Court, Judiciary & Legal System 11-Judge HC bench suspends order of Judge who alleged Judicial corruption August 30, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Thursday, an 11-judge bench of the Patna High Court suspended an order by fellow judge Justice Rakesh Kumar who, while ruling on an anticipatory bail matter, alleged corruption & nepotism in the judiciary. Justice Kumar’s order, the bench said, is “to shake the confidence of the public in the judiciary & to lower its […] Read more » judicial corruption Patna High Court
Consumer Law News Corruption Here an Open Secret, Says this State High Court Judge, Chief Justice Withdraws All Work from Him August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of High Court of Patna has withdrawn judicial work from the senior-most Judge in the HC after the latter delivered an order on how the judiciary in Bihar had plunged deep into corruption. “Corruption in this HC is (an) open secret,” Justice Rakesh Kumar had held in his 20-page order delivered on Wednesday. […] Read more » chief justice high court judge Patna High Court
Top Law News Patna HC dismisses bail pleas of senior IAS officer, 13 others December 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court today dismissed the bail applications of 14 persons, including senior IAS officer and former Bihar Staff Selection Commission (SSC) chairman Sudhir Kumar, who are in jail in connection with a paper leak scam that had surfaced in February. A bench of Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha dismissed the bail pleas of the […] Read more » bail plea Bihar Staff Selection Commission Court featured Law Legal News Patna High Court SSC
Top Law News Patna HC quashes lower court order against Taslima Nasreen October 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court has quashed a six-year-old order of a lower court which took cognizance of a complaint against controversial Bangladeshi write Taslima Nasreen for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with a tweet. The writer’s tweet was neither malicious nor was it made to intentionally disturb any public order, Justice Arun Kumar said in his […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Patna High Court Taslima Nasreen
Top Law News HC adjourns till Monday petitions challenging new Nitish govt July 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court today adjourned till Monday the hearing on two PILs challenging the formation of the new government by Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) along with the BJP After a brief hearing, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A K Upadhyay adjourned the matter. Two PILs were filed and their […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Nitish government Patna High Court petitions
Top Law News CS, DGP assure HC of traffic regulation January 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Appearing before the Patna High Court, Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and DGP P K Thakur today assured the court that traffic would be regulated during the human chain programme tomorrow and participation of students and teachers would be voluntary. The undertaking on traffic and participation of schools teachers and students was given by two […] Read more » Anjani Kumar Singh Court DGP P K Thakur featured Law Legal News Patna High Court
Top Law News Bihar govt tells Patna HC human chain participation voluntary January 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bihar government today assured the Patna High Court that participation in Saturday’s human chain, billed as the world’s largest, was voluntary and alternative routes are being created to avoid traffic chaos due to closure of national highways and state highways for five hours. Principal Additional Advocate General Lalit Kishore gave the state’s reply to […] Read more » bihar government Court featured human chain participation voluntary Law Legal News Patna High Court
Top Law News Ban on use of alcohol in ayurvedic medicines junked October 28, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Patna high court today quashed the Bihar government’s notification banning use of alcohol for manufacturing ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines in view of prohibition in force in the state. The state government through a notification dated March 17, 2016 denied issuing further licences to manufacture ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines having alcohol content in view of […] Read more » Ban on use of alcohol in ayurvedic medicines bihar government Court featured Law Legal News Patna High Court
Criminal Law News Top Law News SC favours RJD MLA’s custody till victim deposes October 25, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today rejected a plea by suspended MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused in a rape case, to remain outside Bihar, favouring that the RJD legislator should remain in jail till the victim records her statement “fairly and without any fear”. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana, which rejected […] Read more » featured MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav accused in rape case Nawada Assembly constituency Patna High Court Raj Ballabh Yadav
High Profile Cases SC stays Patna HC order quashing Bihar liquor ban law October 7, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today stayed the operation of the Patna High Court judgement quashing the Bihar government’s law banning sale and consumption of all types of liquor in the state. A bench, comprising justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit, issued notices to all respondents including some liquor manufacturers on whose plea the high court had […] Read more » BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News liquor ban law Patna High Court Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Bihar moves SC against Patna HC order on liquor ban October 4, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Bihar government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Patna High Court order quashing the notification banning consumption and sale of liquor in the state. The appeal against the high court’s September 30 decision was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur which agreed to give Bihar government an urgent hearing […] Read more » bihar government Court featured Law Legal News liquor ban Patna High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Patna HC dismisses PIL for spl pkg of Rs 1.25 lakh cr September 21, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Patna high court today dismissed a PIL seeking its direction to the central government for implementation of the special package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar which was announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during last Assembly polls. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari and Justice Anjan Mishra dismissed […] Read more » BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News Patna High Court PIL special package of Rs 1.25 lakh cr for bihar
