Patna High Court Division Bench comprising Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey delivered 370 judgements during October 7, 2021-January 21, 2026 in
1 Cr. Wjc-1142/2021 Saroj Kumar @ Saroj Thakur Vs. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary Government Of Bihar, Patna. 08-Oct-2021
2 C.Misc.-509/2020 Rajiv Kumar Agrawal Vs. Jitendra Narayan Agrawal 14-Dec-2021
3 C.Misc.-309/2021 Mini Kumari @ Minni Kumari Vs. Mrinal Kanti 16-Dec-2021
4 C.Misc.-358/2021 Lakshaman Ray @ Laxman Yadav Vs. Ram Bilash Yadav 03-Mar-2022
5 Cwjc-10054/2019 Patna Municipal Corporation Through Municipal Commissioner Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Aug-2022
6 MA-256/2017 Smt. Sarita Devi @ Sarita Singh Vs. Antaryami Singh 17-Oct-2022
7 LPA-1631/2017 Dipak Kumar Tripathi Vs. The Joint Director, Consolidation Bihar, Patna And Anr 17-Oct-2022
8 LPA-479/2022 Sikandar Mandal Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Oct-2022
9 LPA-11/2022 Manuj Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 18-Oct-2022
10 LPA-240/2022 The Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited Vs. Krityanand Ram 18-Oct-2022
11 Cwjc-12810/2018 Ajay Kumar Jha Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 19-Oct-2022
12 Cwjc-17026/2019 Sarita Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Oct-2022
13 Cwjc-19550/2019 Ram Bilas Singh, Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Oct-2022
14 Cwjc-21768/2019 Md. Iqbal Ansari Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Oct-2022
15 Cwjc-19337/2021 Ratan Choudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Oct-2022
16 Cwjc-11869/2022 Gareebnath Sah Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Oct-2022
17 Lpa-2117/2015 Rajgiri Singh And Anr Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 29-Oct-2022
18 Lpa-392/2022 Pratima Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Nov-2022
19 Lpa-398/2022 Sukhan Dusadh @ Sukhan Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Nov-2022
20 Lpa-533/2022 Rajesh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Nov-2022
21 Lpa-535/2022 Rajesh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Nov-2022
22 Cwjc-15930/2019 Ramdaresh Ray Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Nov-2022
23 Cwjc-4215/2021 Pradeep Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Nov-2022
24 Cwjc-3461/2022 Bhola Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Nov-2022
25 Cwjc-5878/2022 Dipu Kumar Pandit Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Nov-2022
26 Lpa-1702/2019 Uma Shankar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Nov-2022
27 Lpa-1/2020 Mahanth Bhubneshwar Bhagat @ Mahanth Bhuneshwar Bhagat Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Nov-2022
28 Lpa-135/2020 Rambabu Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Nov-2022
29 Lpa-129/2021 Kumar Gaurav Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Nov-2022
30 Lpa-503/2021 Ajay Kumar Jha @ Ajay Jha Vs. The Union Of India, Through The General Manager 07-Nov-2022
31 Lpa-582/2021 Bijendra Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Nov-2022
32 Cwjc-1902/2020 Gulam Mustafa Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Nov-2022
33 Cwjc-2596/2020 Nita Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Nov-2022
34 Lpa-700/2018 Bihar Rajya Vidtyut Parishad Filed Kamgar Union Through Its General Secretary, Amrendra Prasad Mish Vs. The Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal And Ors 10-Nov-2022
35 Lpa-310/2019 M/s Rajkishore Saw Mill,Labhra-Panchanpur P.S. Tekari, District-Gaya a Proprietorship Firm Through Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 10-Nov-2022
36 Lpa-469/2019 Ratni Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 10-Nov-2022
37 Lpa-1073/2019 Vishwanath Prasad Vs. The State Of Bihar 10-Nov-2022
38 Lpa-500/2021 Banaras Singh Vs. The Chairman, Punjab National Bank 10-Nov-2022
39 Lpa-382/2022 Naresh Chaudhary Vs. The Union Of India 10-Nov-2022
40 Cwjc-2204/2020 Nibha Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
41 Cwjc-3362/2020 Mahanand Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
42 Cwjc-15027/2021 Mithilesh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
43 Cwjc-7159/2022 Gyanti Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
44 Cwjc-8483/2022 Sarita Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
45 Cwjc-13086/2022 Ajit Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
46 Cwjc-15016/2022 Upendra Prasad Poddar @ Upendra Poddar Vs. The State Of Bihar 11-Nov-2022
47 Lpa-1534/2018 The Bihar State Housing Board Vs. Braj Nandan Singh 14-Nov-2022
48 Lpa-962/2019 National Council For Teachers Education (Ncte) Vs. Nalanda Mahila Shikshak Preashikshan 14-Nov-2022
49 Lpa-184/2020 The Bihar State Housing Board Vs. Braj Nandan Singh 14-Nov-2022
50 Lpa-128/2021 The State Of Bihar Vs. Nag Narain Rai 14-Nov-2022
51 Lpa-6/2022 Ram Naresh Choudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar 14-Nov-2022
52 Lpa-82/2022 Mahendra Rishideo Vs. The Union Of India 14-Nov-2022
53 Lpa-304/2022 Ashok Kumar Gupta Vs. The State Of Bihar 14-Nov-2022
54 Lpa-385/2022 The State Of Bihar Vs. Kusum Kunwar 14-Nov-2022
55 Lpa-1313/2013 Chandradeep Rai And Ors Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 15-Nov-2022
56 Lpa-204/2019 M/S Gandak Area Development Vs. Central Board Of Trustees, Epf Through The Assistant Provident Fund 15-Nov-2022
57 Lpa-1558/2019 Srikant Singh, Vs. The Patna Municipal Corporation, 15-Nov-2022
58 Lpa-179/2022 Vinod Kumar Suman, Vs. Md. Faisal Ahmad, 15-Nov-2022
59 Cwjc-19067/2018 Surendra Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 16-Nov-2022
60 Cwjc-660/2022 Sikandar Kumar Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Nov-2022
61 Cwjc-4667/2022 Abhishek Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Nov-2022
62 Cwjc-9342/2022 Pushpa Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Nov-2022
63 Ma-1046/2018 Abhishek Anand Vs. Rani Kumari 17-Nov-2022
64 Ma-949/2019 Kundan Kumari Vs. Vinod Kumar 17-Nov-2022
65 Cwjc-5647/2022 Rameshwar Prasad Mahto @ Ramesvar Mahato Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
66 Cwjc-5809/2022 Sayeedi Khatun Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
67 Cwjc-8160/2022 Kenar Paharpur Pacs Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
68 Cwjc-8454/2022 Sanjay Kumar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
69 Cwjc-8612/2022 Bharat Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
70 Cwjc-8793/2022 Ramadhar Prasad Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Nov-2022
71 Lpa-1130/2019 The Bihar State Housing Board Vs. Saraswati Roy 21-Nov-2022
72 Cwjc-2081/2021 Law Kumar Mishra, Vs. The Union Of India Through The General Manager, 21-Nov-2022
73 Cwjc-21335/2021 Surendra Kumar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Nov-2022
74 Cwjc-20081/2018 Manoj Kumar Ranjan Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 23-Nov-2022
75 Cwjc-23667/2018 Sarbesh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 23-Nov-2022
76 Cwjc-5503/2019 Indresh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 23-Nov-2022
77 Cwjc-16045/2019 Sulekha Ranjan Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
78 Cwjc-20570/2019 Manjurul Hassan Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
79 Cwjc-3420/2020 Kamleshwari Das Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
80 Cwjc-3514/2020 Anil Sahu Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
81 Cwjc-3555/2020 Upendra Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
82 Cwjc-4139/2020 Ranjeet Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Nov-2022
83 Cwjc-4437/2020 Ram Bhajan Paswan, Vs. The State Of Bihar, 23-Nov-2022
84 Cwjc-7716/2022 Lakshmi Sah, Vs. The State Of Bihar, 23-Nov-2022
85 Cwjc-10381/2017 Ram Nath Choudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 24-Nov-2022
86 Cwjc-15827/2017 Yamuna Manjhi Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 24-Nov-2022
87 Cwjc-18966/2017 Mahadeo Chaudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 24-Nov-2022
88 Cwjc-400/2019 Rekha Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 24-Nov-2022
89 Cwjc-175/2020 Arshad Hussain Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Nov-2022
90 Cwjc-4678/2020 Madan Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Nov-2022
91 Cwjc-4920/2020 Santosh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Nov-2022
92 Cwjc-5337/2020 Ramesh Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Nov-2022
93 Cwjc-10757/2020 Nisar Ahmad Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Nov-2022
94 Lpa-216/2022 Managing Committee Of Madarsa Madarstul Banat Azizul Uloom Vs. The State Of Bihar 28-Nov-2022
95 Lpa-267/2019 Sanjay Kumar Nirala And Ors Vs. Rita Patel And Ors 29-Nov-2022
96 Lpa-1159/2019 Sharda Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 29-Nov-2022
97 Lpa-1659/2019 Ram Vinoy Singh @ Ram Vinay Singh Vs. The Chief General Manager, State Bank Of India 29-Nov-2022
98 Lpa-25/2022 Sujit Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 29-Nov-2022
99 Cwjc-5593/2021 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Vs. Life Insurance Corporation Of India 30-Nov-2022
100 Cwjc-1414/2022 Baikunth Prasad Vs. The South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. 30-Nov-2022
101 Lpa-1150/2019 Nasir Gani Khan, Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Dec-2022
102 Lpa-1213/2019 Ajay Nath Shukla Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Dec-2022
103 Lpa-1672/2019 The Patna Municipal Corporation Through The Municipal Commissioner Vs. Binod Kumar 01-Dec-2022
104 Lpa-1677/2019 Bimlesh Kumar, Vs. The Bihar State Housing Board 01-Dec-2022
105 Cwjc-11977/2016 Kamini Ranjan Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 01-Dec-2022
106 Cwjc-21293/2021 M/s Ekta Enterprises Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Dec-2022
107 Cwjc-13069/2022 Datacon Technologies Pvt Ltd. Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Dec-2022
108 Cwjc-13184/2022 Karnataka State Elctronics Development Corporation Ltd., Vs. The State Of Bihar, 01-Dec-2022
109 Cwjc-8108/2017 Abdul Hamid Vs. State Of Bihar And Ors 02-Dec-2022
110 Cwjc-19301/2017 Navin Kumar Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 02-Dec-2022
111 Cwjc-19043/2018 Raju Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 02-Dec-2022
112 Cwjc-7076/2019 Baby Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Dec-2022
113 Cwjc-7779/2019 Ram Chandra Baitha Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Dec-2022
114 Cwjc-11838/2019 Sunil Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Dec-2022
115 Cwjc-11984/2019 Lalit Narayan Chaudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Dec-2022
116 Cwjc-12220/2019 Kailash Prasad Yadav @ Kailash Prasad Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Dec-2022
117 Lpa-1372/2019 Syed Irfan Ashraf Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Dec-2022
118 Lpa-156/2021 The Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board Vs. Suminta Devi 05-Dec-2022
119 Lpa-478/2021 Satish Kumar Ray Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Dec-2022
120 Lpa-606/2021 The Union Of India Vs. Ram Naresh Rai 05-Dec-2022
121 Cwjc-8695/2019 Lata Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Dec-2022
122 Cwjc-22238/2019 Ramjatan Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Dec-2022
123 Cwjc-1297/2020 Urmila Kumari Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Dec-2022
124 Cwjc-3338/2020 Priyanka Kumari, Vs. The State Of Bihar. 05-Dec-2022
125 Lpa-659/2021 Rakesh Kumar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 06-Dec-2022
126 Lpa-237/2022 The Joint Secretary, Law Department Vs. Jai Prakash Mishra 06-Dec-2022
127 Lpa-401/2022 Ram Sumiran Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 06-Dec-2022
128 Cwjc-4470/2020 Sarjan Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 06-Dec-2022
129 Lpa-48/2020 Munna Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Dec-2022
130 Lpa-103/2022 Surinder Prasad Vs. The Union Of India 07-Dec-2022
131 Cwjc-2869/2021 The State Of Bihar, Through The Secretary, Vs. Jagan Nath Das 08-Dec-2022
132 Cwjc-15937/2021 Neha Kumari Vs. The General Manager I/C (Rs), 08-Dec-2022
133 Cwjc-12351/2022 Anmol Kumar Vs. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited 08-Dec-2022
134 Lpa-958/2016 The Managing Director, Bihar State Food And Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. And Anr Vs. The Halimpur Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Society Ltd. And Ors 13-Dec-2022
135 Cwjc-18155/2018 Arun Kumar Ram Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 13-Dec-2022
136 Cwjc-20416/2018 Ravindra Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 13-Dec-2022
