Orissa High Court judge passed at least 50 orders to clean police stations, hospitals, temples in 6 months [READ LIST]
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The Supreme Court on May 2 initiated a suo motu case over courts in Odisha ordering accused persons to clean police stations as a condition for bail.While recent reports would indicate that such orders were unique to the anti-mining protestors' cases, Bar & Bench has found that one judge of the Orissa High Court has passed at least fifty such orders. Between April and September 2025, Justice SK Panigrahi of the Orissa High Court passed at least 50 orders with directions to clean police stati