{"id":212251,"date":"2011-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/punam-devi-vs-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-23-march-2011"},"modified":"2018-05-25T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T09:57:34","slug":"punam-devi-vs-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-23-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/punam-devi-vs-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-23-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Punam Devi vs State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors. on 23 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Punam Devi vs State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors. on 23 March, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                   MJC No.561 of 2010\n     1. PUNAM DEVI W\/O MADHURENDRA SAH R\/O VILL.- CHAMAHI, P.S.-\n        SHIKAR GANJ, DISTT.- EAST CHAMPARAN, MOTIHARI.\n                                                      ... Petitioner.\n                                 Versus\n        1. THE STATE OF BIHAR\n        2. THE DIRECTOR, PANCHAYATI RAJ GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA\n        NAMELY DR. DIPAN PRASAD, namely, Dr. Deepak Prasad\n        3. SRI NARBDESHWAR LAL, THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE EAST\n        CHAMPARAN AT MOTIHARI\n        4. SRI RAMAN KUMAR SINHA, THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT\n        OFFICER CHIRAIYA, DISTT. EAST CHAMPARAN AT MOTIHARI.\n                                               Contemnors\/Opposite Parties.\n                                        -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>2.          23.03.2011              Learned counsel for the parties have agreed<\/p>\n<p>                         that the only direction given the order of this Court in<\/p>\n<p>                         the connected writ petition has already been complied.<\/p>\n<p>                                    That being so, this MJC application has<\/p>\n<p>                         become infructuous and is dismissed, accordingly.<\/p>\n<pre>kanchan\/-                                   ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Punam Devi vs State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors. on 23 March, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.561 of 2010 1. PUNAM DEVI W\/O MADHURENDRA SAH R\/O VILL.- CHAMAHI, P.S.- SHIKAR GANJ, DISTT.- EAST CHAMPARAN, MOTIHARI. &#8230; Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. 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