Lingaraj Panigrahi was an Indian politician and former Chief Justice of

Orissa High Court The Orissa High Court is the High Courts of India, High Court for the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Odisha. The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and West ...

. He is the father of Pramod Panigrahi, former Law Secretary of

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Career

Panigrahi was born in Ganjam District. He initially studied in Khallikote Autonomous College, passed I.Sc. from

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and entered into the

Presidency College, Madras Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...

. He completed his B.L. degree from

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. Panigrahi practiced at

Berhampur Brahmapur (; also known as Berhampur) is a city on the eastern coastline of Ganjam district of the Indian state of Odisha. Bramhapur is most famous for its street food, silk sarees or pato sarees, temples and many historical places. Bramhapur al ...

. He became the Government Pleader in 1930. Panigrahi was appointed the Advocate General of

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in 1945. On 26 July 1948 he was elevated to the post of judge of Orissa High Court and in 1953 he became the Chief Justice of this High Court. After the retirement in 1956 he joined

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and contested from Berhampur Vidhan Sabha constituency. Panigrahi became a member of

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Ass ...

in 1952 and became the speaker of the

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since 1961–67.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panigrahi, Lingaraj Judges of the Orissa High Court People from Ganjam district Chief Justices of the Orissa High Court Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly Odisha MLAs 1952–1957 Ravenshaw University alumni Presidency College, Chennai alumni 20th-century Indian judges Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha