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TopicJharkhand High Court

Topic: Jharkhand High Court

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 HC grants bail to former CM Hemant Soren in ‘land scam’ case

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to land scam. The...

Jharkhand HC dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s plea to quash proceedings against him in defamation case

BJP worker Naveen Jha filed a criminal complaint against Gandhi after he had referred to Union Minister Amit Shah as a 'murderer', during one of his public speeches in Chaibasa in 2019.

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

Bihar to finally have the first BJP CM. It’s just a matter of time

If Nitish Kumar doesn’t budge, as is likely, they may give him a grace period of a year or two, at most. He won’t be able to resist for long.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.