137 Cwjc-13967/2019 Mahaboudh Jan Swasthaya Evem Sarvangin Vikas Kendra, Vs. The State Of Bihar 14-Dec-2022
138 Cwjc-19586/2021 Vikash Chandra @ Guddu Baba Vs. The State Of Bihar 14-Dec-2022
139 Lpa-1641/2019 Satya Narain Rai Vs. The Bihar State Financial Corporation 15-Dec-2022
140 Cwjc-18221/2016 Devendra Harijan Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 15-Dec-2022
141 Cwjc-2654/2017 Mohammad Shahnawaj Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 15-Dec-2022
142 Cwjc-22420/2018 Dilip Kumar Ram @ Dilip Ram Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 15-Dec-2022
143 Lpa-46/2020 Sk. Manjur @ Sk. Manzur Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Dec-2022
144 Cwjc-11600/2022 Nagendra Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Dec-2022
145 Lpa-1/2022 Raj Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
146 Lpa-13/2022 The State Of Bihar Vs. Ram Babu Azad 20-Dec-2022
147 Lpa-39/2022 Ravi Kumar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
148 Cwjc-15275/2018 Punam Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 20-Dec-2022
149 Cwjc-19864/2018 Amarjit Singh And Anr Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 20-Dec-2022
150 Cwjc-22397/2018 Subhash Ram@Subhash Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 20-Dec-2022
151 Cwjc-22486/2018 Sunil Kumar Ram Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 20-Dec-2022
152 Cwjc-25057/2018 Rajendra Prasad Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar And Ors 20-Dec-2022
153 Cwjc-6003/2019 Rupak Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
154 Cwjc-7676/2019 Mukesh Kumar Pandit Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
155 Cwjc-9065/2019 Chandra Nath Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
156 Cwjc-9610/2019 Munni Kumari, Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Dec-2022
157 LPA-1471/2019 Lalita Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Dec-2022
158 C. Rev.-414/2019 Mir. Mohammad Islam, Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Dec-2022
159 CWJC-24779/2018 Pawan Ram Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Dec-2022
160 LPA-914/2019 Birendra Pandey Vs. The High Court Of Judicature At Patna 25-Jan-2023
161 LPA-501/2021 Islam Mian @ Islam Khalifa Vs. The State Of Bihar, Through The Principal Secretary, 25-Jan-2023
162 LPA-1719/2018 The High Court Of Judicature At Patna High Court The Registrar General And Ors Vs. Birendra Pandey 22-Feb-2023
163 Cr.Misc.-14294/2022 Birendra Kumar Mishra Vs. Central Bureau Of Investigation Through Its Superintendent Of Police, Patna. 24-Feb-2023
164 Cr.Misc.-49085/2021 Yogesh Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Mar-2023
165 Cr.Misc.-47666/2022 Madhulika Rani Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Mar-2023
166 Cr. App (Sj)-3187/2022 Om Prakash Singh @ Sonu Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 29-Apr-2023
167 Cr. App (Sj)-3626/2022 Pramod Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 29-Apr-2023
168 Cr.Misc.-66729/2022 Mukesh Kumar Ray Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-May-2023
169 Cr.Misc.-71689/2021 Nirbhay Kumar Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 10-May-2023
170 Cr.Misc.-1209/2023 Manoj Mandal Vs. The State Of Bihar 10-May-2023
171 Cr. App (Db)-487/2016 Sanoj Thakur Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Jun-2023
172 Cr. App (Db)-148/2021 Mirtunjay Kumar @ Mritunjay Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Jun-2023
173 Cr. App (Db)-159/2021 Rohit Kumar @ Vishwajeet Bhardwaz Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Jun-2023
174 Cr. App (Db)-48/2023 Shabnam Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Jun-2023
175 Cr. App (Db)-237/2023 Rijh Kant Mishra Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Jun-2023
176 Cr. App (Db)-1431/2018 Krishna Ram @ Kishana Ram Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Jun-2023
177 Cr. App (Db)-1440/2018 Gopi Lal Vs. The State Of Bihar 23-Jun-2023
178 Cr. App (Db)-806/2015 Afshan Ajeem @ Afshan Azeem @ Afsa Azim @ Anjum Vs. The State Of Bihar 26-Jun-2023
179 Cr. App (Db)-973/2015 Suraj Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 26-Jun-2023
