| Office | 2nd Chief Justice of Manipur High Court |
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| Office | Judge of Allahabad High Court
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| Office | Judge of Orissa High Court
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| Predecessor | Abhay Manohar Sapre |
| Successor | Rakesh Ranjan Prasad
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| Born | 1954-6-10 (age 72)
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| Alma mater | M S Law College, Cuttack
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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.
Career
Justice Mohapatra was born in 1954. His father Late Lokanath Mohapatra retired as District Judge.[1] 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, Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha, Odisha State Financial Corporation, Stock Exchange and other organizations in the High Court.[2]
He was elevated as judge of the Orissa High Court on 16 September 1999.[1] He was transferred to Allahabad High Court on 17 October 2012[3] and took charge as the Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from 19 September to 20 October 2013.[4] He was transferred as Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court and took charge of the same n 21 October 2013.[5] Subsequently he was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court on 10 July 2014.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Former Judge | Orissa High Court, Cuttack, National Informatics Centre (NIC, Orissa). orissahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ Former Chief Justice. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD. allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ Justice Mohapatra to be acting CJ. The Times of India(18 September 2013). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ Mohapatra sworn-in acting CJ of Manipur HC : 22nd oct13 ~ E-Pao! Headlines. e-pao.net. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ Former Odisha HC judge sworn in as CJ of Manipur HC. Retrieved 9 March 2019.Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore