Saturday, March 7, 2026

Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo led bench diposes infructuous writ petitions of nurses

In Rinkoo Kumari & Ors vs. The State of Bihar Through the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Bihar & Ors (2026), High Court's Division Bench of Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar delivered 20-page long judgement dated February 26, 2026, Over 240 candidates had approached the High Court through separate petitions which were heard together. This writ petition has been filed by Rinkoo Kumari and others had prayed for (i) Declaring Rule 2(viii) and Rule 6 of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024, being ultra vires Article 14. 16 and 19 (1)(g) of the Constitution of India as also the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, by which, without there being any such requirement for candidates passing the General Nursing and Midwifery Course(GNM) Course from institutes in the State of Bihar, it has, inter alia, been prescribed that for appointment on the post of Nurse, in case the Institute of Nursing is located outside the State of Bihar, from where the General Nursing and Midwifery Course(GNM) is undertaken by the candidates, a certificate of suitability/recognition from Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi will be mandatory and it has further been provided that it shall also be mandatory for the candidates to be registered with the Bihar Nursing Registration Council. 

The petitioners had prayed to hold and declare that the impugned rules are discriminatory as it discriminated with candidates who had passed the GNM course from a registered institutes outside the State of Bihar and those who had passed the course from institutes located within the State of Bihar. They had prayed for quashing the impugned Press Release dated April 17, 2025 issued by the Bihar Nursing Registration Council, by which it was directed that the registration of all such candidates, who have undertaken GNM Course from institutes which does not possess the Suitability Certificate issued by the Indian Nursing Council was cancelled and they were advised to get registration from the respective States Council. The petitioners prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondent Bihar Nursing Registration Council to register the petitioners who had undertaken the GNM Course from institutes falling within their respective State Council and to quash the impugned advertisement advertisement no. 23/2025, by which online applications were invited for appointment on 11389 posts of GNM and a qualification as prescribed by the impugned Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was required to be fulfilled for applying on the post of Nurse.  

The other four respondents were: Bihar Nurses Registration Counsel, through its Registrar, Director General (Nursing) cum Chairman, Bihar Nurses Registration Counsel, Bihar Technical Service Commission, through its Secretary, and Indian Nursing Council represented by its Secretary.

The judgement referred to Advocate General's submission wherein he had produced a notification issued by the Health Department, Government of Bihar dated February 25, 2026. The notification indicated that, in exercise of the powers conferred under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Bihar has made certain amendments to the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024. The amended rules are the “Bihar Nursing Cadre (Amendment) Rules, 2026”.  By virtue of the amendment, Rule 2(viii) of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was substituted, and a revised definition of “recognized institution” was provided. Similarly, Rule 6 of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was also substituted. The notification was taken on record. 

Chief Justice Sahoo who authored the judgement concluded: "5. In view of the aforesaid notification and the amendments brought into force, the issues raised in the present writ petition no longer survive for adjudication. Accordingly, the writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of. 6. Since similar prayers have been made in the connected writ petitions, namely C.W.J.C. No. 10101 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 4241 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8190 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8299 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8505 of 2025, and C.W.J.C. No. 632 of 2026, the said writ petitions are also disposed of in terms of the present order."

 

Patna High Court delivered 11 judgements on Feb. 27

Patna High Court delivered 11 judgements on February 27, 2026 in Rajesh Yadav vs. The State of Bihar, Kara Paswan vs. The State of Bihar, Adalat Paswan & Anr vs. The State of Bihar, Bimal Kumar Verma vs. The State of Bihar, Fuleshwar Rajak vs. The State of Bihar through Vigilance Department, Bihar, Sunil Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Anil Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Kamal Gupta vs. The State of Bihar, ACME Nalanda Solar Power Private Limited vs. The State of Bihar, Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Alok Kumar Jha vs. The Union of India and Awadh Singh vs. The State of Bihar.

Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation), the petitioner has 214 Advocates, Official Liquidator, the respondent has 179 Advocates

"After 1984, no officer of the company or the provisional liquidator had an authority to enter the properties of the company in liquidation...." 

 -Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, Patna High Court in his judgement dated October 14, 2022

Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator (2026) Company Petition No. 3 of 1984 is listed before Court No. 213 of Justice Alok Kumar Sinha on March 9, 2026 for orders at Serial No. 94. 

Earlier, Justice Harish Kumar had passed a 3-page long order dated January 30, 2026. It reads: "The learned Official Liquidator has filed the present O.L.R. No. 7 of 2026, bringing on record the valuation report of six lots of free hold landed properties situated at different Mauza at Dehri (Rohtas) of the company under liquidation, duly prepared by the empanelled valuer. The description of the property and the value as per the valuation report have been duly mentioned in paragraph no. 4 of the present O.L.R. 2. In view of the aforesaid facts, this Court direct the Official Liquidator to publish the sale notice in the daily newspaper, one edition of English and another in a Hindi newspaper having wide circulation in the State of Bihar fixing 20.02.2026 as a date for opening the sealed tender before this Court. 3. The Official Liquidator further prays to allow him to pay the professional fee of the valuer for a sum of Rs. 87,855/-. 4. In view of the afore-noted prayer led by learned Official Liquidator, permission is hereby accorded to ensure the payment of professional fees of the valuer, however, after proper verification. 5. The present O.L.R. No. 7 of 2026 stands disposed off."

With regard to Item (II) :- O.L.R. No. 8/2026, the order reads:"6. The learned Official Liquidator has filed the present O.L.R. No. 8 of 2026, bringing on record the valuation report of nine lots of free hold landed properties situated at different different Mauza at Rohtas of the company under liquidation, duly prepared by the empanelled valuer. The description of the property and the value as per the valuation report have been duly mentioned in paragraph no. 4 of the present O.L.R.. 7. In view of the aforesaid facts, this Court direct the Official Liquidator to publish the sale notice in the daily newspaper, one edition of English and another in a Hindi newspaper having wide circulation in the State of Bihar fixing 20.02.2026 as a date for opening the sealed tender before this Court. 8. The Official Liquidator further prays to allow him to pay the professional fee for a sum of Rs. 1,74,000/- out of the funds of the company liquidation. 9. In view of the afore-noted prayer, led by learned Official Liquidator, permission is hereby accorded to ensure the payment of professional fees of the valuer, however, after proper verification. 10. The present O.L.R. No. 8 of 2026 stands disposed off. 

With reference to Item (III) :- I.A. No. 368/2025 with O.L.R. Nos 110/2025 and 4/2026, the order reads:"11. The interlocutory application bearing I.A. No. 368/2025 with O.L.R. Nos. 110/2025 and 4/2026 have come up for consideration before this Court. 12. Having heard the parties, let the matter be placed on 06.02.2026."

In Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator (2026), Justice Harish Kumar had passed a 2-page long order dated January 9, 2026, wherein, with reference to O.L.R. No. 1/2026 (Tender Matter), he recorded: "The Official Liquidator Report No. 01 of 2026 has come up for consideration. 2. It is apprised to this Court that in compliance with the order of this Court sale notice in respect of the captioned landed properties in five lots have been published on 17.12.2025 in the daily newspaper i.e. Hindustan Times (English) and Prabhat Khabar (Hindi) circulated in the State of Bihar fixing the reserved prices and corresponding EMD mentioned therein, however in response to the aforesaid sale notice, not a single tender form has been sold. 3. Having considered the report submitted by the Official Liquidator, he is directed to sent a fresh proposal for sale of the land in question, preferably within a period of four weeks. 4. The O.L.R. No. 1 of 2026 stands disposed."

Notably, High Court's previous order dated December 16, 2002 records that Alok Agrawal, the Official Liquidator submitted that the company petition was filed on May 23, 1984 but High Court's website shows the date of filing and registration as February 1, 1984. Although the case was filed in 1984, the case proceedings history begins its record from Justice J.N.Singh's "carry forward" order dated July July 11, 2013. Not only that though the case was filed in 1984, the first order at Serial No, 353 by Justice V.N. Sinha available on Court's website is dated May 15, 2008. It reads:"In I.A.No. 1964 of 2008 Official Liquidator has filed reply to I.A.No.1964 of 2008 filed by the Kolkata Port Trust which is taken on record and as prayed for on behalf of Kolkata Port Trust put up after summer vacation so that in the meanwhile notice be served on the Inland Road Service at the address indicated in Paragraph-15 of the Interlocutory Application as they are said to be in possession of the premises in question which belongs to Kolkata Port Trust and was leased out to the Company-in-Liquidation in the year 1992 for which requisite etc. both under ordinary process as also registered cover be filed within one week. In I.A.No. 2631 of 2008 The Dry Woods could not be removed by the purchaser on account of orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Let Official Liquidator file reply to the petition of the purchaser of the Dry Woods for return of his deposit kept at Flag-746."

Earlier, Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the High Court had delivered a 37-page long judgement dated October 14, 2022. to "dispose of the various I.A.’s as numbered above preferred before this Court from time to time with similar prayer mainly to allow selling to the applicants, the quarters owned by the company and are presently occupied by the applicants."

Notably, disposal of the assets of a company liquidation is governed by the provisions of the Companies Act 1956. Section 456 deals with "Custody of company’s properties" It reads:-(1) Where a winding up order has been made or where a provisional liquidator has been appointed, the liquidator [or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be,] shall take into his custody or under his control, all the property, effects and actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled.
[(1A) For the purpose of enabling the liquidator or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be, to take into his custody or under his control, any property, effects or actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled, the liquidator or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be, may by writing request the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction such property, effects or actionable claims or any books of account or other documents of the company may be found, to take possession thereof, and the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate may thereupon after such notice as he may think fit to give to any party, take possession of such property, effects, actionable claims, books of account or other documents and deliver possession thereof to the liquidator or the provisional liquidator.
[(1B0 For the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1A), the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate may take or cause to be taken such steps and use or cause to be used such force as may in his opinion be necessary.]
(2) All the property and effects of the company shall be deemed to be in the custody of the court as from the date of the order for the winding up of the company."

Section 457 reads: "(1) Powers of liquidator- (c) to sell the immovable and movable property and actionable claims of the company by public auction or private contract, with power to transfer such property to any person or body corporate, or to sell the same in parcels."

Section 477 reads: "Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company, etc.-(6) If, on his examination, any such officer or person admits that he has in his possession any property belonging to the company, the court may order him to deliver to the provisional liquidator or, as the case may be, the liquidator, that property or any part thereof, at such time, in such manner and on such terms as to the court may seem just.

Section 531 reads: Fraudulent preference.-(1) Any transfer of property, movable or immovable, delivery of goods, payment, execution or other act relating to property made, taken or done by or against a company within six months before the commencement of its winding up which, had it been made, taken or done by or against an individual within three months before the presentation of an insolvency petition on which he is adjudged insolvent, would be deemed in his insolvency a fraudulent preference, shall in the event of the company being wound up, be deemed a fraudulent preference of its creditors and be invalid accordingly: Provided that, in relation to things made, taken or done before the commencement of this Act, this sub-section shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to six months, of a reference to three months.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the presentation of a petition for winding up in the case of a winding up by or subject to the supervision of the court, and the passing of a resolution for winding up in the case of a voluntary winding up, shall be deemed to correspond to the act of insolvency in the case of an individual

Section 531A reads: "Avoidance of voluntary transfer.-Any transfer of property movable or immovable, or any delivery of goods, made by a company, not being a transfer or delivery made in the ordinary course of its business or in favour of a purchaser or encumbrancer in good faith and for valuable consideration, if made within a period of one year before the presentation of a petition for winding up by or subject to the supervision of the court or the passing of a resolution for voluntary winding up of the company, shall be void against the liquidator.] 