180 Cr. App (Db)-203/2021 Litu Das Vs. The Union Of India Through Intelligence Officer D.R.I. Regional Unit, Patna 27-Jun-2023
181 Cr. App (Db)-13/2020 Ii Neeraj Kumar @ Niraj Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 04-Jul-2023
182 Cr. App (Db)-101/2020 Ii Raktu Das Vs. The State Of Bihar 04-Jul-2023
183 Cr. App (Db)-85/2020 Ii Raju Kumar @ Raju Das Vs. The State Of Bihar 05-Jul-2023
184 Cr. App (Db)-403/2021 Prakash Chaudhary Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Jul-2023
185 Cr. App (Db)-6/2021 Rubul Hussain @ Rubul Hasan Vs. The State Of Bihar 12-Jul-2023
186 Cr. App (Db)-45/2023 Chitrangat Tiwari @ Chitragat Tiwari Vs. The State Of Bihar 12-Jul-2023
187 Cr. App (Db)-317/2020 Jankawa Devi @ Janki Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 13-Jul-2023
188 Cr. App (Db)-1276/2018 Sarvesh Kumar And Anr Vs. The State Of Bihar 14-Jul-2023
189 Cr. App (Db)-206/2021 Miraj Mian Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Jul-2023
190 Cr. App (Db)-244/2021 Manjar Alam Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Jul-2023
191 Cr. App (Db)-2/2021 Sanjeev Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Jul-2023
192 Cr. App (Db)-109/2021 Ratan Mehta Vs. The State Of Bihar 19-Jul-2023
193 Cr. App (Db)-658/2017 Md. Tauhid Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Jul-2023
194 Cr. App (Db)-208/2019 Rajendra Sah Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Jul-2023
195 Cr. App (Db)-237/2014 Babulal Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Jul-2023
196 Cr. App (Db)-515/2014 Rizwan Mian Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Jul-2023
197 Cr. App (Db)-217/2020 Sajjal Das @ Sajal Das Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Jul-2023
198 Cr. App (Db)-257/2017 Ram Kumar Sah Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Jul-2023
199 Cr. App (Db)-362/2017 Birendra Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Jul-2023
200 Cr. App (Db)-306/2018 Md. Shamim @ Chhotu Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Jul-2023
201 Cr. App (Db)-262/2021 Abhishek Kumar @ Chandan Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Jul-2023
202 Cr. App (Db)-284/2021 Ritesh Ranjan @ Banti Kumar @ Mantu Vs. The State Of Bihar 24-Jul-2023
203 Cr. App (Db)-445/2021 Anarjeet Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 25-Jul-2023
204 Cr. App (Db)-358/2020 Ravikant Dewedi Vs. The State Of Bihar 26-Jul-2023
205 Cr. App (Db)-35/2022 Munna Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 26-Jul-2023
206 Cr. App (Db)-298/2021 Niraj Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 27-Jul-2023
207 Cr. App (Db)-430/2022 Shakti Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 27-Jul-2023
208 Cr. App (Db)-497/2022 Arvind Kumar Rai Vs. The State Of Bihar 28-Jul-2023
209 Cr. App (Db)-532/2022 Md. Abdul Kais @ Abdul Kais Vs. The Union Of India Through Sri Ashok Kumar Rai, Intelligence Officer, Narcotics Control Bureau 31-Jul-2023
210 Cr. App (Db)-214/2021 Chhatri Yadav @ Chhatri Prasad Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Aug-2023
211 Cr. App (Db)-240/2021 Chhatish Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Aug-2023
212 Cr. App (Db)-276/2021 Dilip Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Aug-2023
213 Cr. App (Db)-328/2021 Suren Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 01-Aug-2023
214 Cr. App (Db)-534/2022 Sikindar Prasad Yadav @ Sikandar Prasad Yadav Vs. The Union Of India Through Binod Kumar Das, Inspector, Land Customs Station, Raxaul 01-Aug-2023
215 Cr. App (Db)-222/2017 Anita Devi And Anr Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Aug-2023
216 Cr. App (Db)-273/2017 Ram Kalyan Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 02-Aug-2023
217 Cr. App (Db)-840/2022 Gopi Sah Vs. The State Of Bihar 03-Aug-2023
218 Cr. App (Db)-413/2018 Rustam Mian Vs. The State Of Bihar 04-Aug-2023
219 Cr. App (Db)-1043/2018 Farid Khan Vs. The State Of Bihar 07-Aug-2023
220 Cr. App (Db)-310/2017 Kari Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 08-Aug-2023
221 Cr. App (Db)-269/2020 Prince Khattik Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Aug-2023
222 Cr. App (Db)-282/2020 Sawan Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Aug-2023
