Mr. Justice V. Narasingh was born at Berhampur. He is the son of Late Justice V. Gopala Swamy, retired Judge, Orissa High Court and Mrs. V. Dharmamba, retired Assistant Inspector of Schools (OES-II) and grandson of Late Sri V. Koneti Rao, Vice Principal of Khallikote College, Berhampur. He is married to Mrs. Malavika, who did her M. Phil from Delhi School of Economics and worked as a teacher in DAV Public School for two decades. They are blessed with two children. Daughter Ms. Nimeshika who after obtaining Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Designing pursued her further study in MA Fashion Business Management at University of Westminster, London and worked as a client advisor with ‘Karl Lagerfeld’ and now she is on the verge of launching her own signature brand. Son Mr. Devansh is pursuing B.A L.L.B in NLU, Odisha.
Justice Narasingh completed his secondary school education from Unit 1 Government Boys’ School in Bhubaneswar. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree from BJB College, Bhubaneswar, followed by both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Law (LL.M.) from Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack which is now Madhusudan Law University. Following his father’s legacy Justice Narasingh embarked on his legal career in 1989. He also served as a part-time law lecturer at Madhusudan Law College. Throughout his stint as a lawyer, he held several significant positions, including Additional Standing Counsel both for the Government and Commercial Taxes as well as served as Additional Government Advocate and was an empanelled counsel for Union of India in the C.A.T., Cuttack as well. He was the retainer counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for Orissa High Court.
In recognition of his outstanding performance and adherence to high professional ethics, he was awarded “Haricharan Mukherjee Memorial Gold Medal†in 2004 at the hands of the then Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Sri Sujit Barman Roy.
He was one of the two lawyers chosen by the High Court of Orissa to undergo Mediation training in the year, 2008 in the East India Regional Intensive Mediation Training Programme at Ranchi.
He served as an empanelled Arbitrator and Mediator for the Orissa High Court and was also appointed as Amicus Curiae to assist the Court in conducting criminal cases. His legal expertise was further recognized when he was appointed as Counsel for the State of Odisha before the Commission of Inquiry of Hon’ble Justice A.S. Naidu. Justice Narasingh was also actively involved in healthcare administration, serving as an executive member of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti of Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Before his elevation to the Bench, he acted as a panel lawyer for several institutions and government bodies, including the Accountant General, East Coast Railway, Airports Authority of India, National Insurance Co. Ltd., New India Assurance Co. Ltd., Apollo Hospitals (Hyderabad), National Highway Authority of India (PIU, Kharagpur), the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) Odisha, Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Odisha State Board of Pharmacy.
Justice Narasingh was elevated to the Bench as a Judge of the High Court of Orissa on 14.02.2022. He serves as the Administrative Judge of Bargarh Judgeship. He is member of several committees on the Administrative side of the High Court of Orissa including the committee constituted in terms of the Judgment of Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vrs. Central Bureau of Investigation, 2022 (10) SCC 51 to monitor the cases of under trials and to protect rights of citizen against undue arrest.
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