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The Patna High Court, invoking Articles 14 and 21, pressed Bihar's Agriculture Department to reach farmers who missed the DBT portal deadline for Kharif 2025 crop damage relief.
2026-05-21 · 6 min read
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Justice Ritesh Kumar held that the State's Pay Verification Cell could not slash a retired university employee's pay scale without notice, and directed refund of Rs 22,08,744 adjusted from his post-retirement dues.
2026-05-21 · 7 min read
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A Division Bench of the Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging anticipated disqualification in Bihar PHED tenders, holding that no concluded administrative action existed and the petitioner had waived its opportunity by not bidding even after interim protection was granted.
2026-05-20 · 7 min read
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A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo held that a 1984 government letter cannot override the Bihar Prison Manual 2012 or Section 433A of the CrPC on premature release eligibility.
2026-05-20 · 8 min read
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The Division Bench held that a Single Judge cannot grant relief that effectively nullifies an unchallenged Labour Court reinstatement award, and that the Certificate Officer acted ultra vires by recalling a recovery warrant without payment.
2026-05-20 · 8 min read
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Patna High Court set aside cognizance taken by a Special SC/ST Court, finding the FIR was lodged by a domestic caretaker at her landlord's behest to wreck vengeance on the accused family.
2026-05-18 · 7 min read
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The Patna High Court found that 26 persons cured of mental illness were still confined at BIMHAS due to full halfway homes, calling it a recognised human rights violation under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, and directed the State to make immediate interim arrangements.
2026-05-16 · 8 min read
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A division bench of the Patna High Court has dismissed a husband's appeal seeking divorce, holding that a vague allegation of adultery without naming the alleged paramour, without specific dates and places, and without impleading him cannot sustain a decree under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
2026-05-12 · 5 min read