Amicus curiae

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Usha Sharma, to complete the repair of Nata Mandap of Jagannath Temple in Puri in four months. The court also directed the…

Cuttack: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday informed the Orissa High Court that the arrangements for wheelchairs for physically-challenged devotees have been made at Jagannath Temple in Puri. The ASI in its affidavit also…

The shrine owns a mind-boggling 60,418 acres (244 sq. km) of land both within and outside Odisha. This is 15 times the area of Puri town

New Delhi: The Supreme Court in its interim order on Monday directed the Odisha government to appoint a full-time chief administrator to oversee the management of the Jagannath Temple in Puri. Ever since the state government carried out…

Bhubaneswar: After Assam, the process for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is most likely to begin in Odisha’s Kendrapara district with the Centre directing the Registrar General of India (RGI) to take necessary steps in this regard.…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday deferred its hearing on the reforms in the Jagannath Temple in Puri to October 3. A division bench of the apex court comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and MR Shah deferred the date of…

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae, Ranjit Kumar, on Saturday gave a clean chit to the Odisha government saying that the ongoing eviction drive near the Jagannath temple in Puri is in public interest. Kumar said this after a…

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar arrived in Puri on Saturday morning. The duo, who made a night halt in Bhubaneswar on Friday, arrived in the Pilgrim Town and had…

Puri: The Solicitor General and Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae will visit Puri on Friday to review the ongoing eviction drive adjacent to the Jagannath temple, a top district official said on Thursday. Also on Thursday, the district…