The Orissa High Court has given clean-chit to the Kendrapara sub-jail authorities in a custodial death case of 2007. While dismissing the petition, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik observed, "There is no material on the basis of which this Court can come to a conclusion that the death of late Susanta …
A family in Odisha’s Khordha district which hatched an elaborate fake abduction drama of its own members to evade a fine imposed by a village committee has been ‘rescued’ by police, bringing an end to the four-year-old case. Subsequently, Parbati Behera lodged a written complaint at the Tangi police station alleging that her husband and son had been kidnapped and …
The Orissa High Court last week observed that the ability to provide redress to victims of state and police excesses is what makes the role of the OHRC, and other human rights bodies in general, significant.This assertion came from the bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice A. K. Mohapatra who upheld the order of the OHRC recommending …
