Orissa High Court

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High Court of Orissa
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଉଚ୍ଚ ନ୍ୟାୟାଳୟ
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Orissa High Court
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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]

Chief Justice and Judges

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

Former Chief Justices

Source

#PortraitChief JusticeTenureParent High CourtAppointer
(Governor)
1 Justice Bira Kishore Ray.jpg Justice Bira Kishore Ray 26 July 194830 October 19513 years, 96 days Patna High Court Asaf Ali
2 Justice B Jagannadha Das.jpg Justice B. Jagannadha Das 31 October 19513 March 19531 year, 123 daysOrissa High Court
3 Justice Lingaraj Panigrahi 4 March 195321 March 19563 years, 17 daysOrissa High Court Saiyid Fazl Ali
4 Justice RL Narasimham.jpg Justice R. L. Narasimham 22 March 195627 December 19648 years, 280 daysOrissa High Court P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
5 Justice Khaleel Ahmed.jpg Justice Khaleel Ahmed 18 January 19655 April 19672 years, 77 days Patna High Court Ajudhia Nath Khosla
6 Justice SB Barman.jpg Justice Satya Bhusan Barman 6 April 196730 April 19692 years, 24 daysOrissa High Court
7 Gati Krushna Misra.jpg Justice G. K. Misra 1 May 196930 October 19756 years, 182 daysOrissa 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 daysOrissa High Court Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
10 Ranganath Mishra.png Justice Ranganath Mishra 16 January 198114 March 19832 years, 57 daysOrissa 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 Kerala 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 2025Incumbent307 days Calcutta High Court Kambhampati Hari Babu

Judges elevated as Chief Justice

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Orissa. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Orissa High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Orissa High Court but does not have Orissa as their Parent High Court.

NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirement [a] TenureTransferred as CJ to HC ofRef..
As JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs Judge [b]
Bachu Jagannadha Das Justice B Jagannadha Das.jpg Orissa26 July 194831 October 19513 March 1953 [†] 1 year, 124 days4 years, 226 days-- [3]
Lingaraj Panigrahi Orissa26 July 19484 March 195320 March 19563 years, 17 days7 years, 239 days--
Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham Justice RL Narasimham.jpg Orissa26 July 194821 March 19562 August 196812 years, 135 days20 years, 8 days Patna
Satya Bhusan Barman Justice SB Barman.jpg Orissa3 February 19586 April 196730 April 19692 years, 25 days11 years, 87 days--
Gati Krushna Misra Gati Krushna Misra.jpg Orissa30 January 19621 May 196931 October 19756 years, 184 days13 years, 275 days--
Sukanta Kishore Ray Justice SK Ray.jpg Orissa25 October 196713 October 19775 November 19803 years, 24 days13 years, 12 days--
Ranganath Misra Ranganath Mishra.png Orissa4 July 196916 January 198114 March 1983 [†] 2 years, 58 days13 years, 254 days--
Jugal Kishore Mohanty Sikkim 12 July 197821 January 19864 January 19892 years, 350 days10 years, 177 days-- [4]
Braja Nath Misra Sikkim 5 January 198120 January 19908 November 19922 years, 294 days11 years, 309 days-- [5]
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik Justice G.B. Pattanaik.jpg Patna 1 June 198319 May 199510 September 1995 [†] 115 days12 years, 102 days-- [6]
Deba Priya Mohapatra Allahabad 18 November 198316 February 19968 December 1998 [†] 2 years, 296 days15 years, 21 days--
Arijit Pasayat Kerala 20 March 198920 September 199918 October 2001 [†] 2 years, 29 days12 years, 213 days Delhi
Radha Krishna Patra Sikkim 22 June 19929 July 200323 November 20041 year, 138 days12 years, 155 days--
Ananga Kumar Patnaik Chhattisgarh 13 January 199414 March 200516 November 2009 [†] 4 years, 248 days15 years, 308 days Madhya Pradesh
Prafulla Kumar Mishra Patna 17 January 199612 August 200916 September 200936 days13 years, 243 days--
Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra.jpg Patna 17 January 199623 December 20099 October 2011 [†] 1 year, 291 days15 years, 266 days Delhi
Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra Manipur 16 January 199910 July 20149 June 20161 year, 336 days17 years, 146 days--
Pradip Kumar Mohanty Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty.jpg Jharkhand 7 March 200224 March 20179 June 201778 days15 years, 95 days--
Indrajit Mahanty Rajasthan 31 March 20066 October 201910 November 20223 years, 36 days16 years, 225 days Tripura [7]
Sanjaya Kumar Mishra Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra.jpg Jharkhand 7 October 200920 February 202328 December 2023312 days14 years, 83 days-- [8]
Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi.jpg Jharkhand 20 June 20135 July 202419 July 202415 days11 years, 30 days-- [9]
Sangam Kumar Sahoo Patna 2 July 20147 January 2026Incumbent1 day11 years, 190 days--
  1. ↑ this inlcudes date of resignation, death and Elevation to supreme court
  2. ↑ also includes tenure as Chief Justice

Judges elevated to Supreme Court of India

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Orissa. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Orissa High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Orissa High Court but does not have Orissa as their Parent High Court.

#Name of the JudgeImageDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureImmediately preceding office
In Parent High CourtIn Supreme CourtIn High Court(s)In Supreme CourtTotal tenure [a]
1 Bachu Jagannadha Das Justice B Jagannadha Das.jpg 26 July 19489 March 195326 July 19584 years, 226 days5 years, 140 days10 years, 1 day 2nd CJ of Orissa HC
2 Ranganath Misra Ranganath Mishra.png 4 July 196915 March 198324 November 199113 years, 254 days8 years, 255 days22 years, 144 days 10th CJ of Orissa HC
3Radha Charan Patnaik18 September 19813 December 199130 May 1992 [†] 10 years, 76 days180 days10 years, 256 daysJudge of Orissa HC
4 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik Justice G.B. Pattanaik.jpg 1 June 198311 September 199518 December 200212 years, 102 days7 years, 99 days19 years, 201 days 27th CJ of Patna HC
5Deba Priya Mohapatra18 November 19839 December 19982 August 200215 years, 21 days3 years, 237 days18 years, 258 days 35th CJ of Allahabad HC
6 Arijit Pasayat 20 March 198919 October 200110 May 200912 years, 213 days7 years, 204 days20 years, 52 days 20th CJ of Delhi HC
7 Ananga Kumar Patnaik 13 January 199417 November 20092 June 201415 years, 308 days4 years, 198 days20 years, 141 days 19th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
8 Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra.jpg 17 January 199610 October 20112 October 201815 years, 266 days6 years, 358 days22 years, 259 days 26th CJ of Delhi HC
  1. ↑ Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge

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.
  3. ↑ National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa). "Former Chief Justices | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Profile : J. K. Mohanty".
  5. ↑ National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa). "Former Judge | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  6. ↑ National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa). "Former Judges | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  7. ↑ National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa). "Former Judge | Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Profile : S. K. Mishra".
  9. ↑ "Profile : B. R. Sarangi".
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