Saturday, March 7, 2026

Judgement by High Court's 3-Judge Bench challenged in Supreme Court

 

In Ravi Shankar Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary (2025), Patna High Court's 3-Judge Bench of  Chief Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Arun Kumar Jha delivered a 60-page judgement, wherein it concluded: "84. Since we have heard the writ petitions with the consent of the parties for final disposal, these writ applications being devoid of merit are being dismissed. The petitioners are not entitled for any relief. 85. The parties shall bear their respective costs." The case has reached Supreme Court and is titled as Arvind Kumar & Ors vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. It is before the Court's Division Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti. It was heard on February 27, 2026 and a 2-page long order was passed. It has been tagged with Vikash Kumar & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.  

The three other three respondents in the High Court were: Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, General Administration Department, Government of Bihar and District Magistrate, Nawadah. It was heard along with Sanjay Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar & Ors., Mateen Akhter vs. The State of Bihar through the District Magistrate, Kishanganj & Ors. and Vijendra Kumar & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar through its Principal Secretary of the Finance Department, Government of Bihar & Ors. and Nagendra Prasad Yadav vs. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar & Ors. 

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