Orissa High Court

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{{State of Odisha}}
{{Infobox high court
|court_name=High Court of Orissa
|native_name=ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଉଚ୍ଚ ନ୍ୟାୟାଳୟ|image=
|coordinates={{coord|20.4650|N|85.8589|E|display=inline,title}}
|jurisdiction = [[Orissa]]
|type=[[President of India|Presidential]] with [[advice and consent|confirmation]] of [[Chief Justice of India]] and [[Governors of states of India|Governor of respective state]]
|appealsto=[[Supreme Court of India]]
|chiefjudgetitle=[[Chief Justice]]
|chiefjudgename=[[Justice S. Muralidhar]]
|termstart=4 January 2021
|established= {{start date and age|df=yes|1948|07|26}}
|location=[[Cuttack]], [[Orissa]]
|terms=Mandatory retirement at 62 years of age
|authority=[[Constitution of India]]
|positions=27 (20 Permanent + 7 Additional)
|country= {{flagu|India}}
|website= {{URL|www.orissahighcourt.nic.in}}
}}
The '''Orissa High Court''' is the [[High Courts of India|High Court]] for the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]].

The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day [[Assam]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Orissa]], and [[West Bengal]]. It was difficult to administratively manage such a vast area, inhabited by people speaking in different languages and having different traditions. Administrative exigencies required separation of such areas which originally did not from part of Bengal. So, new province of [[Bihar and Orissa]] was formed on 22 March 1912. However, the said new province of Bihar and [[Bihar and Orissa]] was under the jurisdiction of [[Calcutta High Court]].

On 9 February 1916, in exercise of the powers under Section 113 of the Government of India Act, 1915, the King of England issued letters of patent constituting High Court of Patna. Orissa was placed under the jurisdiction of Patna High Court. Although, on 18 May 1916, Circuit Court of [[Patna High Court]] for Orissa held its first sitting at [[Cuttack]].

On 1 April 1936, [[Orissa]] 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 Orissa High Court Order, 1948, under the Section 229(1) of the [[Government of India Act 1935|Government of India Act, 1935]], on 30 April 1948. Finally, on 26 July 1948, Orissa High Court was formally inaugurated.{{cn|date=January 2020}}

The seat of the court is [[Cuttack]]. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 27.


==The Chief Justice==
Justice [[S. Muralidhar]] is the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court since 4 January 2021.

==Former Chief Justices==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!'''Portrait'''
!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 Misra]]
| 1 May 1969 – 30 October 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
|
| [[Dambarudhar Pathak]]
| 11 August 1983 – 28 February 1986
|-
!12
|
| Harilal Agrawal
| 1 May 1986 – 31 July 1989
|-
!13
|
| [[Banwari Lal Hansaria]]
| 22 February 1990 – 13 December 1993
|-
!14
|
| [[G. T. Nanavati]]
| 31 January 1994 – 27 September 1994
|-
!15
|
| [[Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta]]
| 28 September 1994 – 25 April 1995
|-
!16
|
|[[Sailendu Nath Phukan]]
| 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. Balasubramanyan]]
| 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
|-
!23
|
| [[Bilal Nazki]]
| 14 November 2009 – 17 November 2009
|-
!24
|
| [[Venkate Gopala Gowda|V. Gopala Gowda]]
| 25 March 2010 – 23 December 2012
|-
!25
|
| [[C. Nagappan]]
|27 February 2013 – 18 September 2013
|-
!26
|
|[[Adarsh Kumar Goel]]
|12 October 2013 - 06 July 2014
|-
!27
|
|[[Amitava Roy]]
|06 August 2014 – 26 February 2015
|-
!28
|
|[[Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela]]
|04 June 2015 - 14 February 2016
|-
!29
|
|[[Vineet Saran]]
|26 February 2016 - 06 August 2018
|-
!30
|
|[[Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri]]
|12 August 2018 - 4 January 2020
|-
!31
|
|[[Sanju Panda]]
|5 January 2020 - 26 April 2020
|-
!32
|
|[[Mohammad Rafiq (judge)|Mohammad Rafiq]]
|27 April 2020 - 3 January 2021
|-
!33
|
|[[S. Muralidhar]]
|4 January 2021 - Incumbent
|}

==Judges who served as Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India==
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice [[Ranganath Misra]] (as '''21st''' [[Chief Justice of India]] from 25 September 1990 - 24 November 1991)
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice [[G.B. Pattanaik]] (as '''32nd''' [[Chief Justice of India]] from 08 November 2002 - 18 December 2002)
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice [[Dipak Misra]] (as '''45th''' [[Chief Justice of India]] from 28 August 2017 - 02 October 2018)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
# [http://www.ebc-india.com/lawyer/hcourts.htm Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts]
# [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/roct2003/30102003/r301020036.html Judge strength in High Courts increased]
# [http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/ Orissa High Court website]
# http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/from-list-of-6-sc-collegium-picks-orissa-chief-justice-for-elevation/
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