Bio data of Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi

Hon’ble Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was born on July 20, 1962 in village Pantikhari Sasan near Odagaon (the Second Srikhetra, Raghunath Jew Temple), in the district of Nayagarh in a respectable “Sarangi Family” as the youngest son of Late Banchhanidhi Sarangi, Ex-Financial advisor belonging to Senior Class-I Officer of Orissa Finance Service Cadre of State of Odisha, and Late Sailabala Sarangi, a doting house-wife.

Dr. Justice Sarangi passed H.S.C. Examination and studied in Commerce with Hons. From B.J.B. College, Bhubaneswar. Acquired LL.B & LL.M. from M.S. Law College, Cuttack under Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar. Awarded Ph.D in Law from Sambalpur University. Recipient of various prizes and awards for academic achievements.

Joined the Bar in December, 1985 having regular practice in the High Court of Orissa, Cuttack and Supreme Court of India, New Delhi and also a life member of Orissa High Court Bar Association, Civil Court Bar Association, Criminal Court Bar Association and Central Tribunal Bar Association, etc.

He conducted cases specifically in civil, criminal, constitutional, revenue, tax, labour, service, mining, education, electricity, insurance, banking, telephone, elections etc. He was an advocate, first and last, who fought all cases, big or small with equal zeal and vigour. In course of his meteoric professional career, he occupied a unique position. Endowed with integrity, honesty, sincerity, ability, hardworking, prompt and meticulous reading with a powerful mind, deep thinking and clear expression coupled with an understanding of human nature, he lost no time in building of solid legal practice.

For outstanding performance and high standard of professional ethics as a lawyer, conferred the “Haricharan Mukherjee Memorial Award” with Gold Medal for the year 2002 from the then Hon’ble Justice P.K. Balsubramanyam, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He completed a long 27 years of practice at the Bar.

He has actively participated with various philanthropic, social and religious organisations and also participated in various symposiums, seminars of State, National and International level with special reference to public administration, habitat management, law and social change.

He was elevated to the bench and sworn in as a Permanent Judge of Orissa High Court on Jun 20, 2013.

During his tenure for a span of ten (10) years and ten (10) months in the High Court of Orissa, he has disposed of record number of cases of more than 1,52,000 (one lakh fifty-two thousand) and delivered near about 1,500 (one thousand five hundred) reported judgments in dispensation of justice to the public at large which created a public confidence on this noble institution.

Transferred to High Court of Jharkhand and took oath as the Chief Justice of High Court of Jharkhand on 05 July, 2024. Demitted the office on 19th July, 2024 on attaining age of superannuation.

Appointed as Member, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi and assumed charge on 30th Dec 2024 and continuing.

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