223 Cr. App (Db)-362/2020 Akash Mahto Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Aug-2023
224 Cr. App (Db)-369/2020 Krishna Mahaseth Vs. The State Of Bihar 09-Aug-2023
225 Cr. App (Db)-583/2022 Lal Babu Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Aug-2023
226 Cr. App (Db)-590/2022 Arun Kumar @ Arun Kumar Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Aug-2023
227 Cr. App (Db)-631/2022 Kalyan Sah Vs. The State Of Bihar 16-Aug-2023
228 Cr. App (Db)-274/2021 Munna Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Aug-2023
229 Cr. App (Db)-326/2021 Satyendra Bind Vs. The State Of Bihar 17-Aug-2023
230 Cr. App (Db)-330/2021 Nassem Sheikh Vs. The State Of Bihar 18-Aug-2023
231 Cr. App (Db)-264/2022 Pintoo Kumar @ Pintu Kumar Vs. The State Of Bihar 18-Aug-2023
232 Cwjc-21202/2021 Ghuran Paswan Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
233 Cwjc-214/2022 Maharana Pratap Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
234 Cwjc-1265/2022 Radha Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
235 Cwjc-1708/2022 Pramod Kumar Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
236 Cwjc-1852/2022 Mostt. Saraswati Kuer @ Saraswati Devi Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
237 Cwjc-1898/2022 Rajendra Prasad Gupta @ Rajendra Prasad Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
238 Cwjc-3806/2022 Ramesh Singh Vs. The State Of Bihar 20-Aug-2023
239 Cr. App (Db)-1211/2017 Dhanraj Sharma Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Aug-2023
240 Cr. App (Db)-1223/2017 Murli Manohar Sharma Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Aug-2023
241 Cr. App (Db)-296/2021 Ramjeet Yadav @ Ranjit Yadav Vs. The State Of Bihar 21-Aug-2023
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Justice Pandey retired on February 28, 2026. There was a Full Court Farewell Reference on February 27, 2026, in the Centenary Hall of the High Court in the honour of Justice Pandey, upon hiss superannuation. The proceedings are avaialble here. Prior to joining as judge in October 2021, he was Registrar General of the High Court. He had joind as judge along with Justice Sunil Kumar Panwar. Both Pandey and Panwar were elevated to high judiciary from subordinate judiciary quota of the state. Chief Justice had Sanjay Karol administered oath to both. After his appointment as judge he used sit as part of a Division Bench headed by Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh.
Justice Pandey delivered his first 14-page long judgement dated December 14, 2021 in Rajiv Kumar Agrawal & Anr. vs. 1. Jitendra Narayan Agrawal & Ors. (2021) in a case from Mohalla Mungeriganj, Begusarai, wherein he set aside the order dated December 11, 2019, passed by the Sub Judge-I, Begusarai in Title Suit No.188 of 1997 (Reg.No.71 of 2015), whereby the Sub Judge had excluded the Schedule-III properties from the above-mentioned title partition suit.
The facts of the case was that the plaintiffs/petitioners filed a Title Suit in 1997 seeking partition of the joint family properties set forth in Schedules-II, III, and IV appended in the plaint, and for carving out a separate takhta to the extent of 1/6th share in Schedule-II properties, 25% share in Schedule-III and 1/3rd share in Schedule-IV properties in favour of the petitioners/plaintiffs by appointing a survey knowing pleader commissioner. Schedule-III property was exclusive property of Late Bishundev Narain Agrawal, whose lineal descendants were plaintiffs and the defendants. Late Bishundev Narain Agrawal had two sons, namely, Late Rabindra Narayan Agrawal and Late Arbind Kumar Agrawal and a daughter Indira Rani. Rabindra Narayan Agrawal had one son, namely, Jitendra Narayan Agrawal (respondent no.1) and two daughters, namely, Divya Rani and Menakshi. The other branch Arbind Kumar Agrawal was survived by the plaintiff his brother Dr. Sanjeev Agrawal and sister Mridula Rani. It was the case of the petitioners that the partition shown with respect to the title Suit No. 60 of 1966 amongst the family members was only concerned with the shops and houses made for specific purposes. The joint family agriculture land and other properties acquired in the name of individuals of the family and forming nucleus were yet to be partitioned.
