Top Law News High Court rejects writ for dismissal of Shatrughan’s election November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition seeking cancellation of election of actor-politician Shatrughan Singha from Patna Saheb parliamentary seat has been rejected by The Patna High Court rejected Justice V N Sinha did not find merit in the petition of one Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar who had demanded cancellation of the poll in the constituency in 2009 in which Shatrughan Sinha was elected. […] Read more » BJP candidate frivolous ground Ghanshyam Lal Jamuar Justice V N Sinha Lok Sabha Patna High Court Patna Saheb Shatrughan Singha Shatrughan Sinha
Criminal Law News Bihar to move Supreme Court against massacre case acquittal April 19, 2012 / April 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bihar will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district, a minister said Wednesday. Bihar Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes Welfare Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi said here that the government will file an […] Read more » 1996 massacre Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist Patna High Court Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Protests in Bihar against acquittal of massacre accused April 18, 2012 / April 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of people in Bihar took to the streets Tuesday against a Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people, mostly women and children, by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district. The Patna High Court had Monday acquitted the three sentenced to death and 20 given life […] Read more » 1996 massacre Bhojpur district Patna High Court
Top Law News High Court rejects demand for CBI probe into pending ”DC Bills Case” November 22, 2011 / November 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Patna High Court rejected the Public Interest Litigation Petition (PIL) seeking CBI probe into the alleged misappropriation of Rs 11,854 crore withdrawn under various development schemes for which the government has not submitted the Detailed Contingent (DC) bills. Hearing the petition, a division bench, comprising justices P C Verma and A K Trivedi, turned down […] Read more » DC Bills Case justice A K Trivedi justice P C Verma Patna High Court
Corporate Law News Land scam: Court seeks Bihar government’s response October 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court Tuesday directed the Bihar government to file its response to a public suit seeking a probe in an alleged scam of land allotment to the family members of ruling alliance’s leaders. The court fixed Jan 17, 2012 for the next hearing. The petition, filed by a local lawyer, said that the […] Read more » BIADA Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority Court seeks Bihar government's response Human Resource Development Minister P.K. Shahi Land scam Patna High Court
Criminal Law News Corrupt IAS officer in Bihar to be prosecuted September 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Corrupt IAS officer in Bihar to be prosecuted A suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, whose house was confiscated and turned into a primary school, will be prosecuted for having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said Thursday. An official in the Chief Minister’s Office here said the central government has cleared the proposal of the Bihar government […] Read more » Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Corrupt IAS officer in Bihar be prosecuted Patna High Court Shiv Shankar Verma
Top Law News Graft charges may spell trouble for Nitish Kumar April 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A petition filed in the Patna high court for re-hearing a public suit on alleged financial irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore, with fingers pointed at chief minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others, has got the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) worried. The petition was filed on Monday, nearly nine months after the state high court stayed […] Read more » CAG charges Comptroller and Auditor General graft Nitish Kumar Patna High Court Sushil Kumar Modi trouble
Top Law News Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts February 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thousands of Bihar lawyers strike against evening courts Thousands of lawyers in Bihar Tuesday began a weeklong strike to protest against evening courts that were introduced in the state in December last year. Bihar State Bar Council chairman Baleshwar Prasad Sharma said nearly 80,000 lawyers have joined the strike. The lawyers, including those from the Patna High Court, district courts and subdivisional courts, […] Read more » Bihar lawyers evening courts Patna High Court