Orissa High Court
Encyclopedia
The Orissa High Court is the High Court
of the state of Orissa
. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.
The seat of the court is Cuttack
. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.
High Courts of India
India's unitary judicial system is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the national level, for the entire country and the 21 High Courts at the State level. These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories...
of the state of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. It was established on 3 April 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948.
The seat of the court is Cuttack
Cuttack
Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Orissa, India. It is the headquarters of Cuttack district and is located about 20 km to the north east of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa. The name of the city is an anglicised form of Kataka that literally means The Fort, a reference to the...
. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.
Former Chief Justices
| # | Chief Justice | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bira Kishore Ray | 26 July 1948–30 October 1951 |
| 2 | B.Jagannadha Das | 31 October 1951–3 March 1953 |
| 3 | Lingaraj Panigrahi | 4 March 1953–21 March 1956 |
| 4 | R. Laxman Narasimham | 22 March 1956–27 December 1964 |
| 5 | Khaleel Ahmed | 18 January 1965–5 April 1967 |
| 6 | Satya Bhusan Burman | 6 April 1967–30 April 1969 |
| 7 | Gati Krushna Mishra | 01/05/1969 to 31/10/1975 |
| 8 | Siba Narayan Shankar | 1 November 1975–12 October 1977 |
| 9 | Sukanta Kishor Ray | 13 October 1977–4 November 1980 |
| 10 | Ranganath Mishra | 16 January 1981–14 March 1983 |
| 11 | Digambardharu Pathak | 11 August 1983–28 February 1986 |
| 12 | Harilal Agrawal | 1 May 1986–31 July 1989 |
| 13 | Banwarilal Hansaria | 22 February 1990–13 December 1993 |
| 14 | Giris Thakurlal Nanavati | 31 January 1994–25 September 1994 |
| 15 | Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta | 28 September 1994–25 April 1995 |
| 16 | Sailendu Nath Pukhan | 2 August 1996–27 January 1999 |
| 17 | Biswanath Agrawal | 18 November 1999–18 October 2000 |
| 18 | N.Y. Hanumanthapa | 17 February 2001–24 September 2001 |
| 19 | P.K. Balsubramanyan | 5 December 2001–10 March 2003 |
| 20 | Sujit Barman Roy | 9 April 2003–27 January 2007 |
| 21 | A.K. Ganguly | 2 March 2007–18 May 2008 |
| 22 | Balbir Singh Chauhan | 16 July 2008–10 May 2009 |
| acting | I.M. Quddusi | 11 May 2009–13 November 2009 |
| 23 | Bilal Nazki | 14 November 2009–17 November 2009 |
Judges from the High Court currently serving as Judges of the Supreme Court of India
(1) Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. PatnaikExternal links
- Justice Bilal Nazki
- Orissa High Court website