Former Chief Justices
| # | Chief Justice | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bira Kishore Ray | 26 July 1948 – 30 October 1951 |
| 2 | B. Jagannadha Das | 31 October 1951 – 3 March 1953 |
| 3 | Lingaraj Panigrahi | 4 March 1953 – 21 March 1956 |
| 4 | R. Laxman Narasimham | 22 March 1956 – 27 December 1964 |
| 5 | Khaleel Ahmed | 18 January 1965 – 5 April 1967 |
| 6 | Satya Bhusan Burman | 6 April 1967 – 30 April 1969 |
| 7 | Gati Krushna Misra | 1 May 1969 – 30 October 1975 |
| 8 | Siba Narayan Shankar | 1 November 1975–12 October 1977 |
| 9 | Sukanta Kishor Ray | 13 October 1977–4 November 1980 |
| 10 | Ranganath Mishra | 16 January 1981 – 14 March 1983 |
| 11 | Digambardharu Pathak | 11 August 1983 – 28 February 1986 |
| 12 | Harilal Agrawal | 1 May 1986 – 31 July 1989 |
| 13 | Banwarilal Hansaria | 22 February 1990 – 13 December 1993 |
| 14 | Girish Thakurlal Nanavati | 31 January 1994 – 27 September 1994 |
| 15 | Vallabhdas Aidan Mohta | 28 September 1994 – 25 April 1995 |
| 16 | Sailendu Nath Pukhan | 2 August 1996 – 27 January 1999 |
| 17 | Biswanath Agrawal | 18 November 1999–18 October 2000 |
| 18 | N.Y. Hanumanthapa | 17 February 2001 – 24 September 2001 |
| 19 | P.K. Balsubramanyan | 5 December 2001 – 10 March 2003 |
| 20 | Sujit Barman Roy | 9 April 2003 – 27 January 2007 |
| 21 | A.K. Ganguly | 2 March 2007 – 18 May 2008 |
| 22 | Balbir Singh Chauhan | 16 July 2008 – 10 May 2009 |
| acting | I.M. Quddusi | 11 May 2009 – 13 November 2009 |
| 23 | Bilal Nazki | 14 November 2009–17 November 2009 |
Read more about this topic: Orissa High Court
Famous quotes containing the words chief and/or justices:
“The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“If the justices would only retire when they have become burdens to the court itself, or when they recognize themselves that their faculties have become impaired, I would grieve sincerely when they passed away, and you would not feel like such a hypocrite as you do when you are going through the formality of sending telegrams of condolence and giving out interviews for propriety’s sake.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)