Orissa High Court

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Orissa High Court
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;76 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
Authorized 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 Chakradhari Sharan Singh
Since7 February 2024

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

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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 Orissa was formed on 22 March 1912. However, the said new province of Bihar and Orissa was under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court.

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 Orissa 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, Orissa High Court was formally inaugurated.[ citation needed ]

The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.

In an innovative effort, Museum of Justice has been established at Quila Fort, Cuttack inside the historic compound of Barabati Quila (fort), Cuttack. [1]

List of sitting judges in Orissa High Court (Seniority Wise)

#JudgeDate of appointmentDate of retirement
1Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi20 June 201319 July 2024
2Justice Arindam Sinha30 October 201321 September 2027
3Justice Debabrata Dash29 November 201311 October 2024
4Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo2 July 20144 June 2026
5Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra17 April 201517 April 2027
6Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray8 November 201931 January 2032
7Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi10 February 202028 July 2034
8Justice Savitri Ratho11 June 20203 July 2030
9Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo19 October 20216 September 2033
10Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik19 October 202124 October 2032
11Justice Sashikanta Mishra19 October 202116 January 2029
12Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra5 November 202125 February 2031
13Justice V. Narasingh14 February 202218 January 2029
14Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy14 February 202219 August 2028
15Justice Murahari Sri Raman14 February 20227 June 2032
16Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra10 June 202213 November 2029
17Justice Gourishankar Satapathy13 August 202224 April 2034
18Justice Chittaranjan Dash13 August 202211 November 2026
Vacant

List of chief justices of Orissa High Court

#Chief JusticePortraitTerm of office
1 Justice Bira Kishore Ray 26 July 194830 October 1951
2 Justice B. Jagannadha Das 31 October 19513 March 1953
3 Justice Lingaraj Panigrahi 4 March 195321 March 1956
4Justice R. L. Narasimham22 March 195627 December 1964
5Justice Khaleel Ahmed18 January 19655 April 1967
6 Justice Satya Bhusan Barman 6 April 196730 April 1969
7 Justice Gati Krushna Misra 1 May 196930 October 1975
8Justice Siba Narain Sankar1 November 197512 October 1977
9 Justice Sukanta Kishor Ray 13 October 19774 November 1980
10 Justice Ranganath Mishra Ranganath Mishra.png 16 January 198114 March 1983
11 Justice Dambarudhar Pathak 11 August 198328 February 1986
12 Justice Hari Lal Agrawal 1 May 198631 July 1989
13 Justice B. L.Hansaria 22 February 199013 December 1993
14 Justice G. T. Nanavati 31 January 199427 September 1994
15 Justice V. A. Mohta 28 September 199425 April 1995
16 Jusitce S. N. Phukan 2 August 199627 January 1999
17 Justice Biswanath Agrawal 18 November 199918 October 2000
18 Justice N. Y. Hanumanthappa 17 February 200124 September 2001
19 Justice P. K. Balasubramanyan 5 December 200110 March 2003
20 Justice Sujit Barman Roy 9 April 200321 January 2007
21 Justice A. K. Ganguly 2 March 200718 May 2008
22 Justice B. S. Chauhan 16 July 200810 May 2009
23 Justice Bilal Nazki 14 November 200917 November 2009
24 Justice V. G. Gopala Gowda 25 March 201023 December 2012
25 Justice C. Nagappan 27 February 201318 September 2013
26 Justice A. K. Goel Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.png 12 October 20136 July 2014
27 Justice Amitava Roy 6 August 201426 February 2015
28 Justice D. H. Waghela 4 June 201514 February 2016
29 Justice Vineet Saran Justice Vineet Saran.jpg 26 February 20166 August 2018
30 Justice K. S. Jhaveri 12 August 20184 January 2020
31 Justice Mohammad Rafiq 27 April 20203 January 2021
32 Justice S. Muralidhar 4 January 20217 August 2023
33 Justice Subhasis Talapatra 8 August 20233 October 2023
34 Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh 7 February 2024Incumbent

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