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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court (2014 - 2016)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra<br />
| office1 = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Manipur High Court|2nd Chief Justice]] of [[Manipur High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 10 July 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 9 June 2016<br />{{small|Acting CJ : 21 October 2013 - 9 July 2014}}<br />
| appointer1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| nominator1 = [[R. M. Lodha]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Abhay Manohar Sapre]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Rakesh Ranjan Prasad]]<br />
| office2 = [[Judge]] of [[Allahabad High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 17 October 2012<br />
| term_end2 = 20 October 2013<br />
| appointer2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| nominator2 = [[S. H. Kapadia]]<br />
| status3 = Acting Chief Justice<br />
| term_start3 = 19 September 2013<br />
| term_end3 = 20 October 2013<br />
| appointer3 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Shiva Kirti Singh]]<br />
| successor3 = {{ubl|[[D. Y. Chandrachud]]|Sheo Kumar Singh ''(acting)''}}<br />
| office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Orissa High Court]]<br />
| term_start4 = 16 September 1999<br />
| term_end4 = 16 October 2012<br />
| appointer4 = [[A. S. Anand]]<br />
| nominator4 = [[K. R. Narayanan]]<br />
| birth_place =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|10|df=y}}<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
| alma_mater = M S Law College, Cuttack <br />
}}<br />
'''Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra''' (born 10 June 1954) is a retired Indian judge, who has served as [[Chief Justice]] of [[Manipur High Court]]. He is a former [[judge]] of [[Allahabad High Court]] and [[Orissa High Court]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Justice Mohapatra was born in 1954. His father Late Lokanath Mohapatra retired as District Judge.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa) |title=Former Judge {{!}} Orissa High Court, Cuttack |url=https://orissahighcourt.nic.in/judges/former-judge/hon-ble-mr-justice-l-mohapatra/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701205316/https://orissahighcourt.nic.in/judges/former-judge/hon-ble-mr-justice-l-mohapatra/ |archive-date=2022-07-01 |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=orissahighcourt.nic.in |language=en}}</ref> He passed Law from M S Law College of [[Cuttack]] in 1977. He enrolled as Advocate on 25 January 1978 and started practice on Civil, Criminal, Service and Labour matters in [[Orissa High Court]]. He served as the legal retainer for [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]], [[Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha]], [[Odisha State Financial Corporation]], Stock Exchange and other organizations in the High Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Chief Justice |url=https://hcmimphal.nic.in/cjudges_old.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915212552/http://hcmimphal.nic.in/cjudges_old.html |archive-date=15 September 2018 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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He was elevated as judge of the Orissa High Court on 16 September 1999.<ref name=":0" /> He was transferred to [[Allahabad High Court]] on 17 October 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=190|title=HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD|website=allahabadhighcourt.in|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109082919/http://allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=190|url-status=live}}</ref> and took charge as the Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from 19 September to 20 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Justice-Mohapatra-to-be-acting-CJ/articleshow/22691520.cms|title=Justice Mohapatra to be acting CJ|date=18 September 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> He was transferred as Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court and took charge of the same n 21 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohapatra sworn-in acting CJ of Manipur HC : 22nd oct13 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=20..221013.oct13 |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> Subsequently he was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of [[Manipur High Court]] on 10 July 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishasuntimes.com/former-odisha-hc-judge-appointed-cj-manipur-hc/|title=Former Odisha HC judge sworn in as CJ of Manipur HC|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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