IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, CJ., SAVITRI RATHO, SIBO SANKAR MISHRA
Laba Kumar Rath, S/o. Babu Rath – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha, Represented Through The Secretary To Government – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. intra-court appeal context and jurisdiction. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. maintainability arguments from both parties. (Para 4 , 19 , 20) |
| 3. court's analysis of maintainability based on precedent. (Para 6 , 9 , 11 , 22 , 24 , 32) |
| 4. determination on intra-court appeal not being maintainable. (Para 21 , 33) |
| 5. final dismissal of the intra-court appeal. (Para 34) |
Judgment :
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode.
3. When this appeal was taken up on 07.10.2024, its maintainability was questioned on behalf of the respondents on the ground that an intra-court appeal would not lie against an appellate order passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court under Section 24 -C of the Act, relying on a Full Bench decision of this Court in case of Mahammed Saud v. Dr. (Maj) Shaikh Mahfooz, reported in 2008 SCC OnLine Ori 46 (AIR 2009 Ori 46), affirmed by the Supreme Court in Mohd. Saud v. Dr. (Maj.) Shaikh Mahfooz: (2010) 13 SCC 517
5. In case of Mahammed Saud (FB) (supra), the Full Bench of this Court has held in paragraph 46 as under:
6. In Prasanna Kumar Sahu (supra), the Division Bench of this Court, after noticing an order passed by another Division Bench of this Court in case
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