Orissa High Court


The Orissa High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.
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 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.
In an innovative effort, Museum of Justice has been established at, Cuttack inside the historic compound of Barabati Fort, Cuttack.

Chief Justice and Judges

#JudgeDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementDate of birth
1Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak21 7 202527 8 202728 8 1965
2Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo02 7 201404 6 20265 6 1964
3Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra17 4 201517 4 202718 4 1965
4Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad12 5 202519 7 202620 7 1964
5Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray08 11 201931 1 203201.02.1970
6Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi10 2 202028 7 203429.07.1972
7Justice Savitri Ratho11 6 202003 7 203004 7 1968
8Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo19.10.202106 9 20337 9 1971
9Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik19.10.202124.10.203225.10.1970
10Justice Sashikanta Mishra19.10.202116 1 202917 1 1967
11Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra05 11 202125 2 203126 2 1969
12Justice V. Narasingh14 2 202218 1 202919 1 1967
13Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy14 2 202219 8 202820.08.1966
14Justice Murahari Sri Raman14 2 202207 6 203208 6 1970
15Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra10 6 202213.11.202914.11.1967
16Justice Gourishankar Satapathy13 8 202224 4 203425 4 1972
17Justice Chittaranjan Dash13 8 202211.11.202612.11.1964
18Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra05 9 202302.05.203003.05.1968
19Justice Ananda Chandra Behera05 9 202329.05.202630.05.1964

Former Chief Justices

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.
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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.
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  • Resigned
  • Died in office