By order of the Acting Chief Justice PavanKumar Bhimappa Bajanthri, Registrar General of Patna High Court issued a notice dated August 29, 2025 for a Full Court Farewell Reference the August 30, 2025 in the Centenary Hall in the honor of Justice Arvind Singh Chandel, who is superannuating on August 31, 2025. Justice Chandel had joined Patna High Court on June 8, 2024. Prior to that he was relieved as puisne judge from the High Court of Chattisgarh at Bilaspur on June 7, 2024. He had served in the High Court of Chattisgarh as Additional Registrar (Administration), Registrar (Vigilance) and Registrar General. He started service as Civil Judge/Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class in 1987 in the State of Madhya Pradesh. He as Principal District Judge/Principal Judge, Family Court, Presiding Officer, State Transport Appellate Tribunal in Chattisgarh.
During his tenure at Patna High Court, Justice Chandel was part of the bench which delivered 193 judgements. In his last 8-page long judgement dated August 27, 2025 in Nupul Kumari vs.The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Home Department, Government of Bihar & Ors. (2025), he concluded:''The petitioner, who is wife of the delinquent, is directed to get all consequential benefits like full salary of the delinquent from 06.08.2018 to 23.02.2022 and other applicable benefits. It will be done by the Respondents within three months from today.'' Justice Chandel observed:''it is clear that the material witnesses were not examined by the department. Further the witnesses, who were examined by the enquiry officer, have not been cross-examined by the delinquent. Opportunity of cross-examination has also not been given and provided to him. Virtually, it is a case of no evidence. In spite of that, the enquiry officer wrongly arrived at the conclusion that the charges levelled against the delinquent are duly proved. The disciplinary authority and the authority who dismissed the memorial have also not considered these aspects. Therefore, all the impugned orders are liable to be set aside. 10. Resultantly, the writ petition is allowed." He set aside the order by Superintendent of Police, Bagaha, West Champaran and the order dated September 27, 2019 passed by the Inspector General of Police, Bihar, Patna dismissing the memorial filed by the husband of the petitioner. He delivered three judgements on August 27, 2025.
In one of his earliest orders in Priyanka Rani @ Neha Gupta vs. The State of Bihar & Anr. (2024), Justice Chandel condoned a delay of 237 days’ in filing the revision application. The second respondent was Naheed, daughter of Sirajuddin @Gudu Mohalla, Patna City Noor Chauraha, Khajekala, Patna The revision petition was preferred by the petitioner for being aggrieved by the order dated January 10, 2023 passed by the Special Court, POCSO-cum-A.D.J.-VI, Gaya in connection with POCSO Case No. 29 of 2022 corresponding to Kotwali P.S. Case No. 179 of 2020, whereby and whereunder the Special Court rejected the application preferred by the petitioner for discharge for which a charge-sheet was filed against him. In his 3-page long judgement dated July 4, 2024, Justice Chandel observed: ''Bare perusal of the petition filed by the petitioner shows that the application before learned A.D.J.-VI was preferred for discharging the petitioner on various grounds. While deciding the said application, the learned Special Court rejected the said application without assigning any reason. The learned Special Court had not discussed the facts available on records or considered any grounds submitted by the petitioner for discharge.'' He concluded:''...the impugned order is liable to be set aside. Accordingly, the order dated 10.01.2023 passed by the learned Special Court POCSO-cum-A.D.J.-VI, Gaya is, hereby, set aside and the matter is remitted back to the learned Special Court to decide the said mater afresh. 5. However, the Special Court is directed to hear both the parties and pass a reasoned order as early as possible probably within a period of three months from the receipt/production of a copy of this order. 6. Accordingly, the revision application is allowed.''
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