India, June 17 -- The Orissa High Court has asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure that police stations across the state properly carry out orders of magistrates and judicial officers in different matters so that litigants do not approach the higher court complaining about police inaction.

The direction was issued by Justice Savitri Ratho on June 12 while disposing of a petition filed by a 65-year-old scheduled caste woman who alleged that she had been cheated of '2.10 lakh by persons who had promised to sell her land through a registered sale deed, but neither did they execute the deed nor return the money.

Regarding the case, the aggrieved woman petitioner had approached the JMFC (judicial magistrate, first class), Ranpu...