Orissa high court
CUTTACK: The Orissa high court has pulled up the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Monday for not considering the background of litigation while declining to grant interim relief to a casual employee of Prasar Bharati whose 27 years of service was terminated on the basis of instructions over telephone.
While not granting interim stay on the order terminating the service of Smita Jena, CAT makes no reference to the long history of litigation concerning her services where she has been knocking at the doors of concerned authorities for regularization of her services in terms of the scheme floated for that purpose by Prasar Bharati, the HC observed.
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Orissa High Court
CUTTACK: The Orissa high court on Tuesday directed the superintendent of police (SP), Kendrapada, to submit the current status of all the cases linked to the recent attack on a patrol boat on the Gahirmatha coast, where the world’s largest rookery of Olive Ridley sea turtles is located.
The bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice B P Routray said, “Unless the past cases, including the present one, are carried to their logical end, there will be no deterrence against similar illegal trawler activities which are taking place year after year in the area”.
The HC was hearing the suo motu PIL it had registered on the alarming death of the Olive Ridleys along the Odisha coast. Amicus curiae Mohit Agarwal had earlier submitted a report on the attack at about 10.30 pm on March 15 night. The bench sought from the SP the status report citing the list of cases registered since 2011 against the family members of the boat owner that was involved in the March 1
Orissa High Court
CUTTACK: The Orissa high court on Tuesday directed the government to ensure Covid-19 vaccination for prisoners in jails across the state. The HC issued the direction after amicus curiae Gautam Mishra pointed out that many prison inmates may not have documents for registration on the CO-WIN portal. The bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice B P Routray said, “Accordingly, it is directed that the state government will make appropriate arrangements to ensure that no prison inmate is denied vaccination on the ground that the inmate is unable to get registered on the CO-WIN portal. Alternate arrangements should be made to ensure that vaccination is not denied to such inmate.”
Health dept officials make a presentation before Chief Justice S Muralidhar & others on Monday
BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Monday gave a detailed presentation on the resurgence of Covid and Odisha’s preparedness to face the second wave before Orissa high court Chief Justice S Muralidhar, other HC and lower court judges and bar associations.
Speaking on behalf of the state government on a day the state crossed the peak attained in the first phase on September 25, with a new infection count of 4,445, additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra underscored the need for greater caution as the epidemic curve of Odisha is showing an almost similar trend as that of the country.