The Supreme Court has admitted the Bihar appeal against acquittal of 1999 Senari massacre accused. Earlier, the Patna High Court in May acquitted 13 accused in the Senari massacre case in which 34 persons were killed on March 18, 1999 by an erstwhile Maoist group in Senari village in central Bihar.
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.
The Patna High Court on Monday held that a vacation bench of the High Court cannot decide and dispose of any case, other than bail application, on merits.
The Court will be failing in its duty if necessary orders are not passed befitting the present situation, in the larger public interest, to ensure the protection of the right to life of the people in the State of Bihar.
The order was passed by the High Court in a plea seeking a direction to the state government to hearing a PIL urging that the state government to declare all temple properties public.
India is waking up to transgenders and their rights with various states absorbing them in the police and other jobs. But until societal mindsets change, their total integration will be slow.
Supreme court's tough stand in a sexual harassment case against Madhya Pradesh judge, said, cannot say sexual harassment cases are suppressed, no intervention in disciplinary proceedings.
The Patna High Court has directed the Bihar government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation within four weeks in the case of a passerby who was killed during a police encounter.
The Patna High Court has granted relief to 18 foreign nationals of Tablighi Jamaat and quashed the criminal case against them. The judge also directed the authorities to send them to their respective countries.