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The Patna High Court declined to treat a writ petition as PIL, finding its challenge to Adani Power's 2,400 MW Bihar project approval, tariff, and land lease allegations vague and unsupported.
A 2011 direct-recruitment appointment as Director, Extension Education could not be converted into a five-year tenure post by applying a statute notified six years later, the Patna High Court held.
The Patna High Court Division Bench upheld a Single Judge's order quashing a bank employee's removal, finding the disciplinary authority had acted under the Chief Vigilance Officer's dictates rather than its own assessment.
Justice Arun Kumar Jha dismissed a writ plea to quash an FIR alleging a mob assaulted police investigating a false firearm licence report, applying the Bhajan Lal guidelines.
The Patna High Court deprecated the Circle Officer's mid-litigation move to cancel a 60-year-old jamabandi, holding the State's only remedy is a civil suit.
Justice Jitendra Kumar upheld bail refusal for a juvenile murder accused, finding no family guardianship in Bihar and confirmed criminal contacts, while directing the Children Court to conclude trial within nine months.
Patna High Court restrains print, digital and social media from imputing guilt to an accused in a Bihar vigilance case, citing fair trial rights and sub-judice status.
Bihar Gramin Bank's dismissal of a Branch Manager for alleged caste misrepresentation fails as the bank never produced appointment documents or got the caste certificate cancelled.
Patna High Court rejects anticipatory bail for a truck owner whose vehicle carried 3,200 bottles of Eskuf Codeine Syrup, holding that NDPS Act controls possession of codeine preparations regardless of concentration.
A Bihar joint venture's writ petition challenging technical disqualification from PHED tenders was dismissed, with the court refusing to substitute its assessment for that of the Tender Evaluation Committee.
Patna High Court quashes a Sessions Court order directing CBI to independently investigate a custodial death case, holding only constitutional courts hold that power.
Rejecting the police's rain-slip defence and finding a prima facie cognizable offence, Justice Jitendra Kumar directed registration of FIR against the then SHO, Murar, Buxar, and CID investigation.
Where a buyer fails to pay instalments as agreed, the seller may deduct 10 per cent of advance money before refunding the balance, the Patna High Court held.
The Patna High Court set aside a three-year blacklisting of a food-grain transporting agent by BSFC, finding the punitive action rested on a tender clause that did not exist in the original NIT.
The Supreme Court Collegium, meeting on 26 February 2026, approved the appointment of nine advocates as Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Patna.
Justice Ansul set aside a Sessions Court order summoning Deepak Kumar Sah as accused, holding that newspaper hearsay cannot satisfy the elevated evidentiary threshold for Section 319 CrPC.
A Division Bench of the Patna High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the acceptance of a bid submitted 30 seconds after the petitioner's claimed auction deadline, holding the extension was system-driven and valid under Clause 12.
A Division Bench of the Patna High Court set aside a debarment order against a registered contractor, holding it violated natural justice and imposed an indefinite ban without proportionality.
