Ms. Justice Sanju Panda (born 10 July 1959) is an Indian judge. She is a former
Judge
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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 ...
. She has also served as
Acting
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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 ...
.
Career
She was born on 10 July 1959 at
Paralakhemundi
Paralakhemundi shortly known as Parala is district Headquarter of Gajapati district and one of the oldest Municipality established in 1885, in the Indian state of Odisha. Majority of the people in the town speak Odia. The city and the Distric ...
in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
. She was enrolled in the Bar in 1985. She was elevated as
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...
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 ...
on 1 March 2007. She was appointed
Acting 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 ...
on 5 January 2020 after retirement of
Chief Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri
Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri (born 5 January 1958) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He is also former Judge of Rajasthan High Court and Gujarat High Court.
Career
Jhaveri passed LL.B. and got enrolment on 20 Janua ...
till 24 April 2020.
She
retired
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Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
on 9 July 2021.
References
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1959 births
Living people
Indian judges
20th-century Indian women lawyers
20th-century Indian lawyers
Judges of the Orissa High Court