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AS INTRODUCED IN

Bill No. 160 of 2016

THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA (ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMA- NENT BENCH AT ) BILL, 2016 By

SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, M.P.

A BILL to provide for the establishment of a permanent Bench of the High Court of Orissa at Sambalpur

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of as follows:—

1. This Act may be called the High Court of Orissa (Establishment of a Permanent Short title. Bench at Sambalpur) Act, 2016. 5 2. There shall be established a permanent Bench of the High Court of Orissa at Establishment Sambalpur and such Judges of the High Court of Orissa, being not less than three in of a permanent Bench of High number, as the Chief Justice of that High Court may from time to time nominate, shall sit at Court of Orissa Sambalpur in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in that at Sambalpur. High Court in respect of cases arising in the districts of Sambalpur, Deogarh, Sundargarh, 10 , , Boudh, Kandhamal, Subarnapur, , Kalahandi and . S-3\F\BILL 2015\LS\1083LS

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS The High Court of Orissa is located at in the State of . Keeping in view the geographical location of Odisha, people living in western region face a lot of inconvenience to travel long distance to reach the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack to pursue their pending cases. This is not only time consuming but also expensive for litigants especially belonging to poor sections of society. There has been a long pending demand from the people of the State of Odisha especially those from Sambalpur, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Boudh, Kandhamal, Subarnapur, Balangir, Kalahandi and Nuapada district that a Bench of the High Court be established at Sambalpur which is an important commercial city and so to say the second capital of the State of Odisha. Therefore, establishment of a permanent Bench at Sambalpur would greatly help the people living in above said districts for quick disposal of their pending cases. Hence this Bill.

NEW DELHI; NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN May 19, 2016.

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A BILL to provide for the establishment of a permanent Bench of the High Court of Orissa at Sambalpur

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(Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan, M.P.)

GMGIPMRND—1083LS(S3)—11-07-2016.