Today, Justice Subhasis Talapatra, Judge of the Orissa High Court, took oath as the 33^rd Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the new chief justice in a ceremony on the Orissa High Court premises.

Recently, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the name of Justice Talapatra, judge of the Orissa High Court, for the appointment as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

He succeeded Justice Muralidhar as the new chief justice of the Orissa High Court.

Justice Talapatra was born on 4th October, 1961 and did his graduations in Arts and Law from University of Calcutta. He was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on September 12, 1990.

He practiced mainly at Agartala Bench of Gauhati High Court and appeared in catena of constitutional, civil and criminal matters. He was designated as Senior Advocate on December 21, 2004.

Justice Talapatra was elevated as a Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 15 November 2011 and on establishment of a separate High Court for the State of Tripura in 2013 he opted the High Court of Tripura as his parent High Court. He has been functioning, on transfer, in the High Court of Orissa since 10 June 2022.