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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicOdisha High Court

Topic: Odisha High Court

Odisha law panel plans to tighten witch-hunting law. What 2013 Act says & how courts view ‘witchcraft’

With 'witchcraft'-related killings still rampant in Odisha, state law commission has proposed making the law more stringent and focused on the rehabilitation of victims.

‘Corruption follows those in power like shadow’—HC rejects IAS officer’s anticipatory bail in bribery case

Orissa HC says unhindered & unimpeded probe required, agreeing with CBI that IAS Bishnupada Sethi's anticipatory bail will make his interrogation 'a fruitless exercise'.

‘Get back to work or face suspension, cancellation of licenses,’ SC warns Odisha lawyers on strike

SC has asked lawyers to get back to work by Wednesday. Demands of the lawyers on strike include setting up of a permanent bench of HC in Sambalpur & enhancement of welfare funds.

Orissa HC issues India’s 1st annual report on state courts, and the findings are grim

Report identifies factors behind high number of cases pending in state's courts, including docket explosion, uneven distribution of cases among district judges & operation of stay orders

Orissa HC judge ‘misused power’ to seek private temple tour for brother

Complaint to HC chief justice says judges and collectors of 8 districts were asked to arrange tour for Justice Biswanath Rath’s brother, who has labelled it an ‘attempt to defame’.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.