Patna High Court

PATNA—A lower court judge from Bihar who was in the news for passing funny orders has been restrained from judicial works. The Patna High Court directed judge Avinash Kumar not to undertake any judicial works till further orders, media…
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PATNA—A local court in Bihar has acquitted all the 13 accused persons charged with ruthlessly killing 34 upper caste villagers in Bihar 22 years back. The victims who all hailed from Senari village in central Bihar's Jehanabad district…
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PATNA—The Patna High Court has asked the Bihar government to be prepared to face the third wave of coronavirus and set up adequate medical infrastructure at the village level to meet the possible health challenges. The directive comes…
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PATNA—The Bihar government on Tuesday finally enforced a total lockdown in the state after being severely reprimanded by the Patna High Court for its failure to handle the COVID-19 crisis in the state. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar himself…
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PATNA—An alleged gang-rape victim whose jailing had created nationwide furore was on Friday granted bail by the court. The bail was granted by the Araria district court in Bihar which had earlier ordered her to be jailed for her…
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PATNA—A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking postponement of Bihar assembly elections scheduled to be held in October/November this year has been filed in the Patna high court as the Election Commission prepares to conduct the polls.…
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PATNA—Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday questioned the move by some States to bring back students from Rajasthan’s Kota, ignoring the Central Disaster Act enforcing total lockdown. “Some States have brought back students…
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PATNA—Hapless students from Bihar stuck in Rajasthan’s Kota made impassioned appeals to chief minster Nitish Kumar on Friday again a day after the state government announced it was just impossible to bring them back citing lockdown.…
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PATNA: The Patna High Court created a record of sort on Monday when it heard 304 cases in just 270 minutes. A local newspaper Hindustan reported that a division bench comprising chief justice Sanjay Karol and justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay…
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PATNA: Justice Sanjay Karol on Monday took oath as the new chief justice of the Patna High Court. He was administered the oath of office by Bihar governor Phagu Chauhan at a simple function organized at the Raj Bhawan and attended among…
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