Courts & jurisdictions
Courts & jurisdictions across Odisha
As an advocate enrolled with the State Bar Council of Odisha, Dhwanit Mishra may appear before courts, tribunals and authorities throughout the state. The chambers are in Patia, Bhubaneswar; meetings are by prior appointment.
The structure
How the courts are arranged
From the magistracy and civil courts in each district to the Orissa High Court at Cuttack, with tribunals and commissions alongside.
- Apex court
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi - High Court for the State
Orissa High Court
CuttackWrit petitions, civil and criminal appeals, revisions and bail.
- Principal courts in each district
District & Sessions Courts
All 30 districts - Civil side
Civil Judge
Senior Division and Junior Division
Criminal sideJudicial Magistrates
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sub-Divisional and Judicial Magistrates
Tribunals, commissions & authorities
Consumer commissions, revenue courts, CAT, NCLT, DRT, RERA and others, with appeals to the High Court or the forum the statute names.
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Courts, tribunals and authorities
Civil & criminal courts
- District & Sessions Courts
- Courts of Civil Judge (Senior & Junior Division)
- Courts of Judicial & Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrates
- Family Courts
- Special Courts (POCSO, NDPS, Vigilance)
- Gram Nyayalayas
- Lok Adalats
Tribunals
- Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench
- National Company Law Tribunal, Cuttack Bench
- Debts Recovery Tribunal, Cuttack
- Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cuttack Bench
- Motor Accident Claims Tribunals
- Industrial Tribunal & Labour Courts
- Real Estate Appellate Tribunal, Odisha
Commissions & authorities
- State & District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions
- Board of Revenue, Odisha
- Revenue courts: Collector, Sub-Collector, Tahasildar
- Consolidation & land settlement authorities
- Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority
- Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission
- Odisha Lokayukta
- Odisha Information Commission
- Odisha Human Rights Commission
All 30 districts
District courts in all 30 districts
Civil and criminal courts sit at each district headquarters and at sub-divisional and other stations. Case status and cause lists for district courts are published on the eCourts services portal.
Courts, tahasils, registration offices and other legal offices in each district, compiled from official sources.
| District | Tahasils | Courts listed |
|---|---|---|
| AngulHQ Angul | 8 | 11 |
| BalangirHQ Balangir | 14 | 12 |
| BalasoreHQ Balasore | 12 | 12 |
| BargarhHQ Bargarh | 12 | 10 |
| BhadrakHQ Bhadrak | 7 | 9 |
| BoudhHQ Boudh | 3 | 7 |
| CuttackHQ CuttackOrissa High Court | 15 | 14 |
| DeogarhHQ Deogarh | 3 | 8 |
| DhenkanalHQ Dhenkanal | 8 | 9 |
| GajapatiHQ Paralakhemundi | 7 | 9 |
| GanjamHQ Chhatrapur | 23 | 15 |
| JagatsinghpurHQ Jagatsinghpur | 8 | 9 |
| JajpurHQ Jajpur | 10 | 11 |
| JharsugudaHQ Jharsuguda | 5 | 10 |
| KalahandiHQ Bhawanipatna | 13 | 17 |
| District | Tahasils | Courts listed |
|---|---|---|
| KandhamalHQ Phulbani | 12 | 13 |
| KendraparaHQ Kendrapara | 9 | 9 |
| Keonjhar (Kendujhar)HQ Keonjhar | 13 | 16 |
| KhordhaHQ KhordhaBhubaneswar · chambers at Patia | 10 | 11 |
| KoraputHQ Koraput | 14 | 10 |
| MalkangiriHQ Malkangiri | 7 | 5 |
| MayurbhanjHQ Baripada | 26 | 8 |
| NabarangpurHQ Nabarangpur | 10 | 6 |
| NayagarhHQ Nayagarh | 8 | 9 |
| NuapadaHQ Nuapada | 5 | 9 |
| PuriHQ Puri | 11 | 10 |
| RayagadaHQ Rayagada | 11 | 11 |
| SambalpurHQ Sambalpur | 9 | 8 |
| SubarnapurHQ Sonepur | 6 | 10 |
| SundargarhHQ Sundargarh | 18 | 11 |
Official sources: Orissa High Court eCourts services
Legal guides
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Areas of practice
Matters handled
Land & Property
Title verification, Record of Rights and mutation, partition, and property disputes before civil courts and revenue authorities.
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Suits, injunctions, recovery and contractual disputes, from pleadings to final hearing and appeal.
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Wills, probate and succession, matrimonial disputes, maintenance and guardianship.
Read about this areaCriminal Matters
Bail, trial representation and criminal appeals and revisions.
Read about this areaConsumer Disputes
Complaints before District and State Consumer Commissions for deficient services and defective goods.
Read about this areaDrafting & Opinions
Sale deeds, agreements, legal notices, affidavits and written legal opinions.
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Contact
Contact details
Meetings by prior appointment in Patia, Bhubaneswar.