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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicJharkhand High Court

Topic: Jharkhand High Court

ED-Jharkhand Police face-off: HC raps cops, stays probe in assault case against agency officers

There was heavy police deployment outside Ranchi ED office Thursday. Some cops 'collected service records' of 2 officers facing allegation of assaulting ex-govt employee.

Erring officials made to pay: Why Jharkhand HC ordered probe into illegal construction on govt land

Court has ordered officials to compensate residents whose structures had been demolished, but asked why state exchequer should bear expenses for illegality committed by officials.

You notify PESA rules, we’ll lift sand mining ban—HC tells Jharkhand govt, rejects plea

New Delhi: In a setback to the Jharkhand government, the high court in Ranchi Wednesday refused to modify its 9 September order banning the...

PESA mandate ignored, Jharkhand govt gets HC rap for bypassing gram sabhas in mineral auctions

Bench bans grant of minor mineral mining licenses on learning that instead of implementing HC's 2024 order to notify PESA rules, the state was in a hurry to auction the mines.

10 convicts from Jharkhand, including 6 on death row, move SC over long-pending verdict on appeals

New Delhi: Ten convicts from Jharkhand, including six who are on death row, have moved the Supreme Court, complaining against the delayed disposal of...

After SC rap, Jharkhand HC scrambles to clear murder appeal backlog—verdicts in 2 of 4 cases delivered

An HC bench acquitted 2 facing life imprisonment in a 2011 murder case, and 3 others convicted and sentenced to life in 2012 in connection with a murder case registered in 2009.

Jharkhand HC rules patients with physical & mental illness entitled to same insurance benefits

A single-judge bench of Justice Ananda Sen was hearing a plea by a former Bharat Coking Coal Limited employee, whose wife’s claim for psychiatric treatment was denied by BCCL.

‘Reason to believe not guilty’ — What Jharkhand HC said while granting bail to Hemant Soren

Enforcement Directorate arrested Soren in a money laundering case 31 January this year. HC found no evidence of Soren being involved in the acquisition of the Ranchi land as ED claimed.

Jharkhand High Court denies maintenance to wife for ‘refusing to live with aged mother-in-law’

The judge advised the warring couple to get guided by ancient scriptures and resolve their differences to live together ‘for the welfare of the son’.

‘Half-baked truth, unclean hands’ — what SC said while dismissing PILs against Hemant Soren

Allegations by petitioner against Jharkhand CM Soren were 'not at all substantiated by anything worthy to be called evidence', Supreme Court ruled.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.