The High Court of Orissa (commonly referred to as the Orissa High Court) is the principal High Court for the Indian state of Odisha. Established on 26 July 1948 under the Orissa High Court Order, 1948, the court is headquartered in the historic city of Cuttack. It functions as a court of record under the Constitution of India, exercising original, appellate, and writ jurisdiction over the entire territory of Odisha, as well as supervisory control over its subordinate district courts.

Before its formal establishment, the territory of Odisha was judicially administered under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court following the creation of the Bihar and Orissa Province in 1912. Jurisdiction was later transferred to the Patna High Court upon its formation on 9 February 1916, which subsequently established a permanent Circuit Court at Cuttack on 18 May 1916. Following Odisha's transition into a separate province on 1 April 1936, sustained local demand led the Government of India to issue the formal creation order on 30 April 1948 under Section 229(1) of the Government of India Act 1935. The court operates with a sanctioned strength of 33 judges, consisting of 24 permanent judges and 9 additional judges.

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

On 1 April 1936, Odisha 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 Odisha High Court Order, 1948, under the Section 229(1) of the Government of India Act, 1935, on 30 April 1948. Finally, on 26 July 1948, Odisha High Court was formally inaugurated.

The seat of the court is Cuttack. The court had a sanctioned judge strength of 27 which stood increased to 33 by the notification dated 2 February 2022.

In an innovative effort, Museum of Justice has been established at, Cuttack inside the historic compound of Barabati Fort, Cuttack.

Chief Justice and Judges # JudgeDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementDate of birth1Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak2 Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra3Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad4 Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray001.02.19705 Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi29.07.19726 Justice Savitri Ratho007 Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo08 Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik9 Justice Sashikanta Mishra10Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra011 Justice V. Narasingh12 Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy13 Justice Murahari Sri Raman0014 Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra15 Justice Gourishankar Satapathy16 Justice Chittaranjan Dash17Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra18Justice Ananda Chandra Behera

Former Chief Justices

# PortraitChief JusticeTenureParent High CourtAppointer(Governor)1Justice Bira Kishore Ray26 July 194830 October 1951Patna High CourtAsaf Ali2Justice B. Jagannadha Das31 October 19513 March 1953Orissa High Court3 Justice Lingaraj Panigrahi4 March 195321 March 1956Orissa High CourtSaiyid Fazl Ali4Justice R. L. Narasimham22 March 195627 December 1964Orissa High CourtP. S. Kumaraswamy Raja5Justice Khaleel Ahmed18 January 19655 April 1967Patna High CourtAjudhia Nath Khosla6Justice Satya Bhusan Barman6 April 196730 April 1969Orissa High Court7Justice G. K. Misra1 May 196930 October 1975Orissa High CourtShaukatullah Shah Ansari8Justice Siba Narain Sankar1 November 197512 October 1977Delhi High CourtAkbar Ali Khan9Justice S. K. Ray13 October 19774 November 1980Orissa High CourtBhagwat Dayal Sharma10Justice Ranganath Mishra16 January 1981 14 March 1983Orissa High CourtC. M. Poonacha11Justice Dambarudhar Pathak11 August 198328 February 1986Gauhati High Court12Justice Hari Lal Agrawal1 May 198631 July 1989Patna High CourtBishambhar Nath Pande13Justice B. L.Hansaria22 February 199013 December 1993Gauhati High CourtYagya Dutt Sharma14Justice G. T. Nanavati31 January 199427 September 1994Gujarat High CourtB. Satya Narayan Reddy15Justice V. A. Mohta28 September 199425 April 1995Bombay High Court16Jusitce S. N. Phukan2 August 199627 January 1999Gauhati High CourtGopala Ramanujam17Justice Biswanath Agrawal18 November 199918 October 2000Patna High CourtM. M. Rajendran18Justice N. Y. Hanumanthappa17 February 200124 September 2001Karnataka High Court19Justice P. K. Balasubramanyan5 December 200110 March 2003Kerala High Court20Justice Sujit Barman Roy9 April 200321 January 2007Gauhati High Court21Justice A. K. Ganguly2 March 200718 May 2008Calcutta High CourtRameshwar Thakur22Justice B. S. Chauhan16 July 200810 May 2009Allahabad High CourtMurlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare23Justice Bilal Nazki14 November 200917 November 2009High Court of Jammu and Kashmir24Justice V. G. Gopala Gowda25 March 201023 December 2012Karnataka High Court25Justice C. Nagappan27 February 201318 September 2013Madras High Court26Justice A. K. Goel12 October 20136 July 2014Punjab and Haryana High CourtS. C. Jamir27Justice Amitava Roy6 August 201426 February 2015Gauhati High Court28Justice D. H. Waghela4 June 201514 February 2016Gujarat High Court29Justice Vineet Saran26 February 20166 August 2018Allahabad High Court30Justice K. S. Jhaveri12 August 20184 January 2020Gujarat High CourtGaneshi Lal31Justice Mohammad Rafiq27 April 20203 January 2021Rajasthan High Court32Justice S. Muralidhar4 January 20217 August 2023Delhi High Court33 Justice Subhasis Talapatra 8 August 20233 October 2023Tripura High Court34Justice C. S. Singh7 February 202419 January 2025Patna High CourtRaghubar Das35Justice Harish Tandon6 March 2025Incumbent Calcutta High CourtKambhampati Hari Babu

