Another petition was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the caste-based census in Bihar, the first phase of which was started in the state by the Nitish Kumar-led government on January 7 this year
The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday by Bihar government counsel Senior Advocate Ranjit Kumar that the report from the Patna High Court states that this Court has passed order for transfer of the cases but records have not reached the Apex Court from Patna yet.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar heard an interlocutory application filed in a connected case highlighting the plight of Ayush doctors working on a contract basis in the State.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Bihar Government against the order of State High Court to pay 10 lakh as compensation to a father of a 18-year-old boy killed in a police firing during the Maa Durga Idol Immersion procession.
The Patna High Court directed the Bihar Government to inspect the purported illegality and brutality exhibited by the police in enforcing the lockdown and also needs to be checked by the authorities.