Kotpad, 8th Nov 2025: As per the directive of the Odisha High Court, a Circuit Court of the Koraput District and Sessions Court (Jeypore) was formally inaugurated on Thursday at the Kotpad Civil Court premises.
District and Sessions Judge Pradeep Kumar Mahant conducted court proceedings, hearing evidence in various cases from the Kotpad area and addressing bail petitions of undertrial prisoners.
It is noteworthy that for many years, the Kotpad Bar Association had been demanding the establishment of a Sessions Court, Women’s Court, Family Court, POCSO Court, and Civil Judge Court in Kotpad. The High Court, taking cognizance of these long-pending demands, has now approved the operation of Circuit Courts for all these judicial forums.
The members of the Bar Association, including President Mani Prasad Pattnayak, Secretary Babuli Nayak, former President Pankaj Patra, Jitendranath Mohapatra, and Shankar Prasad Panda, expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the High Court for fulfilling this long-standing demand.
The association has further submitted a formal proposal to the High Court for the permanent establishment of a Civil Judge Court in Kotpad, and is now awaiting an official directive, informed President Pattnayak.
Earlier in the day, in the presence of Kotpad JMFC Trijib Kumar Nanda, members of the Kotpad Bar Association — including President Mani Prasad Pattnayak, Secretary Babuli Nayak, former President Pankaj Patra, Jitendra Mohapatra, Gupta Kailash Mahanti, Pradeep Buxi, Ajit Pattnayak, Sudhir Mahanti, Balakrishna Bisoee, Durgaprasanna Sahu, Gupta Prasad Behera, Lingaraj Nayak, Shankar Panda, Ghanashyam Bisoee, Khagapati Patra, Ajit Patra, Sangram Jena, Chinmay Sadangi, Bidyuta Muduli, and Nimeshwari Nayak, among many other advocates, extended their greetings and felicitations to District Judge Pradeep Kumar Mahant.
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