NEW DELHI: The Union law ministry on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran, Chief Justice of Patna HC, as a judge of Supreme Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. In another order, the govt appointed Justice Ashutosh Kumar, judge of Patna HC, as acting chief justice…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking the cancellation of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) 70th Combined Competitive Preliminary Examination held on December 13. The petition, which also called for action against officials accused of excessive force on protesting candidates, was directed to be filed in the Patna…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, was hospitalized Tuesday for dehydration and infection following his release on bail. Medical professionals transported Kishor via ambulance to a private medical facility in Patna after a physician’s home visit determined hospitalisation was necessary.The attending physician was quoted by news agency…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant a stay on the Patna high court‘s decision that scrapped the Bihar state law reserving 65% of government jobs for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and backward classes.The bench, consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra,…
PATNA: The Bihar govt is doing all it can to unlock the state’s revised reservation limit of 65% that was struck down by Patna high court, including requesting the Centre to incorporate it into the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to make it immune from judicial scrutiny, CM Nitish Kumar said Wednesday as the assembly…
PATNA: The Patna high court, in one of its recent verdicts, held that calling wife “bhoot” (ghost) and “pishach” (vampire) does not amount to cruelty in case of a failed matrimonial relations of a couple.A single bench of justice Bibek Chaudhury, while allowing the criminal revision case of one Sahdeo Gupta and his son Naresh…
