The 76th Independence Day was celebrated at the Orissa High Court premises here with Chief Justice S Muralidhar hoisting the National Flag.
The Police Band played the tune of the National Anthem as a mark respect to the National Flag.
Justice Subhasis Talapatra, Justice BR Sarangi, Justice D Dash, Justice S Pujahari, Justice SK Sahoo Justice KR Mohapatra, Justice BP Routray, Justice Savitri Ratho, Justice MS Sahoo, Justice R.K Pattanaik Justice A K Mohapatra, Justice V Narasingh, Justice BP Satapathy Justice SK Mishra, Justice Gourishankar Satapathy, Justice Chittaranjan Dash ,Judges of the High Court attended the ceremony.
The other dignitaries viz. High Court Assistant Solicitor General Prasanna Kumar Parhi, Government Advocate JP Patnaik, High Court Bar Association vice president Khirod Kumar Rout, secretary Alok Prasad Nanda, Secretary, joint secretary Udit Ranjan Jena, assistant joint secretary Rashmi Ranjan Mishra, assistant secretary (Library) Anita Nanda, Asst. Secretary (Library), along with executive body members of the Bar Association and officers of the Registry with staffs of the court were among others present.