Commission of inquiry

3 Jan 2006

In power

BJD — Odisha

Acted

State government, Odisha

Under

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952

On 3 January 2006 the state government announced a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge. The Hindu reported on 8 January that the High Court had first said no judge could be spared. By March 2006 the state had set up a commission of a sitting Orissa High Court judge under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, to report within six months. According to Sabrang India, this Justice A.S. Naidu commission was dissolved in May 2007 after the Supreme Court ruled that sitting judges could not head such inquiries, and a Justice R.K. Patra commission formed in January 2008 was dissolved when he became Lokpal. PTI reported that Justice P.K. Mohanty was appointed on 4 September 2009; his commission submitted its report on 3 July 2015, and the state accepted it on 8 June 2016. [7][8][5][4][6][9][1][3][2]

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