By Neeraj Kumar Patna: The Patna High Court has issued a temporary stay on the appointment of 145 drivers in the Forest Department following allegations of irregularities in the recruitment process. The stay was imposed by a single bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary after hearing a petition filed by 51 applicants challenging the recruitment. The…
By Alok Mohit Patna: The Patna High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentences of four convicts to 30 years’ imprisonment in the 2013 Gandhi Maidan bomb blast case, while upholding the life sentences of two others. A division bench comprising Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Jitendra Kumar had earlier reserved its judgement after completing…
By Alok Mohit Patna: In an interim order, the Patna High Court has stayed the implementation of a recent Bihar government notification banning the operation of diesel school buses in Patna. Justice A. Abhishek Reddy issued the order while hearing a petition filed by the Association of Independent Schools, Bihar, challenging the state government’s directive….
By Alok Mohit Patna: The Patna High Court has strongly criticised government officials for their persistent non-compliance with various court orders, which has resulted in the filing of thousands of contempt petitions. The rebuke was delivered by a division bench comprising Justice P.B. Bajanthri and Justice Alok Kumar Pandey during the hearing of a contempt…
By Neeraj Kumar Patna: The Patna High Court has mandated a compensation of Rs 8 lakh to the dependents of a victim who tragically died after falling from a train. The court clarified that under no circumstances should the compensation amount be less than Rs 8 lakh. This ruling was delivered by a single bench…
By Alok Mohit and Neeraj Kumar PATNA: The Patna High Court has directed the Bihar government to submit a progress report within three weeks regarding the construction of roads connecting Pataliputra railway station and the provision of basic amenities at the railway facility. While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition, a division bench, headed…
By Alok Mohit and Neeraj Kumar Patna: The Bihar government has moved the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court order striking down the state’s quota laws that provided 65% reservation to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs and educational institutions. In its…
By Alok Mohit and Neeraj Kumar Patna: Bihar-born Syed Naqvi, who later became a Pakistani national, is facing a major dilemma after the Patna High Court ordered his release from detention and waived the remainder of his sentence. Despite being his adopted country, Pakistan refuses to accept him, and he cannot stay in Bihar’s Arwal…
By Alok Mohit PATNA: In a significant ruling, the Patna High Court has quashed the dismissal of a government employee accused of consuming alcohol in violation of Bihar’s prohibition laws. The case involved Prabhakar Kumar Singh, a clerk formerly posted at the sub-divisional office in Nirmali, Supaul district. Singh was arrested on February 5, 2018,…
By Alok Mohit and Neeraj Kumar Patna, June 20: In a major setback to the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, the Patna High Court on Thursday quashed the state’s law that provided 65% reservation to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs and…
