Lockdown 3: Orissa HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till June 18 [Read Order]

In view of commencement of third phase of the lockdown, a division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising of Justice CR Dash and Justice SK Panigrahi has extended all interim orders passed by the High Court and by the courts subordinate to it, that expired subsequent to March 24, till June 18, 2020. As per the order, "That all interim orders / directions issued or protection granted including any order requiring any compliance by the parties to such proceedings, passed by this Court or any court subordinate to it or any Family Court or Labour Court or any Tribunal or any other Judicial or Quasi Judicial forum in the State of Odisha, over which this Court has power of superintendence, which were subsisting as on the date of commencement of national lockdown, shall stand extended till 18th June 2020. Filing of written-statement or return in any Suit or proceeding pending before any Civil Court or any other forum, unless specifically directed, shall stand extended till 18th of June, 2020. by the High Court or Sessions Courts and limited by time-frame specifying an expiry date, stands extended till 18th of June, 2020, subject to the condition that, on every 10th day from today the defence counsel shall file a petition supported by affidavit before the competent court in seisin over the matter, to the effect that the person on interim bail is not abusing his/her liberty and he/she is living within the jurisdiction of the Court. That it is further directed that if the Government of Odisha and/or any of its Department and/or functionaries, Central Government and/or its departments or functionaries or any Public Sector Undertakings or any Public or Private Companies or any Firm or any individual or person is/are, by the order of this Court or any Court subordinate to it or the Tribunals, required to do a particular thing or carry out certain direction in a particular manner in a time frame, which expired or is going to expire at any time, during the period of lockdown or the extended lockdown, time for compliance of such order shall stand extended up to 18th June 2020, unless specifically directed otherwise."