As per rule, the company court rules 1959 also provide under Rule 273 as under:
“ SALES BY THE OFFICIAL LIQUIDATORS
R.273. Procedure of sale – Every sale shall be held by the Official Liquidator, or, if the Judge shall so direct, by an agent or an auctioneer approved by the Court, and subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as may be approved by the Court. All sales shall be made by public auction or by inviting sealed tenders or in such manners as the Judge may direct.” 

Justice Sharma concluded: "16. Keeping in view aforesaid provisions, this Court is of firm view that the only method and manner in which the properties of the company can be disposed of are by way of auction. 

Prior to this judgement, Justice R.S. Garg of the High Court had passed an order dated December 16, 2004, wherein it recorded that Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd. sought review and stay of operation of prior orders dated August 27, 1999, May 12, 2000 and August 25, 2000, and a declaration that the applicant company was the lawful tenant of the property known as "Sahu Jain Court". The company petition against the company was filed on May 23, 1984 and the lease in favour of Indequip was created on July 28, 1984. The company was been put under liquidation and an Official Liquidator was been appointed. Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd claimed tenant status and argued it could not be evicted by the Official Liquidator; the Court had directed the tenant to make an offer to purchase the property. Time was given on multiple occasions including November 8, 2004 for the tenant to make an offer, but the tenant did not do so. 

The Court examined: 1. Whether a lease created in favour of a tenant after the filing of a company petition (here, lease dated 28.7.1984 when petition was filed 23.5.1984) is valid against the Official Liquidator and the Company Court. 2. Whether a person in possession of property of a company can resist eviction by the Official Liquidator or require eviction proceedings to be pursued in ordinary courts (e.g., rent control courts). 3.Whether the Court should review or stay its earlier orders (dated 27.8.1999, 12.5.2000 and 25.8.2000) declare the applicant not entitled to continued possession and 4. Whether the legal position of the Official Liquidator is analogous to that of a receiver under Order XL Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and what consequences follows from that analogy.

Alok Agrawal, the Official Liquidator submitted that because the company petition was filed on 23.5.1984, any action taken by the management after institution of the petition would not be saved. The two Supreme Court judgments relied upon by the tenant were said to be distinguishable on facts and inapplicable to the present case. It was argued that tenancy should not be allowed to continue because the purpose of company winding up/dissolution is to convert assets into cash for distribution, and continued tenancy would reduce marketability and sale value of the property. The Official Liquidator contended that the tenant's application was not maintainable and that the reliefs claimed cannot be granted. 

The Court relied on Section 456 of the Companies Act to state that where a winding up order has been made or a provisional liquidator appointed, the liquidator shall take into his custody or control all the property, effects and actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled. The Court observed that the property in possession of the tenant is undisputedly the company's property.

The Court considered Section 457(1)(c) which authorizes the liquidator, with the sanction of the Court, to sell immovable and movable property of the company by auction or private contract and to do other necessary acts for winding up

The Court referred to Section 477(6), which permits the Court to order any person who admits possession of company property to deliver it to the (provisional) liquidator on such terms as the Court deems just. The Court treated statements on oath filed by officers/employees as equivalent to examination and concluded that the Company Court may require persons in possession to vacate and deliver possession to the Official Liquidator.

The Court examined Section 531A which provides that transfers of property by a company made within one year before presentation of a winding up petition (except in the ordinary course of business or to purchasers in good faith for value) are void against the liquidator. Because the company petition was filed on 23.5.1984 and the lease was created on 28.7.1984 (after filing), the Court held that the lease transfer is void against the liquidator.