Judges elevated as Chief Justices This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Orissa. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Orissa High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Orissa High Court but does not have Orissa as their Parent High Court.

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NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenureAs JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgeBachu Jagannadha DasOrissaLingaraj PanigrahiOrissaRamaswamy Laxman NarasimhamOrissa, transferred to PatnaSatya Bhusan BarmanOrissaGati Krushna MisraOrissaSukanta Kishore RayOrissaRanganath MisraOrissaJugal Kishore MohantySikkimBraja Nath MisraSikkimGopal Ballav PattanaikPatnaDeba Priya MohapatraAllahabadArijit PasayatKerala, transferred to DelhiRadha Krishna PatraSikkimAnanga Kumar PatnaikChhattisgarh, transferred to Madhya PradeshPrafulla Kumar MishraPatnaDipak MisraPatna, transferred to DelhiLaxmi Kanta MohapatraManipurPradip Kumar MohantyJharkhandIndrajit MahantyRajasthan, transferred to TripuraSanjaya Kumar MishraJharkhandBidyut Ranjan SarangiJharkhandSangam Kumar SahooPatnaKrushna Ram MohapatraChhattisgarhIncumbent

Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice NameAppointed as ACJ in HC ofDate of appointment as JudgePeriod as Acting Chief JusticeDate of retirementTenure as ACJTenure as JudgeRemarksRef..S. B. BarmanOrissa --Ranganath MishraOrissaBecame permanentPrafulla Kishore MohantiOrissa --B. N. MisraOrissaRadha Charan PattnaikOrissaG. B. PattanaikOrissaElevated as CJ of PatnaDebi Priya MohapatraOrissaElevated as CJ of AllahabadArijit PasayatOrissaElevated as CJ of KeralaR. K. PatraOrissa --L. K. MohapatraAllahabadTransferred to ManipurManipurBecame permanentP. K. MohantyOrissa --JharkhandBecame permanentIndrajit MahantyOrissa --Sanju PandaOrissa --S. K. MishraUttarakhand --B. R. SarangiOrissa

Judges elevated to Supreme Court of India This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Orissa. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Orissa High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Orissa High Court but does not have Orissa as their Parent High Court.

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Symbol Key Resigned Died in office #Name of the JudgeImageDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureImmediately preceding officeIn Parent High CourtIn Supreme CourtIn High Court(s)In Supreme CourtTotal tenure1Bachu Jagannadha Das2nd CJ of Orissa HC2Ranganath Misra10th CJ of Orissa HC3Radha Charan PatnaikJudge of Orissa HC4Gopal Ballav Pattanaik27th CJ of Patna HC5Deba Priya Mohapatra35th CJ of Allahabad HC6Arijit Pasayat20th CJ of Delhi HC7Ananga Kumar Patnaik19th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC8Dipak Misra26th CJ of Delhi HC

References

External links Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts Judge strength in High Courts increased Orissa High Court website http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/from-list-of-6-sc-collegium-picks-orissa-chief-justice-for-elevation/