet Saran 07-08-2018

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Museum of Justice thrown open to public in Cuttack". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  1. Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
  2. Judge strength in High Courts increased
  3. Orissa High Court website
  4. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/from-list-of-6-sc-collegium-picks-orissa-chief-justice-for-elevation/
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