Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com. In a move that has evoked protests from activists; the Odisha government has asked the office of Lokayukta, the quasi-judicial anti-corruption authority to protect the identity of any public servant against whom a complaint is lodged till the conclusion of the investigation. The General Administration department of the Odisha government which notified the Odisha
Source:-https://www.downtoearth.org.in Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Mining in Tikola No mining operation was noticed at Tikola village in Sonipat district, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Mining
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government on Thursday started the process of reopening of major temples and places of worship by asking the district collectors to consider the possibility and submit action plan by consulting all stake holders within 10 days. The State Government has also asked the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and administration of
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday quashed the complaint case which the Court Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Junagarh had taken up against Minister of State for Home Dibya Sankar Mishra in 2014. The complaint was related to alleged suppression of information in the affidavit relating to movable and immovable properties while filing
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Orissa high court on Wednesday asked the state government to open the temples in a graded manner in accordance with the modalities after assessing the Covid-19 situation. The order of the high court came while disposing of two writ petitions that sought direction to extend financial relief to priests of registered temples for
Source:-newindianexpress ROURKELA: After a PIL was filed in the Orissa High Court by Bimlagarh-Talcher Sangram Samiti (BTSS) on September 14 seeking expeditious land acquisition process for Talcher-Bimlagarh broad gauge rail line in Sundargarh, Deogarh and Angul districts, the project has started moving forward. Around 693 acre private land in the three district remains to be
Source:-hindustantimes School fees in 6700-odd private schools across Odisha are all set to be reduced for the lockdown period after a joint committee comprising state government officials, school authorities and parents submitted a report in Orissa High Court recommending a reduction of school fee by 26 per cent. The recommendation of the committee came following
Source:-indialegallive Bhubaneswar (IL News Service): The Orissa High Court has refused permission to terminate the pregnancy of a physically and mentally challenged 22-year-old woman. The woman is also a rape victim. The woman, also mentally challenged, is a resident of a village in Kujanga Police Station area of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha. She was raped
Source:- orissapost.com New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s parents urged Tuesday the Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide the Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of the four convicts in the case of their daughter’s gangrape and murder. Advocate Jitendra Jha, representing the parents of Nirbhaya said he mentioned the matter before the court for early disposal of
Source:- newindianexpress.com Chilika Lake: The Orissa High Court has posted the matter to March 2 for taking stock of the progress in eviction work. CUTTACK: The state Government on Monday admitted in the Orissa High Court that no eviction work for clearance of encroachments in Chilika lake area has been undertaken for over two months. Eviction work
