Madras:17/9/17:Lawyers should ensure that they do not suffer from the “disease of adjournment” and procrastinate the progress of cases, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said.In his address at the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Madras High Court Heritage Buildings, Justice Misra also said “punctuality is facet of rule of law”. “All of us, members of the bench and ...

Bhubaneswar:6/9/17: The hearing of the litigation relating to the alleged poll fund irregularities of CM Naveen Patnaik was deferred today with a sitting judge of Orissa High Court referring the matter to the Chief Justice. Declining to adjudicate the case any further, Justice SK Mishra called from constitution of a separate bench for the hearing of the case. Alleging irregularities and ...

Bhubaneswar:18/7/17: The Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Odisha capital today sentenced former CMD of chit fund firm Micro Finance Ltd (MFL) Durga Prasad Mishra to three years rigorous imprisonment (RI). Further, the court ordered Mishra to deposit Rs 215 crore with it for payment of compensation to duped investors failing which it would attach his properties. Earlier, ...

Puri:13/7/17: In a meeting of the managing committee of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) held today, former chief of SJTA Suresh Mohapatra has been asked to submit a report in 3 weeks in connection with Brahma Paribartan fiasco. The meeting was chaired by Puri Gajapati Maharaj Dibyasingh Deb. “The managing Committee has asked former SJTA Chief to submit the report ...

Coimbatore:20/6/17;Almost six weeks after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest for contempt of court, Justice CS Karnan, who retired last week, was arrested today at Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore by the West Bengal Police. He will be flown to Chennai tonight, brought to Kolkata tomorrow and sent to Presidency jail. Asked if Justice Karnan would first be produced in court in ...

Cuttack:8/5/17; In a major development in the Seashore chit fund scam, Orissa High Court today granted bail to Prashant Das, the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in three of the cases filed against him. After conducting hearing on the three cases filed from Koraput, Jeypore and Semiliguda areas, HC granted unconditional bail to Prashant. Notably, Prashant Das, CMD of Seashore ...

Bhubaneswar:27/4/17;The7th Pay Commission’s recommendations is likely to submit its report tomorrow. Earlier, the fitment committee was supposed to submit its report on February 28 which was extended by 2 months. With the extended deadline ending an important meeting of the committee is scheduled tomorrow to review the draft prepared by the committee. ccording to sources, the draft has been prepared ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha and Indonesia share age-old historical and civilsational links. People of Kalinga were the pioneers in Indian colonization in farther India, particularly in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the then Burma. Indian traders, adventurers, teachers and priests were the dominating influence in South-East Asia. Hinduism and Buddhism both spread to these regions from India and for many centuries existed there with ...

Sundargarh: Hundreds of tribals marched in a rally on 12th Nov from Stadium and gheraoed the district collectorate demanding implementation of the 5th scheduled constitutional provision in the district. The protest rally was organised under the umbrella banner of Sundargarh Zilla Adiwasi Mulwasi Bachao Manch(SZAMBM) under which a number of community based tribal sangathans from all the blocks across the ...