Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Orissa High Court today found the state government guilty of favoritism and quashed its recommendation for giving Prospecting License (PL) on the Khandadhar iron ore mines to Posco-India, viewed as the object of Chief Minister Navin Patnaik’s … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak In these pages, on April 7, 2009, under the caption “Spirit of democracy is in danger at Athgarh: EC must immediately interfere”, I had noted: Obliteration of BJD candidate from the election scenario in Athgarh on flimsy … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak It is not possible for everybody in Orissa to go to the Supreme Court of India against orders of the High Court. So there is least possibility of a recent judgment of Orissa High Court getting tested … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak It is sad and shocking that a judge of Orissa High Court has been degraded to rank of a district judge on ground of moral turpitude. Mr. L. K. Mishra was an additional judge and as practice … Read more →
Subhas Chandra Pattanayak Why shouldn’t justice look justified, wonders one watching the cries of Narayan Patra, a senior citizen of Bhubaneswar over what he believes to be apparent protection of murderers of his daughter Kalyani in the High Court of … Read more →