Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (PTI) The Odisha government has established a Special Court to speed up the trial of Maoist leader Dunna Kesava Rao, alias Azad (52), who has been in judicial custody since 2011, a Home department notification said on Thursday.

The notification said, “… in compliance of the order of Supreme Court, the state government in consultation with High Court of Orissa, do hereby establish court of Additional District and Session Judge at Paralakhemundi in addition to the existing number of such courts in the judgeship of Gajapati with effect from the date the said court functions with the local limits of jurisdiction in the entire state of Odisha and fix the place of sitting of the said court at Paralakhemundi for speedy trial of cases pending against D Kesava Rao." However, th

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