Kolkata metro gets 60 new trains, Rs 1 lakh crore railway projects for West BengalUnion Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced 60 next-generation trains for Kolkata Metro in five years, alongside Rs 1 lakh crore in r...
06 Jun, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
EPFO held on to Rs 10 lakh for 11 years: Patna HC orders it to refund the deposit with 6% interest for ‘unjust enrichment’The Patna High Court has ordered the EPFO to pay 6% annual interest on a Rs 10 lakh deposit, citing unjust enrichment. The court ruled that...
06 Jun, 2026, 07.11 AM IST
25 years after father went missing, family seeks compassionate appointment for job; HC rejects plea due to delayA family's plea for a job based on compassionate appointment after 25 years has been rejected. The Patna High Court ruled that such appoint...
06 Jun, 2026, 07.09 AM IST
Even casual employee can claim pension: SC says pension is a right, not favourThe Supreme Court ruled that government employees cannot be denied pension for decades of service due to a lack of formal regularization. I...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
British-era heritage sites need preservation, states should work on it with more seriousness: ShekhawatUnion Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has called for greater seriousness from states in preserving British-era public assets. The...
29 May, 2026, 12.19 PM IST
21-year salary delay case: HC orders payment of Rs 6.71 lakh arrears with restricted interestA retired government employee's son finally received Rs 6.71 lakh in unpaid salary after a 21-year wait. While the Patna High Court initial...
26 May, 2026, 07.11 AM IST
Neutrality of polls can't be assured if EC dependent on contestants: Justice NagarathnaSupreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna highlighted concerns about election neutrality. She stated that if those conducting elections dep...
05 Apr, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
SC refuses to stay HC order quashing Bihar's quota lawThe Supreme Court refused to halt the Patna High Court's decision nullifying the increase in reservation for backward classes, SCs, and STs...
29 Jul, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
Appeals in Supreme Court against HC order upholding Bihar caste surveyOn August 1, the Patna High court had found no illegality in the state’s decision to undertake a caste survey. Giving a green signal to the...
04 Aug, 2023, 12.45 AM IST
Major blow, will set bad precedent: Heritage experts on SC nod to raze Patna Collectorate complexBulldozers knocked down the front columns of the 1938-built District Board Patna building in the Patna Collectorate campus on Saturday, a d...
15 May, 2022, 05.42 PM IST
Bihar police to seek cancellation of Pappu Yadav's bailBihar Police on Monday said it will move the Patna High Court to cancel Lok Sabha member Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav's bail.
03 Aug, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
BJP feels vindicated by Patna HC verdict on 'Badh Chala Bihar' campaign: Sushil ModiSushil Modi further claimed that the state government was using big amount of public money on setting up a "war room" at the Chief Minister...
29 Jul, 2015, 08.47 PM IST
Over 1 lakh lawyers abstain from work in BiharDue to the one-day stir, over 10,000 lawyers in Patna High Court did not attend courts today while the situation was similar in district co...
15 Jul, 2015, 06.33 PM IST
Over 1 lakh lawyers abstain from work in BiharMore than one lakh advocates across Bihar abstained from work today in support of their demand to allow state vigilance in subordinate judi...
15 Jul, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
Over 10,000 Patna HC lawyers abstain from workThe decision to keep away from work was taken by the Coordination Committee of three associations of the Patna HC lawyers at a meeting last...
24 Feb, 2015, 04.19 PM IST
- Patna High Court quashes government notifications on reservation
The order said , "the action of the executive government proves its 'obduracy' to impose reservation in judicial services contrary to the o...
11 Nov, 2014, 07.42 PM IST
Convicts and under trials cannot contest polls: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has barred convicts and persons under trial from contesting elections, saying that if they cannot vote.
12 Jul, 2013, 01.26 AM IST