The Court also relied on Section 531 (fraudulent preference doctrine) to explain that transfers within six months before winding up may be deemed fraudulent preference and invalid in winding up. The Court analogized company actions to insolvency and concluded that the lease granted after institution of the petition could not be saved.

The Court distinguished the cited precedents from Smt. Nirmala R. Bafna vs. Khandesh Spinning & Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. ((1992) 2 SCC 322 : AIR 1993 SC 1380) and Anthony C. Leo v. Nandlal Bal Krishnan [(1996) 11 SCC 376] the issue was sub-lease by a tenant-company to a third party (requiring rent-control court examination), whereas here the company is the owner; and in Anthony C. Leo the analogy between Official Liquidator. 

The Court emphasized the policy objective of winding up proceedings: to convert company assets into cash for distribution; continued occupation by tenants adversely affects marketability and sale value. The tenant was been given opportunities and failed to make an offer to purchase the property at market value, and because the lease was created after the petition and is void against the liquidator, the Court found no ground to review or recall the earlier orders. 

The Court rejected the tenant's prayers for review or declaration of lawful tenancy. The Court ordered Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd. to hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property to the Official Liquidator or his representative on or before 15 January 15, 2005. 

The Official Liquidator had submitted that the Company Petition was filed in the High Court on May 23, 1984 and as such any action taken by the management subsequent to the institution of the company petition would not be saved. It was also submitted that the two judgments on which strong reliance was placed are distinguishable on facts and would not apply to the present case. It was submitted that the tenancy cannot be continued because the endeavour of a Company Judge/Company Court in the company proceedings is either to revive the company or to dissolve the company. In case of dessolution of the company, all assets, moveable or immovable are to be converted into cash and the cash was to be distributed in accordance with law. According to him it was also a notoriously known fact that if the property occupied by the tenant was sold in the market it does not fetch its real market value because a person who proposes to spend a good fortune would not purchase a litigation the property being in possession of the tenant. 

Justice Garg observed: "20. The two judgments cited by the learned counsel for the tenant are distinguishable on facts and in fact do not apply to the facts of the present case.....24. It is hereby directed that on or before 15th January, 2005 the tenant Indequip Leasing and Finance Ltd. shall hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property possessed by him to the Official Liquidator or his representative. In case of any default on his part, the Official Liquidator or his representative may make a complaint to the District Magistrate/Local administration, Dehradun for putting them in possession of the property. 25. It is further directed that the District Magistrate/Local Administration/Local Police, Dehradun after receiving a copy of this order along with an application of the Official Liquidator shall be obliged to observe this order in its true spirit." 

The Court also heard Flag-642 has been filed by one Jalaluddin Chaudhary of Kairana, District Muzaffar Nagar (UP) who stated that he wanted to purchase the property known as “Sahu Jain Court” for a sum of Rs. 7 lacs only. Justice Garg had concluded: "In the opinion of this Court this offer cannot be accepted. It is to be recorded that the total area of the property is more than one acre and there is a big building situate on it along with outhouses. I rejected the application at Flag-642 with direction that in future as and when the property in question is proposed to be sold the offerer may make his offer in accordance with law."

In Rohtas Industries Ltd. (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator Comp Pet/3/1984 Comp Petition, the total number of counsels for the Rohtas Industries Ltd (In Liquidation) includes 214 counsels, their names are listed below:   

