Additional Judge Satrughana Pujahari would be sworn in as a permanent judge of the Odisha High Court on Thursday.
Born on September 24, 1960 at Subalaya in Subarnapur district, Justice Pujahari, completed llB from the lal lajpat Rai law College, Sambalpur in 1986. He was appointed Additional District and Sessions Judge of Ganjam in 2003. He was also posted as the District and Sessions Judge of Koraput, Ganjam, Puri and Balangir and chairman of the Sales Tax Tribunal. He was appointed Member-Secretary of Odisha State legal Services Authority, Cuttack and Principal Secretary of the State law Department.
Justice Pujahari was elevated to the Odisha High Court Bench as an Additional Judge on November 29, 2013.