HCMONTHLY CASE LAW ARCHIVE
Read 24 LawLens analyses of Orissa High Court judgments published in October 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.
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Forest officials intercepted a Mahindra Maximo van carrying four freshly cut Simili logs without the required transit permits or hammer impressions.
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Opposite Party No. 3’s property was mortgaged to UCO Bank to secure a loan.
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The petitioner-deity, through its trustee, sought demarcation of 11 plots recorded in its name, alleging encroachment and unauthorised use of parts of the land.
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The petitioner’s husband, a public servant, was charged with possessing disproportionate assets under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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Contract labourers complained to the Assistant Labour Officer (ALO), alleging that they had not received revised minimum wages, retrenchment compensation, notice pay, and other settlement dues after their retrenchment.
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The appellant was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nimapara, under Sections 498-A and 304 Part-II of the IPC and sentenced to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 304 Part-II, with a concurrent se...
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The State Pollution Control Board filed Complaint Case No. 2(c) C.C.47 of 2013 against erstwhile Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL) and three former officials, alleging contraventions of Sections 21 and 23 of the Air (Preven...
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Contract labourers complained to the Assistant Labour Officer, Jajpur Road, that wages and full-and-final settlement dues remained unpaid after their employment ended.
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Contract labourers alleged that, after their employment ended, their wages and full-and-final dues had not been paid by their contractor, M/s. Haldhar Naik.
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Lokesi Sahu, married to appellant No. 1, was found dead on a railway track on 25 October 1994.
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Sixty-eight contract labourers complained to labour authorities that they had been refused further employment and had not received their alleged outstanding wages and other dues.
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On 12 May 2022, the ten-year-old son of the informant died after coming into contact with a live electric wire hanging at a low height.
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The appellant was prosecuted for offences under Sections 78, 79, 296, 351(2) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), and Section 12 of the POCSO Act, following allegations that he repeatedly loitered ne...
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The appellants were convicted under Section 3(a) of the Orissa Electric Supply Line Material (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1988, and sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine each.
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The parties married on 13 July 2016 and lived separately from 26 February 2017.
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The appellant was alleged to have repeatedly sexually assaulted the victim, who was about fourteen years old, between February 2015 and February 2016.
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The appellant was convicted under Sections 366 and 376 IPC for kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl, and sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 366 and seven years’ rigorous imprisonment und...
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The parties married on 20 October 2021 and lived together first at Visakhapatnam and later at Hyderabad, where both worked in the IT sector.
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Susanta Mahanta died after being struck by a container truck on 12 March 2017.
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On 19 March 2013, Arun Nayak was allegedly injured when a truck struck the motorcycle he was riding.
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The petitioner, a Professor in the Department of Paediatric Surgery at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, sought non-funded academic leave from 5 to 10 October 2026 to attend a WHO-invited workshop in Switzerland.
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The petitioner and a co-accused were prosecuted for offences under Sections 380 and 457 IPC after a motorcycle was stolen from the informant’s residence on 10 January 1999.
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Vedanta relied on MoUs and agreements made in 2003, 2004 and 2007 concerning a proposed alumina project and an intended supply of 150 million tonnes of bauxite at a price linked to extraction costs and royalty.
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The petitioners challenged the SDJM, Phulbani’s order taking cognizance under Sections 307/34 IPC and issuing summons in CT Case No. 849 of 2023.
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