Judicial Calendar of Odisha Released
For the third consecutive year, the High Court of Orissa released such unique Judicial Calendar of Odisha featuring paintings of school children
Cuttack (Kalinga Voice) : For the third consecutive year, the High Court of Orissa released the Judicial Calendar of Odisha featuring paintings of school children in Justice Gati Krushna Mishra Auditorium of the Odisha Judicial Academy on 17th December, 2023,
On 12th November, 2023 painting competitions were held among the school children of Class-VII to X across the State on the theme “Global Warming” by the District Courts under aegis of the High Court of Orissa. 1782 children participated in the competitions and 3 paintings were selected each district. The 90 paintings adjudged 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the districts were brought to Cuttack and out of them 12 paintings were selected by the Committee of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo, Justice Savitri Ratho and Justice Gourishankar Satapathy.
The 12 paintings were of Shriyans Panda of Cuttack, Sibasish Das of Kendrapada, Subha Ommkar Rath of Kalahandi, Samapika Nayak of Jajpur, Rudra Prasad Patra of Jagatsinghpur, Priyadarshini Muduli of Mayurbhanj, Basudev Gamango of Gajapati, Shovit Kushal of Sonepur, Satyajit Sahoo of Cuttack, Ashirbad Das of Angul, Yogeswar Deep of Nuapada and S. Satyam Achary of Koraput. Those paintings have found place in the Judicial Calendar of Odisha, 2024.
In the function in Odisha Judicial Academy the calendar was released by Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Acting Chief Justice in the presence of the Judges of High Court of Orissa.
Eminent Academician & Writer and Padma Bhusan Awardee Dr. Pratibha Ray, Eminent Vocalist and Padma Shri Awardee Smt. Shyamamani Devi and acclaimed sculptor Shri Rabi Rath were the special guests. Former Judges of the High Court, Advocate General of Odisha, office bearers of High Court Bar Association and government officials also attended the event.
The 12 children artists were felicitated by the Acting Chief Justice, Judges and guests with certificates of appreciation, medals and prizes. It was a proud moment for the children as well as their parents who were present in the function. Their paintings were displayed before the audience in large screens.
Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo, Chairman of the Judicial Calendar Committee of the High Court welcomed the guests. Delivering the welcome address Justice Sahoo highlighted the importance of literature, music and art in human life. He also stressed on the need for protection of nature and wildlife for human existence.
Shri Rabi Rath, who was a part of the selection process, said art is the expression of an artist’s thought and it cannot be judged. He lauded the High Court’s gesture of honouring artists and their work, and said an artist craves only for appreciation for his work which keeps him going. Shri Rath applauded the children’s work saying they have done their best in expressing their artistic skill through colours by space management on paper.
Smt. Shyamamani Devi congratulated the High Court for taking up the work of identifying young talents from across the state and showcasing them.
Dr. Pratibha Ray appreciated the art of each of the children and urged them to pursue art. She congratulated the High Court for the novel initiative.
Justice Savitri Ratho stressed on the need of identifying the talent in children. She emphasized on the need of nurturing the artists in children.
Delivering the key note address Dr. Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Acting Chief Justice mentioned about the initiatives undertaken by the High Court under the leadership of Dr S Muralidhar. He encouraged the children saying their art works have transformed the mundane date calendar into a visual delight. He quoted Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar saying ‘Children’s experience with the courts are often not good as they visit courts in difficult circumstances, either being torn asunder by rival affections of the parents fighting custody battles or as witnesses to or victims of crimes, and therefore, with the objective of telling them that the judiciary cares for them such initiatives are being undertaken by the High Court. The endeavour should be to make things transparent and bring the institution closer to people.’ The Acting Chief Justice urged the children to resort to hard work.
Justice Gourishankar Satapathy proposed the vote of thanks.
This is for the third consecutive year that the High Court has published calendar displaying art works of children. While the themes of the paintings were “Family” and “Nature & wildlife” in 2021 and 2022, this year the theme was “Global Warming”
Report by Khusi Dash
