PATNA, India, Feb. 17 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Jan 16:

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. One Manish Kumar filed writ petition before the Hon'ble Supreme Court which was registered as Writ Petition (C) No. 183 of 2013 with following prayers:-

"A. Direction to all the States & Union Territories to constitute Police Commission to deal with allegation of police action, redressal of grievances of police and to make recommendations for the welfare of police force.

B. Directions to the States formulate to and implement the guidelines for prevention and control of violent mass agitations and destruction of life & property, in terms of the guidelines suggested by this Hon'ble Court in the decision reported as 2009(5)SCC 212.

C. Directions to the States and Union Territories to fill up the vacant posts in the Police and State Armed forces so that the police forces does not remain overburdened.

D. for Directions to all the States and Union Territories to provide periodic training and upgradation of police force and to fix the working hours for the police personnel.

E. Direction to the Union of India to prescribe guidelines for the Media Reporting of the violent mass agitation and police action for prevention and control thereof.

F. Order or Direction restraining the States from drawing a presumption against the action of police acting constitutional and under the statutory obligations."

The Hon'ble Supreme Court disposed of the matter vide order dated 11.03.2019 and in the operative part of the order, it has been observed that the records pertaining to each of the States including affidavits etc., be sent by the Supreme Court Registry to the Registry of the concerned High Courts with a request to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of the High Court to entertain the matter on Judicial Side as suo motu Public Interest Litigation and monitor the prayers made from time to time, and on the basis of such order CWJC No. 13813 of 2024 was suo motu instituted. Several writ petitions were filed including contempt petitions and a Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 19.07.2024 in CWJC No. 6995 of 2019, has been pleased to pass the following order:-

"28. We find absolutely no reason to entertain the contempt case also. There is no deliberate contempt of the directions issued by this Court in C.W.J.C. no. 15487 of 2011 and analogous cases and the petitioners in the contempt having failed in the selection have no surviving cause. The contempt case also would stand closed.

29. Ordered accordingly.

30.The Registry shall immediately register a suo motu case as per the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court as herein before directed."

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjMTM4MTMjMjAyNCMxI04=-YRN1PzPRc0Q=)

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