Cuttack, Mar 17 (PTI) The Orissa High Court has directed all subordinate courts to hold morning session from April 4 given the increase in day temperature with the onset of summer.

Bhagyalaxmi Rath, the registrar (administration) of Orissa High Court, communicated the decision to the district and sessions judges through a notice dated March 16 that was uploaded on the court's website on Thursday.

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Court work will start from 7 am and continue till 1 pm with a half-an-hour break from 10 am to 10.30 am, according to the directive.

The morning session will continue till the end of summer vacation.

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However, this will not apply to the courts in Puri, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Chhatrapur and Koraput, the order said.

A searing heatwave has enveloped several districts and the maximum temperature was above normal at many places across the state.

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