1. Arun Kumar

2. Suraj Samdarshi

3. Ramanuj Tiwary

4. Manoj Kumar Jha

5. Ajay Kumar Singh

6. S. De

7. Janardan Singh

8. Anil Kumar Sinha

9. Deepak Kumar

10. Vipin Kumar

11. Ravi Shankar Prasad

12. Rajesh Kumar Singh

13. Prabhat Kumar Singh

14. Abhay Kumar Singh

15. Navin Sinha

16. Anjani Kumar Sharan

17. Shivendra Kumar Roy

18. Ajit Kumar

19. P.K.Shahi

20. Surendra Kishore Thakur

21. Sunil Kumar Singh

22. Satyendra Kumar

23. Bhatnagar

24. Rita Kumari

25. Rudra Deo

26. Kr.Sinha

27. Anirudh Kumar Singh

28. Suraj Samdarshi

29. Rajesh Kr.Singh

30. Sanjay Kumar

31. Singh.-1

32. Mr.Ajay

33. Madhu Prasun

34. Vikash Kumar

35. Ashok Kumar Singh

36. Sheela Sharma

37. Manoj Madhav

38. Parmatma Singh

39. Bachan Jee Ojha

40. Ajay Kumar Mathur

41. Dudhnath Singh

42. Radha Mohan Pandey

43. Piyush Mathur

44. Arun Kumar No. 1

45. Raghwendra

46. Sharan Pandey

47. Binod Bihari Singh

48. Manoj Kumar

49. Prem Sheela Panddey

50. S.M.Ashraf

51. Laxami Nr.Das

52. Gautam Kejriwal

53. Ramakant Yadav

54. Barmeshwar Tiwary

55. Ranjit Sahay

56. Alok Kumar

57. Ramod Kumar Dubey

58. Om Prakash Srivastav

59. Ajay Kumar Mathur

60. Varun Kumar

61. Shantanu Kumar

62. Binay Bihari Sharan

63. Arjun Kumar

64. Narendra Kumar

65. Prakash

66. Chandra Agrawal

67. Anil Kumar

68. R.K.Sharma

69. Ashok Kr.Dubey

70. Umar Chandra Shekhar

71. Sanjay Singh

72. Arun Kumar

73. Veena Rani Prasad

74. Rajiv Ranjan Singh

75. Jitendra Kumar Roy

76. Amar Prakash

77. Akash Chaturvedi

78. Chandra Has Mishra

79. Dhanendra Chaubey

80. Ram Akwal Singh

81. Ambuj Nayan Choubey

82. Abhay Kumar Singh-1

83. C.M.Saxena

84. Jai Prakash Singh

85. Parashuram Singh

86. Arti Singh

87. Sushil Chandra Keshari

88. Binay Kumar

89. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary

90. Gopal Prasad

91. Gupta

92. S.S.Sundaram

93. Satish Chandra Jha-3

94. Rakesh Bihari Singh

95. Anshuman Singh

96. S.D.Sanjay

97. Santosh Kumar Verma

98. Shekhar

99. Harshvardhan

100. Akhilesh Kumar

101. Arvind Kumar

102. Nand Lal Kumar Singh

103. Sumant Kumar Singh

104. Siya Ram Shahi

105. Awadhesh Kumar

106. Mishra

107. Rakesh

108. Narayansingh

109. Sheela Sharma

110. Jitendra Kumar Roy

111. Shivendra Kumar Roy

112. Itendra Kumar Roy

113. Shivendra Kumar Roy

114. Rita Kumari

115. Sheela Sharma

116. Sheela Sharma

117. Jitendra Kumar Roy

118. Shivendra Kumar Roy