It was also the case of the plaintiffs/petitioners is that any private partition shown between Bishundev Narain Agrawal and his two sons was fictitious in nature and collusively created for the purpose of Ceiling income Tax or Wealth & estate duty too. Late Bishundev Narain Agrawal during his lifetime with the help of joint family business and ancestral properties added considerable movable and immovable properties and he created a Will cum Trust for some of the joint family properties. He appointed father of respondent no.1, namely, Late Rabindra Narayan Agrawal and father of petitioner no.1 Late Arbind Kumar Agrawal, executors of the Will with solemn responsibilities to hand over certain amounts indicated in the Will to different beneficiaries and all other properties to be passed on amongst members of the joint family as joint family properties. One of the stipulations in the Will/Trust was that the Trust cum Will will not be determined for a period of 20 years from the death of the testator.
Further case of the petitioners/plaintiffs was that the plaintiffs/petitioners have filed Title Suit No. 173 of 2012, wherein the relief sought for is that defendant no.1 Late Rabindra Narayan Agrawal had illegally determined the Will/Trust as an executor which power was exercised illegally and unlawfully as the executor has no authority to determine the Will and further relief is for rendition of accounts during the period where the executor had administered the property having large incomes from rental and agriculture. It was pertinent to mention that the Will/Trust deed contain an arbitral clause.
By the impugned order dated December 11, 2019, whereby the court below excluded Schedule-III properties from the Title Suit No. 188 of 1997. The trial court based his order on two grounds. The first ground was that on earlier occasion his predecessor passed an order dated May 21, 1999, whereby the predecessor had removed schedule-III properties from this Title Suit No. 188 of 1997.
The paragraph 4 of the impugned order is as follows:- “On 21/05/99 by an unassailed order that
has
now attained finality the admittedly exclusive properties of late
Bishundev Narain Agrawal were ordered to be removed from this partition
suit 188/97. This order has remained unassailed and attained finality.”
From perusal of the order, it was evident that the properties in
Schedule-III were not excluded. Vide that order, two petitions dated
July 24, 1998; one filed on behalf of respondent no.4 and the second
filed on behalf of respondent no.1 were disposed of. Respondent no.4 as
well as respondent no.1 both filed two separate petitions on the same
date i.e. July 24, 1998 for the stay of the further proceeding of the
Title Suit No. 188 of 1997 under the provisions of Section 34 of the
Indian Arbitration Act, 1940. The court below, after considering the
provisions of Section 34 of 1940 Act and Section 8 of the Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996, refused to stay the further proceedings of
the case and while refusing the stay, the court below has been pleased
to observe as follows:-
“Thus from this stipulation made in the Will
aforesaid it is very much evident that the properties described in
Schedule-III of the plaint is not a subject-matter of partition through
the present litigation. Rather it should be referred to for arbitration.
But no one has, up till now, prayed for reference of the dispute to the
arbitration. Rather, the present petitions have been filed praying
therein to stay the proceeding of the present suit, without making any
prayer to refer to matter to arbitration, under provisions contained in
section-8 of the Indian Arbitration Act of 1996, the further proceeding
of the case can not be stayed on the ground that there is an arbitration
clause with regard to the some properties in dispute in this case. As
such both the petitions under consideration are rejected.”
The
said portion of the order dated May 21, 1999 itself shows that since
none of the parties made prayer to refer the matter to the arbitration,
as such, the learned court below refrained from referring it for the
arbitration.
The
counsel for the petitioners submitted that the matter could not be
referred for arbitration, despite the Trust cum Will deed having
arbitral clause. The argument of counsel was that for referring the
matter to the arbitration, “arbitration agreement” is essential within
the meaning of
Sections 2(1) (b) and 2(1) (h) read with Section 7 of
the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Trust cum Will is
neither signed by the trustee nor the beneficiaries. As such, the
“arbitration agreement” cannot be said to be existed. He relied upon a
judgment of the Supreme Court, reported in Vimal Kishor Shah and others Vs. Jayesh Dinesh Shah and others (2016) 8 SCC, 788.
In Vimal Kishor Shah (supra), the Court observed as follows:-
“14.
The basic question, which arises for consideration in this appeal, is
whether a clause in a trust deed, which provides for resolving the
disputes arising between the beneficiaries of the Trust through
arbitration, can constitute an “arbitration agreement” within the
meaning of Sections 2(1)(b) and 2 (1)(h) read with Section 7 of the Act
and whether the application filed by the respondents under Section 11 of
the Act can be held as maintainable? Sections 2 (1) (b) and 2(1)(h) and Section 7 of the Act are relevant to examine the question involved in the case.
