Priceless gold jewellery, gems, pearls and rare diamonds, apart from silver and other decorative items of the temple's three presiding deities—Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra—are reported to have been treasured in the Ratna Bhandar.
Coming to the rescue of a woman who underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) to become a male, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to change the gender status of the petitioner in the land mutation certificate.
The Orissa High Court, acting on a public interest litigation seeking legal action against the government officials who went on strike to paralyse the administrative functions for several days in June last, issued notice to the State’s Chief Secretary on Tuesday.
The Orissa High Court has issued notice to the Government regarding the recent policy decision that empowered MPs and MLAs to recommend up to 15 most deserving cases of transfer of teachers belonging to elementary and secondary schools in their constituencies.
Economic offenses, by their very nature, strike at the heart of societal trust and the nation’s economic stability.
The accused lawyer had taken Rs 16 lakh, a gold chain, and a gold bracelet for the daughter’s marriage of the then judge of the high court on the plea that the cash and kind will be bribed to a judge of the high court to secure bail of her husband.
A Division Bench adjudicating the writ petition, which sought for direction to the temple authorities to take steps to revive Danadhyakshya Seva, ordered in this regard.
“Government figures showed that the state recorded 3,097 deaths only in 47 days between July 15 and August 31 this year,” pointed out a division bench headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar.
"These figures also do not address the issue of the persons with disabilities and the peculiar problems they have, irrespective of age, in receiving the vaccines," the court observed.
According to State’s prison administration sources, at least 887 inmates were found to be positive from 1 May till 1 June.
