{"id":49205,"date":"2017-07-28T07:13:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T01:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49205"},"modified":"2017-07-28T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T01:43:07","slug":"hc-adjourns-till-monday-petitions-challenging-new-nitish-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-adjourns-till-monday-petitions-challenging-new-nitish-govt","title":{"rendered":"HC adjourns till Monday petitions challenging new Nitish govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49206\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-adjourns-till-monday-petitions-challenging-new-nitish-govt\/launch-of-developmental-schemes-of-department-of-energy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;PTI&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing at a function for the inauguration of developmental schemes of Department of Energy in Patna on Thursday. 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