{"id":49258,"date":"2017-07-31T08:06:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T02:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49258"},"modified":"2017-07-31T08:06:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T02:36:26","slug":"patna-hc-dismisses-two-pils-challenging-new-nitish-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/patna-hc-dismisses-two-pils-challenging-new-nitish-govt","title":{"rendered":"Patna HC dismisses two PILs 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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PTI Photo  (PTI5_11_2017_000111A)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-49206 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Patna HC dismisses two PILs challenging new Nitish govt\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/nitish-kumar759.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patna HC dismisses two PILs challenging new Nitish govt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Patna High Court today dismissed two PILs challenging the formation of the new government by Nitish Kumar&#8217;s JD(U) along with the BJP.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing all parties, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A K Upadhyay dismissed the two PILs saying no intervention of the court is required, after floor test in the state Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>While one PIL was filed by RJD MLAs Saroj Yadav and Chandan Verma, the second one was filed by Jitendra Kumar, a Samajwadi Party member.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday last, the court had adjourned the matter for today.<\/p>\n<p>The new Nitish Kumar government in which the NDA is a coalition partner won the trust vote on Friday last.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patna High Court today dismissed two PILs challenging the formation of the new government by Nitish Kumar&#8217;s JD(U) along with the BJP. 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