The Law Department is headed by a Senior District Judge of the cadre of Orissa Superior Judicial Service.
Judicial functions include certain Union subjects and certain State subjects.
Orissa Judicial Service, Maintenance and Organisation of Courts of Civil and Criminal jurisdiction in the State, Appeals against sentence in lower Courts, Appointment of Law Officers to conduct cases in all Courts, Court language etc. are some of the functions of the law department.
Email: lawsec@ori.nic.in
Phone No. (0674) 2401742(O), 2572337 (R) 2322582 (O)
Web : http://www.orissa.gov.in/law/index.htm