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Report No. 14

19. High Court.-

The work done in the HIgh Court, since it came into existence in 1948, is shown in the following statement:

Statement Showing The Institution and Disposal of Proceeding in The Court of Orissa During The Year 1948-1956

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

No. of Judges

..

4

4

4

3

4

4

5

4

4

First Appeals against decrees

I

62

108

74

89

78

59

31

49

68

D

33

55

55

41

31

62

81

69

34

P

168

221

240

288

335

313

263

243

277

Second Appeals against decrees

I

568

536

709

575

474

339

314

296

335

D

264

551

455

301

204

350

867

901

386

P

1120

1105

1359

1633

1903

1892

1339

734

683

Appeals against orders

I

94

93

75

114

84

86

78

87

103

D

70

72

60

114

109

99

132

80

60

P

150

171

186

186

161

148

94

103

146

Letters Patent Appeals

I

4

6

10

1

2

2

4

7

4

D

..

3

..

2

8

9

1

9

1

P

4

7

17

16

10

3

6

4

7

Civil Revisions (Including Small Cause Revisions).

I

288

370

317

295

255

215

213

268

284

D

178

318

340

248

322

291

254

229

216

P

233

285

262

309

242

166

125

164

232

Criminal Appeals

I

92

121

106

113

N.A.

132

208

174

205

D

66

128

80

81

N.A.

143

106

114

168

P

41

34

60

92

101

90

192

252

289

Criminal Revisions

I

406

690

670

742

N.A.

480

424

361

283

D

361

711

617

643

N.A.

647

448

334

280

P

198

177

230

329

283

116

92

119

122

Writs

I

..

..

..

..

71

100

406

400

472

D

..

....

..

..

81

92

100

173

582

P

..

..

..

..

53

61

367

594

484

Note.- I=Institution-also include matters restored and otherwise received.

D = Disposal.

P = Pendency at the end of the year

N.A. = Not available.

20. This statement reveals, that the work of the High Court is very much in arrears. A large number of first appeals, second appeals, criminal appeals and writ matters are pending. On the basis of the average disposals for the last six years, 1951 to 1956, it may take the court over 5 years to dispose of the first appeals and about 21/2 years to dispose of the second appeals, criminal appeals and writ matters pending at the end of 1956. The average duration of a contested first appeal in 1955 was 1518 days i.e. 4.3 years and of contested second appeals was 1088 i.e. about 3 years. Even the criminal work in the High Court is somewhat in arrears. The following statement shows that there is great need for improvement in the state of the file of the High Court.



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