Judgement reveals that a case can be filed against the Presiding Officer of a Court
In M/s. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., (Patna Establishment) vs. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Patna (2026), Patna High Court's Justices Sudhir Singh and Rajesh Kumar Verma delivered a 3-page long judgement dated September 29 2026, wherein, it concluded:.”5. In view of the fact that the review application is pending consideration before the learned Single Judge and the issues involved therein, may have a bearing on the present appeal, we are of the view that it would not be appropriate to proceed with the present intra court appeal at this stage. 6. Accordingly, the present intra court appeal stands disposed of with liberty to the appellant to challenge the order that may be passed in Civil Review No. 257 of 2024, as well as any consequential order(s), if so advised. 7. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of." The judgement was authored by Justice Singh.
The intra court appeal was preferred against the order dated February 9, 2024 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 9511 of 2008, which was filed and registered on June 27, 2008. So far the civil writ has been heard by 13 different judges during November 12, 2013-October 8, 2025.
In course of hearing, the High Court noted that Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, namely, Harendra Pratap Singh and Sharad Ranjan Prasad, have preferred Civil Review No. 257 of 2024 before the Single Judge. In the review application, the Single Judge passed following order dated March 26, 2025:-
“The petitioner in the present CWJC has filed the application seeking review of the judgment passed by this Court on 09.02.2024. 2. The petitioner in the review application has filed an O.A. 1820 of 2012 before the Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal, New Delhi. Herein it is stated that the petitioner was working as a Hindi Senior Journalist with the Nav Bharat Times (NBT) and thereafter in the audio/visual medium with Doordarshan and All India Radio and for a year with Dainik Jagran. Having regard to the fact that the issue in the present writ petition is to whether the petitioner is entitled for any payment of back wages for the period 20.03.1995 till 09.06.1999 i.e. date of retrenchment till the date of employment. It is necessary that the petitioner shall file an affidavit along with the requisite documents showing his employment with Nav Bharat Times (NBT), Doordarshan, All India Radio and Dainik Jagran by way of a supplementary affidavit. 3. The Supplementary Affidavit shall contain the details of the employment and the number of dates that the petitioner has worked with each group. 4. Post this matter on 29.04.2025."
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