{"id":145235,"date":"2011-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dukhichand-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-2-august-2011"},"modified":"2017-08-13T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T21:51:08","slug":"dukhichand-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-2-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dukhichand-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-2-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Dukhichand Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 2 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dukhichand Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 2 August, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                 Letters Patent Appeal No.1843 of 2010\n                                                   In\n                            (CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE 1666\/2008)\n\n                   1. Dukhichand Singh S\/O Late Sukhdeo Singh R\/O Vill.- Dura, P.O.-\n                      Khaddi Lodipur, P.S.- Ekangarsarai (Telhara), Distt.- Nalanda\n\n                                                    Versus\n                   1. The State Of Bihar\n                   2. The Secretary Cum Commissioner Health, Family Welfare Deptt.,\n                      Govt. Of Bihar, Patna\n                   3. The State Of Jharkhand, Ranchi Through Civil Surgeon Cum Chief\n                      Medical (Health) Officer Chatra\n                   4. The Secretary Cum Commissioner Finance Deptt., Jharkhand State,\n                      Ranchi\n                   5. The Accountant General, Bihar, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna\n                   6. The Secretary Cum Commissioner, Finance Department, Govt. Of\n                      Bihar, Patna\n                   7. The Deputy Treasury Officer, Hilsa, Nalanda\n\n                                        ----------------------------------\n<\/pre>\n<p>02.   02.08.2011                 This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed against the<\/p>\n<p>                     judgment and order dated 16.09.2010 passed by the learned<\/p>\n<p>                     Single Judge in C.W.J.C. 1666 of 2008.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                 Upon hearing learned counsel for the appellant,<\/p>\n<p>                     learned counsel for the State of Jharkhand Sri N.N. Ojha, and<\/p>\n<p>                     learned counsel for State of Bihar Sri Bipin Kumar, we do not<\/p>\n<p>                     find any merit in this appeal. The appeal, being devoid of merit,<\/p>\n<p>                     is dismissed.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n\n                                                ( Prakash Chandra Verma, J. )\n\n\n\n        Mkr.                                      (Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J.)\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Dukhichand Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 2 August, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1843 of 2010 In (CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE 1666\/2008) 1. 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