The Patna High Court set aside the cancellation of a selected Police Sub-Inspector’s candidature for not disclosing a pending criminal case, holding that the case arose from a trivial family property dispute, proceedings were stayed, and the candidate was 23, so the non-disclosure could not be treated as fatal.
The Patna High Court has set aside the Central Bank of India’s rejection of a compassionate-appointment claim by the married son of a deceased Safai Karamchari, made on the sole ground that he was married. The Court held that the Bank’s own scheme defines a ‘dependent family member’ as a ‘wholly dependent son’ without the word ‘unmarried’, and that the Bank cannot supplement that self-contained definition by importing ‘unmarried’ from other regulations or policies.
In a pivotal move, the Bihar government has declared a 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in both the state’s judicial services and government-affiliated law colleges and universities. This decision was ratified during a cabinet assembly presided over by the Chief Minister. Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat) S Siddhartha, as cited by The […]
In a landmark judgement, the Patna High Court has given the green light to the Bihar Government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the state. The court dismissed several pleas challenging the survey, thereby clearing the path for the state to proceed with its plans. The bench, consisting of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran […]