119. Prabhat Kumar Singh

120. Anirudh Kumar Singh

121. Shivendra Kumar Roy

122. Jitendra Prasad Singh

123. Dhirendra Singh

124. Surendra Singh

125. Bibhakar Tiwary

126. Vivek Kumar Singh

127. Anirudh Kumar Singh

128. Prabhat Kumar Singh

129. Amrendra

130. Narayan Rai

131. Sanjay Kumar

132. Akshay Lal Pandit

133. Rajesh Kumar

134. Priya Gupta

135. Mohit Agarwal

136. Sanjay Singh

137. Vinod Kumar

138. Mukul Sinha

139. Rajesh Kumar

140. Binod Bihari Singh

141. Amrendra

142. Narayan Rai

143. Amrendra

144. Narayan Rai

145. Aishwarya Riti

146. Sanjay Singh

147. Praveen Kumar

148. Madhu Prasun

149. Mintoo Kumari

150. Amrendra Narayan Rai

151. Jai Prakash Singh

152. Arti Kumari

153. Sheela Rani

154. Rakesh

155. Narayan Singh

156. Rakesh

157. Narayansingh

158. Sweta

159. Rajesh Kumar Singh

160. Binod Bihari Singh

161. Kumar Saurav

162. Vaibhava Veer Shanker

163. Nawnit Kumar

164. Tiwary

165. Rajesh Kumar

166. Brajesh Tiwary

167. Vaibhava Veer Shanker

168. Alok Kumar Jha

169. Atal Bihari Pandey

170. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

171. Abhishek Kumar

172. Madan Kumar

173. Akshat Agrawal

174. Mohit Agarwal

175. Rahul Kumar Jai Prakash Singh

176. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

177. Madan Kumar

178. Abhishek Kumar

179. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

180. Abhishek Kumar

181. Madan Kumar

182. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

183. Abhishek Kumar

184. Madan Kumar

185. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

186. Birendra Kumar Singh

187. Prakash Chandra Agrawal

188. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

189. Abhishek Kumar

190. Madan Kumar

191. Rakesh

192. Narayansingh

193. Alok Kumar Jha

194. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

195. Sunil Kumar Pathak

196. Deepali Singh

197. Alka Singh

198. Arun Kumar No. 1

199. Sumeet Kumar Singh

200. Alka Singh

201. Mukund Kumar

202. Mukund Kumar

203. Mukund Kumar

204. Aditya Raman

205. Avinash Shekhar

206. Simran Kumari

207. Rajeev Kumar

208. Varun Krishna Singh

209. Kanaya Kumar

210. Ajay Kumar

211. Ashok Kumar

212. Kanaya Kumar

213. Rajesh Kumar Singh

214. Arun Kumar Verma

In Rohtas Industries Ltd. (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator Comp Pet/3/1984 Comp Petition, the total number of counsels for the respondent includes 179 counsels, namely:

