Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad takes oath as Orissa HC judge
Odisha High Court New Judge Justice Dixit Krishna : High court chief justice Harish Tandon administered the oath of office to Justice Shripad, who was transferred from the Karnataka High Court to the Orissa HC on May 1.
Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad was sworn in as judge of the Orissa High Court (HC) at a ceremony held on the court premises in Cuttack on Monday.
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Justice Dixit was enrolled as an advocate in July 1989. He predominantly practised in the High Courts of Karnataka and Madras, specializing in Law of Writs, Election Laws and Service Laws. He also appeared before the Service/Administrative Tribunals of different States. He was appointed as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Election Commission of India and also as an Additional Central Government Standing Counsel in 1999.
He has also served as Standing Counsel for the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Karnataka Veterinary Sciences University, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and National Institute of Unani Medicines. He was engaged as Amicus Curiae in certain matters before by the High Court of Karnataka. He was a Panel Counsel for a few Nationalized Banks as well.
In 2014, he was appointed as the Assistant Solicitor General and he continued as such till his elevation to the Karnataka High Court as a Judge on February 14, 2018. Justice Dixit has been a part of several important judgments, including the Hijab ban judgment (2022) . He is now the fourth senior-most Judge of the Orissa High Court, who is set to demit his office on July 19, 2026. On the first day of his office, he will share a Division Bench with the third senior-most Judge Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra..
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