New Delhi, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a Patna High Court judgment that acquitted a man convicted of attempted rape, after observing that the allegations -- including an attempt to remove the victim’s salwar, undressing himself and physically molesting her -- constituted an offence of outraging a woman’s modesty under Section 354 of the IPC rather than an attempt to commit rape. A Bench of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana issued notice in the suo motu case and indicated that it would examine the controversial observations made in the Patna High Court judgment.

New Delhi, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a man accused of repeatedly impersonating senior constitutional and government functionaries, including allegedly posing as a civil servant and a judge of the Patna High Court to obtain sensitive confidential information from authorities. The court also questioned the failure of Delhi Police to arrest the accused. A single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia, while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of Manoj Kumar Jha, also expressed surprise over the failure of Delhi Police to arrest the accused despite repeated rejection of his bail pleas, including by the Supreme Court, and directed that a copy of the order be sent to the Deputy Commissioner of Police concerned for "necessary action".

Patna, March 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Patna High Court on Thursday granted bail to Mokama MLA Anant Singh in connection with the Dularchand Yadav murder case. The bail was granted by Justice R.P. Mishra after hearing arguments from all concerned parties. With the court’s approval, Anant Singh is expected to be released from Beur Jail in Patna within the next couple of days.

Patna, Feb 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Patna High Court has served notices to 42 MLAs of the Bihar Assembly in response to a petition that accuses them of submitting false information in their election affidavits and cites purported voting irregularities that occurred during the Assembly elections. Among those served notices is Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar, who represents the Gaya Assembly constituency.

Patna, Sep 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Patna High Court on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the Bihar Congress' recent social media post featuring an AI-generated video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother and asked the grand old party to take it down. Acting Chief Justice P.B. Bajantri directed the grand old party to immediately remove the video from all social media platforms.

Pappu Yadav files three petitions in Patna High Court over BPSC exam irregularities, including paper leaks and mistreatment of protesting candidates.

The Supreme Court Collegium recommends K. Vinod Chandran, Chief Justice of Patna High Court, for elevation to the apex court, considering the need for representation from Kerala in the Supreme Court b...

A petition filed by advocate Vivekanand Singh and others