1. Sheela Sharma

2. AAG6

3. J.N.P. Sinha

4. M. K. Jha

5. Rani Kumari @ Rani Singh

6. Binod Kr.Singh

7. P.C. Jaiswal

8. Ram Niwas Prasad

9. A.P.Jittu (Sc.2)

10. Dhirendra Singh

11. Sourendra Pandey

12. Anant Kr.Bhaskar

13. Manish Jha

14. Kaushalendra Kumar

15. Singh

16. Sheo Narayan Singh

17. Jitendra Prasad Singh

18. Ajit Kumar

19. Subhro Sanyal

20. Kaushal Kumar

21. Awadhesh Kumar Sinha

22. R.A.Singh

23. Narendra Kumar

24. Prabhakar Nath Rai

25. Ajeet Kumar

26. Avinash Kumar

27. Ashutosh Ranjan

28. Pandey

29. Shiv Narayan Singh

30. K.P.Yadav

31. Nirmal Kumar Tripathi

32. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary

33. Chandra Has Mishra

34. S.D. Sanjay

35. Akash Chaturvedi

36. Alok Kumar Agrawal

37. Shivendra Kumar Roy

38. Shivendra Kumar Roy

39. Binod Bihari Sinha

40. Kapil Deo Pandey

41. Randhir Singh

42. Vijeshwar Prasad

43. Suresh Kumar

44. Dhirendra Singh

45. Kumar Manish (Sc-21)

46. Mr.Ajay

47. Ashutosh Ranjan

48. Pandey

49. Dhananjay Kumar Singh

50. Vikash Kumar

51. Shyam Krishna Sahay

52. Mohit Kumar

53. Rakesh Narayan Singh

54. Arti Singh

55. P.R. Mishra

56. G.P.Ray (Aag.3)

57. Himanshu Goswami

58. Smt. Asha Verma

59. M. N. Parbat

60. Santosh Kumar Verma

61. Gaurav Govind

62. Sri Prakash Singh

63. Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay

64. A. K. Tripathi

65. C. M. Saxena

66. S.B.P.Sinha

67. Barmeshwar Tiwary

68. Navniti Pd. Singh

69. G.P. Jaiswal

70. Birendra Kr. Sinha

71. Amrendra Kr. Sinha

72. Abhay Kumar Roy

73. Shailendra Kumar

74. Roy Shivaji Nath

75. V.K. Singh

76. Ram Krishna Prasad

77. Aliullah

78. Ravi Shankar Prasad

79. P.S. Singh

80. Rajesh Kr.Singh

81. Kinkar Kumar

82. Rajendra Kumar Giri

83. R.S.Pradhan

84. M. K. Dubey

85. Binay Kumar

86. S. P. Tripathi

87. Udit Narayan Singh

88. Sushanta Kr.Das

89. Amit Srivastav

90. Mr.Ajay

91. A. K. Lal

92. Anjani Kumar Mishra

93. Bipin Dutta Pathak

94. Shivaji Singh

95. Manoj Madhav

96. Anant Vijay Singh

97. Sandip Singh

98. Rajesh Kumar Singh

99. Sanjay Pd.(Ac To Aag6)

100. Kaushlendra Kumar

101. Sinha

102. Avinash Kumar

103. Rashid Izhar

104. Shantanu Kumar

105. Ashok Priyadarshi

106. Partha Sarthy (Ga4)

107. Ramashankar Pd

108. Sumitra

109. Umesh Pd. Singh

110. Jitendra Kumar Roy

111. Vishweshwar Nath

112. Mishra

113. Sheela Sharma

114. Arvind Kumar

115. Partha Sarthy (Ga4)

116. K.N.P. Singh

117. Rajendra Kumar

118. Shivendra Kumar Roy

119. Surj Bansh Roy

120. `Ipudaman Pd. Singh

121. N.V.Tiwary

122. Harendra Prasad Singh-

123. 1

124. Ratan Pd. Sinha

125. Jagdish Prasad

126. Subbro Sanyal

127. Binod Bihari Sinha

128. Akash Chaturvedi

129. A.K.Agrawal

130. S.C. Dubey

131. Y.V. Giri,Mr.D.N.Pandey

132. Gautam Bose (Aag8)

133. Amit Srivastava

134. S.D Sanjay

135. Anjani Kumar (Aag10)

136. Ram Chandra Singh

137. Manish Jha

138. Jitendra Kumar Roy

139. Shivendra Kumar Roy

140. Uday Bhan Singh

141. Ajeet Kumar (Ga9)

142. Braj Kishore Pd.

143. Ajit Ranjan Kumar

144. Ajit Ranjan Kumar

145. Anurag Saurav

146. Abhinav Alok

147. Priyajeet Pandey

148. Lakmesh Marvind

149. Alka Panday

150. Shambhu Sharan Singh

151. Kumar Praveen

152. Rajesh Kumar Singh

153. Anuj Kumar

154. Rajiv Kumar Singh

155. Yash Singh

156. Praveen Kumar

157. Suraj Samdarshi

158. Avinash Shekhar

159. Diwanshi Rohatgi

160. Rabindra Kumar

161. Priyadarshi

162. Apurv Harsh

163. Manu Tripurari

164. Sujit Kumar

165. Gyanendra Kumar Singh

166. Navneet Prabhakar

167. Sanjay Kumar Sinha

168. Pankaj Kumar Sinha

169. Shadwal Harsh

170. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

171. Arun Kumar

172. Raj Vardhan Singh

173. Alok Kumar

174. Kumar Ravish

175. Gautam Kumar Yadav

176. Tafazzul Ahmad

177. Prashant Kumar

178. Nishant Kumar

179. Sanjiv Kumar