3/5 SHIV PRASAD B. 2 years ago on Google • 143 reviews
Chief
Justice
of
India
(CJI)
Dipak
Misra
inaugurated
this
judicial
museum
of
Odisha
High
Court
here
to
showcase
the
rich
judicial
history
of
the
city
spanning
more
than
a
century.
The
Circuit
Court
of
Patna
High
Court,
which
had
its
first
sitting
in
Cuttack
on
May
18,
1916,
was
the
precursor
of
Odisha
High
Court.
On
April
30,
1948
the
Government
of
India
had
declared
a
Court
of
the
Province
for
Orissa
to
be
functional
from
July
5,
1948.
The
museum
has
come
up
at
the
building
on
the
Barabati
Fort
premises
which
was
the
residence
of
the
chief
justice
of
Orissa
High
Court
from
1948
to
August
2012.
The
museum
exhibits
include
a
high-back
ornate
wooden
chair
and
a
revolving
wooden
bookshelf
used
in
Cuttack
judgeship
in
the
pre-Independence
era,
calculators,
locks
and
table
lamps
made
in
London
and
antique
wall
clocks
used
by
the
court
about
seven
decades
ago.
It
also
showcases
a
British-era
manual
typewriter,
wooden
chest,
wooden
seals,
brass
badges,
brass
weighing
grams,
court
seals,
silver
badges
and
table
calling
bells
used
by
various
judgeships
in
Ganjam,
Bhadrak,
Balangir,
Dhen-kanal,
Rayagada
and
Aska.
There
is
excellent
space
and
building
to
enrich
the
museum.
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