Patna HC Dismisses Pleas Challenging Bihar Govt's Decision To Conduct Caste-Based Survey In State

The Patna High Court today dismissed pleas challenging the decision of the Bihar Government to conduct a caste-based survey in the State. The High Court, has in effect, paved the way for a caste-based survey in the state.After hearing a total of 5 PIL pleas challenging various aspects of the survey, a bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy had reserved the verdict...

Patna High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail On Condition Of Planting 500 Trees, In Environment Protection Act Violation Case

The Patna High Court has granted anticipatory-arrest bail to a man, who was booked for violating Bihar Minor Mineral Concessions Rules, 1972 and the Environment (Protection) Act, on the condition of planting 500 trees.The counsel appearing for the mines department submitted that if the petitioner is ready to plant 500 trees in the area specified by the District Mines Officer, Sheikhpura and...

Patna High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023 [Citations 1 - 71]

NOMINAL INDEXManoj Kumar Sah Versus The State of Bihar 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 1Kalyan Sah v. Mosmat Rashmi Priya 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 2Kaushlya Devi v. The State of Bihar & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 3Anmol Kumar v. The State of Bihar & 6 Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 4Anamika Pranav v. Anil Kumar Choudhary 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 5Kamla Kant Prasad v. The State of Bihar & Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Pat)...

Pleas Challenging Bihar Govt's Decision To Conduct Caste-Based Survey In State: High Court To Deliver Judgment Tomorrow

The Patna High Court is set to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on the pleas challenging the decision of the Bihar Government to conduct a caste-based survey in the State. After hearing a total of 5 PIL pleas challenging various aspects of the survey, a bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy had reserved the verdict on July 7. It may be noted that the...

Patna High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 24 - July 30

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 84 to 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 86NOMINAL INDEXNeeta Tripathi @ Dr. Nita Tripathi Vs. State Of Bihar 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 84SK vs. RD 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 85Income Tax Officer vs. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Pat) 86Patna High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Doctor In 2012 Case, Says 'Mens Rea' Is A Must For ‘Negligence’ To Amount To...

Revenue Needs To Be Consistent, Can’t Accept Proposition In One Case And Challenge In Another : Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has upheld the principle of consistency in taxation matters, asserting that the Revenue cannot challenge a declaration of law accepted in one case while challenging its correctness in another case without just cause. Quoting several judgments of the Apex Court, the Court held, "The established principle is that, if the Revenue has not challenged...

Inability To Bear A Child Is Part Of Marital Life, Not A Ground For Dissolving Marriage: Patna High Court

While dismissing a man's revision plea against the Family Court's rejection of his matrimonial case for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the Patna High Court said the inability to bear a child is not a valid ground for dissolving a marriage. The court noted that it appears since the wife is having a cyst in her uterus and is unable to bear child, the husband wants to...

Justice Vipul M Pancholi Sworn In As Judge Of Patna High Court

Justice Vipul M Pancholi took oath as a judge of the Patna High Court today. The oath-taking ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan in Patna, where Governor Rajendra Arlekar administered the oath of office to Justice Pancholi.Justice Pancholi started practice as an advocate in the Gujarat High Court in September 1991. He was appointed as an Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public...

Patna High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 17 To July 23

NOMINAL INDEXSakindar Yada Vs. The State Of Bihar Criminal Appeal (Db) No.945 Of 2017 and Dr. Nagendra Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar Criminal Appeal (Db) No. 875 Of 2017Educomp Solutions Ltd vs. The Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Limited Request Case No.85 of 2022Manoj Kumar and Another vs. The State of Bihar and Others Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7185 of 2019Navalkishor...

Patna High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Doctor In 2012 Case, Says 'Mens Rea' Is A Must For ‘Negligence’ To Amount To Offence

The Patna High Court has quashed the proceedings in a criminal case against a doctor, who was accused of negligence during a hysterectomy in 2012.Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh, observed, “There is difference between ‘Negligence’ and ‘Criminal Negligence’ and it is only criminal negligence which can be tried by a criminal court. For ‘Negligence’ to amount to offence,...

Patna High Court Censures Darbhanga Sanskrit University VC For Denial Of Retiral Benefits To Former Night Guard

The Patna High Court has directed the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Kameshwar Nagar to clear the retiral dues of a former employee within a period of six weeks.Justice Purnendu Singh ordered the the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the University to make payment of all the retiral dues including pension along with statutory interest admissible to the former Night Guard...

Patna High Court Orders Bihar School Examination Board To Pay Rs 2 Lakh Compensation To Student Wrongly Declared 'Fail' In Sanskrit Paper

The Patna High Court has directed the Bihar School Examination Board to pay a monetary compensation of Rs 2 Lakh to a girl who was wrongly declared 'fail' in a paper of the Secondary School Examination, 2017 (Annual) conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board.“In the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the fact that the petitioner no. 2 being a girl student...