Ranchi, April 28 (IANS) Suspended IAS officer Vinay Chaubey, who has been in judicial custody for the past nearly 11 months in the high‑profile Sevayat land irregularities case in Jharkhand, suffered a major setback on Tuesday as the Jharkhand High Court rejected his bail plea.After the arguments were completed from both sides, the court reserved its order on Thursday, and the decision was pronounced on Tuesday.The case relates to ACB Case No. 11/2025. Chaubey is accused of playing a role in t…
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Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took a strict stance on the safety, health, and rights of coal mine workers.Taking suo motu cognisance of the issue, a division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad directed the state’s Chief Inspector of Factories to appear in person at the next date of hearing.The Supreme Court, in recent years, has issued stringent directions concerning the safety of mine workers and their right to life. The apex court had…
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took a stern view on the slow pace of investigation into the case of a girl who went missing from Gumla district in 2018.It granted the state government two weeks to show tangible progress, failing which the probe may be handed over to the CBI.During the hearing, a division bench headed by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of meaningful results even after more than seven years since the girl’s disappear…
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday expressed strong displeasure over the slow pace of investigation into large‑scale illegal tree felling reported in various districts of the state during the Covid‑19 lockdown in 2020.The court directed the state government to submit an updated status report within two weeks.During the hearing, the state government informed the court that the involvement of forest department officials, including range forest officers, rangers and fore…
Ranchi, April 16 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has taken a strong view of the pace of the investigation into the disappearance of an 18-year-old girl student from the state’s Bokaro district, while ordering a DNA test of the skeletal remains, which the police claim to have recovered.A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad, while hearing the petition on Thursday, directed that the DNA examination of the recovered skeleton be conducted at the Central Forensic S…
Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the state government to constitute a three-member committee to ensure effective monitoring and improvement of facilities in open jails in the state.Acting suo motu in line with directions issued by the Supreme Court, a division bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar emphasised the need for structured supervision of open prison systems in the state.The bench ordered that the committee be headed by the Home S…
Ranchi, April 8 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has taken strong exception to the alleged transfusion of HIV-infected blood to minor children at the blood bank of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital, terming the matter “extremely serious”.The court sought a comprehensive status report from the state government on the matter.Hearing the case on Wednesday, a bench led by Justice Rongan Mukhopadhyay expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s response, observing that merely registering an FIR is not enough in…
Ranchi, April 2 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has taken serious note of allegations made by a young woman against her brother residing abroad and questioned the police over its inaction, while directing it to take appropriate steps without delay.Hearing a habeas corpus petition, a Division Bench led by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad summoned the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jamshedpur, virtually and asked why no First Information Report (FIR) had been registered despite a written compl…
Ranchi, April 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to furnish details on the filling of long-pending vacancies in key constitutional bodies by April 13.The constitutional bodies with pending vacancies include the Lokayukta, the State Human Rights Commission, and the State Information Commission.A division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) and related contempt petit…
New Delhi/Ranchi, March 30 (IANS) The BJP on Monday mounted a sharp attack on the Hemant Soren‑led Jharkhand government over the brutal rape and murder of a minor girl in the Bishnugarh area of Hazaribagh district.Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP Jharkhand State President and MP Aditya Sahu announced that the party will observe a complete bandh across the state on April 3 if the culprits in the case — described by the BJP as the ‘Hazaribagh Nirbhaya incident’ — are not arreste…