Prashant Kumar Sahu v. Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd.(Lic)
Orissa High Court at Cuttack – Writ Appeal
Case brief
What is this about?
Bare, two-member-bench order of the High Court of Orissa, Cuttack, dated 14.10.2025 in W.A. No.1399 of 2025 (appellant: Prashant Kumar Sahu, adv. Prasanna Kumar Mishra; respondents: LIC and others, advs. Prakash Ranjan Barik and Anupam Dash). Contains two operative acts: (1) condonation of delay in filing the writ appeal via I.A. No.3341 of 2025; and (2) dismissal of the writ appeal purely on the basis of the judgment rendered the same day in the connected writ appeal W.A. No.1249 of 2025 (Nihar Ranjan Biswal v. Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd. (LIC) and others), which this order relies upon. No statutes cited, no independent legal analysis, no dissent, no monetary quantum. Bench: Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice M.S. Raman (full name per coram line: Murahari Sri Raman). Value is chiefly as a companion cite to the Nihar Ranjan Biswal judgment.
What did the court decide?
Delay in filing the writ appeal condoned (I.A. No.3341 of 2025 disposed of accordingly); no substantive relief on the merits, as the writ appeal itself was dismissed.