A reading of the provisions in these sections in juxtaposition goes to show that in order to constitute a valid, binding and enforceable arbitration agreement, the requirements contained in Section 7 is required to be satisfied strictly. These requirements, apart from others, are: (1) there has to be an agreement, (2) it has to be in writing, (3) parties must sign such agreement or in other words, the agreement must bear the signatures of the parties concerned and (4) such agreement must contain an arbitration clause. In other words, four conditions are sine qua non for constituting a valid and enforceable arbitration agreement. Failure to satisfy any of the four conditions would render the arbitration agreement invalid and unenforceable and, in consequence, would result in dismissal of the application filed under Section 11 of the Act at its threshold.”
Justice Pandey observed: "Considering the law laid down by their Lordships in Vimal Kishor Shah (supra), which is identical to the present case in respect of non-existing of “arbitral agreement”, the matter cannot be referred for arbitration, despite existence of arbitral clause in the Trust cum Will deed and accordingly the properties in Schedule-III should not have been excluded from the suit."
In Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., (2011) 5 SCC 532, the Supreme Court enumerated
six types of cases which could not be referred to arbitration as these
types of dispute are of the nature of non-arbitrable dispute.
Paragraph 36 of the Court's decision reads:-“36. The well-recognised
examples of non-arbitrable disputes are: (i) disputes relating to rights
and liabilities which give rise to or arise out of criminal offences;
(ii) matrimonial disputes relating to divorce, judicial separation,
restitution of conjugal rights, child custody; (iii) guardianship
matters; (iv) insolvency and winding-up matters; (v) testamentary
matters (grant of probate, letters of administration and
succession
certificate); and (vi) eviction or tenancy matters governed by special
statues where the tenant enjoys statutory protection against eviction
and only the specified courts are conferred jurisdiction to grant
eviction or decide the disputes.” In Vimal Kishor Shah (supra), 7th
category was added. The cases are relating to the trust deed under the
Indian Trusts Act 1882 were also included.
In paragraph no. 54 of Vimal Kishor Shah (supra), the Court observed: “54. We thus add one more category of cases i.e. Category (vii), namely, cases arising out of trust deed and the Trusts Act, 1882, in the list of six categories of cases specified by this Court in para 36 at pp. 546-47 of the decision rendered in Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. which as held above cannot be decided by the arbitrator(s).”
Justice
Pandey underlined that "As such, the impugned order is bad in the eye
of law on the two counts. First, in absence of “arbitral agreement”, the
matter could not be referred to arbitration after removing the
properties from Schedule-III in Title Suit No. 188 of 1997. Secondly,
the nature of the case has been added as 7th category in Vimal Kishor
Shah (supra) and has been declared as non-arbitrable dispute."
He recorded the submission of the counsel for the respondents who submitted that the petitioner no.1 had himself admitted that he had filed a separate suit being Title Suit No. 173 of 2012 in respect of Schedule-III properties and in paragraph no.12 of of his plaint of Title Suit No. 173 of 2012, the plaintiff stated that he was ready to delete the trust property from the suit being Title (Partition) Suit No.188 of 1997. Even if it was true that the petitioner no.1/plaintiff expressed his readiness to delete the Schedule-III properties from Title Suit No. 188 of 1997, it did not mean that it should be deleted for referring it for the arbitration. That might be for consideration in Title Suit No.173 of 2012. He ponited out that "It may be the grievance of the respondents that the properties described in Schedule-III of Title Suit No. 188 of 1997 are directly and substantially involved in Title Suit No. 173 of 2012. In that situation, the court below, after taking the recourse of Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, may stay the subsequent suit if it is satisfied that the ingredients of section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure are fulfilled in all respects, but it does not mean that the Schedule-III properties should be removed from Title Suit No. 188 of 1997."
Justice Pandey concluded:"....With these observations, the impugned order dated 11.12.2019 is set aside. Civil Miscellaneous application is allowed. The impugned order itself shows that on earlier occasion this Court has observed for expeditious disposal of the case, accordingly, the court below shall take every endevour to dispose of the case as expeditiously as possible."
Justice Pandey delivered his last judgement on January 21, 2028.
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