Patna High Court

Patna High Court judge slams IAS officer for not wearing a coat: Is there a dress code for bureaucrats?

‘Is this a cinema hall,’ a Patna High Court judge asked a civil servant who appeared in court in an open collar, without a blazer. The formal white shirt he wore was labelled ‘inappropriate attire’

Day after Patna HC berates Bihar's handling of COVID-19 pandemic, state imposes lockdown till 15 May

The decision was made at the meeting of the Crisis Management Group presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The state saw a 10 percent positivity rate over the past week

SC lawyer writes to Patna HC about minors booked as adults in Bihar's Aurangabad after Firstpost report exposes state police action

A Supreme Court lawyer in Patna has written to the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, to take cognisance of what's happening in Aurangabad, Bihar after a Firstpost article pointed out that the Bihar Police had arrested 13 minors during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests

Sushil Kumar Modi files defamation suit against Rahul Gandhi for claiming that 'all thieves share Modi surname'

The Bihar deputy chief minister, Sushil Modi claimed that Rahul had hurt the sentiments of several people who have 'Modi' as their surnames. "He (Rahul) has referred to crores of people with 'Modi' surname as 'chor' and hurt their sentiments. Is it a crime to have 'Modi' surname?" Sushil asked.

Union minister Giriraj Singh shares stage with Muzaffarpur shelter home accused Manju Verma in Begusarai

Giriraj Singh, who is contesting from Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency, was addressing NDA leaders and workers yesterday while sharing the stage with Verma.

Patna High Court quashes criminal proceedings against Nitish Kumar in 28-year-old murder case

Justice A Amanullah passed the order on an application moved by Nitish Kumar, who heads the Janata Dal (United). Kumar had challenged the proceedings initiated against him by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Barh, who took cognisance of an FIR lodged at the Pandarak police station in Patna district.

Nitish Kumar plotted to kill me: Upendra Kushwaha blames Bihar CM for attack in which RLSP leaders clashed with police

RLSP on Monday observed "Bihar Bandh" in protest against the police lathi-charge on Kushwaha and other political leaders during its "peaceful" Jan Akrosh rally.

Tejashwi Yadav slams Sushil Modi for attending Jagannath Mishra's book launch, asks if only 'backward thieves' guilty for BJP

Tejashwi Yadav questioned Bihar deputy CM's presence at the launch of Jagannath Mishra's book, asking whether "only Dalits and backwards thieves are thieves" for Modi

Law ministry notifies appointments of four high court chief justices to Supreme Court; judges to be sworn in today

Four high court chief justices, Hemant Gupta, Ajay Rastogi, MR Shah and R Subhash Reddy, were on were elevated to the Supreme Court within 48 hours of the collegium recommending their names to the government

Supreme Court Collegium recommends four justices for elevation to bolster bench strength ahead of retirements

The Supreme Court Collegium took into consideration seniority, merit and geographical representation in making the four recommendations to the government.