Orissa High Court

Orissa High Court
Established 1948
Jurisdiction India
Location Cuttack, Orissa
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to Supreme Court of India
Judge term length Till 62 years of age
Number of positions 27
Website http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently V. Gopalagowda
Since 2009

The Orissa High Court (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ଉଚ୍ଚ ନ୍ୟାୟାଳୟ)(Hindi: ओडिशा प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय) 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.

Contents

The Chief Justice

The present Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court is V. Gopalagowda.

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. Patnaik

See also

References

  1. Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
  2. Judge strength in High Courts increased

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