Ranchi, June 12 (IANS) A special CBI court on Friday heard a protest petition filed by the father of deceased school student Vinay Mahto, challenging the closure report submitted by the agency in the high-profile case.Partial arguments were held during the hearing, following which the court fixed a date next week for further proceedings.Appearing for the petitioner, advocate Khushboo Kataruka raised questions over the CBI’s closure report and contested its findings.The case dates back nearly a…
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Tuesday administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court. Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, took oath as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their appointments on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.Acting on the Collegium’s recommendations made in its meetings held on May 22 and May 27, the Centre o…
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has taken a serious view of allegations of sexual exploitation of a woman inmate by the jail superintendent at Birsa Munda Central Jail in Hotwar, Ranchi.Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports and concerns raised by Leader of the Opposition Babulal Marandi, a vacation bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava on Friday converted the matter into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for hearing.During the proceedings…
Ranchi, May 15 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday expressed strong displeasure over the lackadaisical handling of a missing minor girl case dating back to 2020 by Bokaro police, warning that if the situation does not improve, the probe may be handed over to the CBI.A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad, while hearing a petition related to the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl, made sharp oral observations questioning why Bokaro police repeatedly fail…
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday delivered a significant ruling on a public interest litigation on custodial deaths and rape cases in the state, mandating that a judicial inquiry will now be compulsory in every such instance.A division bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar directed that any death or rape occurring in police custody or jail custody must be subjected to a judicial inquiry without exception.The court ruled that such inquiries are man…
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday took a strong view on the police investigation in the case of a six-year-old girl who went missing from Gumla district in 2018.Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the child’s mother, Chandramuni Urain, a division bench headed by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad summoned all Superintendents of Police posted in Gumla since 2018, along with the investigating officers, to appear in person in the court.During Tuesday’s hearing, the bench…
Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday expressed serious concern over the circulation of a viral video involving a young woman survivor and pulled up the police machinery for not acting promptly to curb its spread on digital platforms.The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dhanbad appeared in person before the court in compliance with an earlier direction issued during the hearing of this case.The SSP informed the court that an FIR had now been registered on the basis of …
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to former Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam and his private secretary Sanjeev Lal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged tender commission scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh ordered their conditional release after hearing special leave petitions (SLPs) challenging the Jharkhand High Court’s order refusing bail…
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…
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…