RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. Heard Mr. Pratiush Lala, learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. 2. This appeal is directed against the order dated 17.12.2025 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Sahibganj in Bail Petition No.383 of 2025 in connection with S.T. Case No.359 of 2025 arising out of Rail P.S. Sahibganj Case No.34 of 2025 corresponding to Railway G.R. No.67 of 2025, whereby and whereunder, the ...
RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. The instant appeal preferred under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, is directed against the order dated 17.12.2025 passed in Misc. Cri. Application No.2521 of 2025 (ATS Court Case-01/2024) by the learned Addl. Judicial CommissionerXVIII-cum-Special Judge CID/ATS, Ranchi, in connection with ATS P.S. Case No. 10 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 385/386/34 of the IPC a...
RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The challenge in this appeal is to the impugned award dated 02.08.2016 to the extent it awards a meagre compensation of Rs. 4,11,000/- for the demise of Shyam Sunder Prasad, the claimants' husband/father, in a vehicular accident on 16.07.2013. 3. The learned counsel for the appellant firstly sought an adjournment in the matter, but when it was clarified that, a...
RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This I.A. seeks condonation of delay of 110 days in instituting this Miscellaneous Appeal. We have perused the averments in the I.A. and we are satisfied that this delay has been sufficiently explained. 3. Accordingly, we condone the delay and disposed of this I.A. Miscellaneous Appeal No. 572 of 2019 4. At the request of and with the consent of the learned c...
RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The appellant, who is the owner of the offending vehicle challenges the impugned judgment and award dated 26.07.2024 mainly on the ground that the Insurance Company should not have been absolved of its liability to indemnify the appellant. 3. The appellant succeeded in obtaining ad-interim relief from this Court on 13.10.2025 without depositing any amount. Beca...
RANCHI, India, March 25 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Feb. 20: 1. Heard Mr. Mukesh Kumar Dubey, the learned counsel for the appellant-Insurance Company, and Mr. Arvind Kumar Lall, the learned counsel for the respondent nos.1 and 2 (claimants). 2. Mr Dubey, the learned counsel for the appellant, submits that the appellant-Insurance Company, has appealed the impugned award dated 22.02.2024 passed in M.A.C. Case No. 241 of 2020 only on one ground. He submits that the Trib...
SHILLONG, India, March 25 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 23: Pursuant to the order dated 5th February, 2026, issuing notice to the newly added respondent No. 2, the respondent No. 2 is present in person. He requests that an Advocate from the Legal Services Authority be appointed to espouse his cause. Accordingly, Ms K. Gurung, Legal-Aid Counsel, who is on the panel of High Court Legal Services Authority, is appointed on behalf of the respondent No. 2 to espo...
SHILLONG, India, March 25 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 23: Ms. S. Laloo, learned GA appearing for the State appellant has submitted that the notice issued upon the respondent has been effected. This is based on the communication obtained from the portal of the Post Office which is the tracking report. However, the learned GA has submitted that an additional affidavit of service may be allowed to be filed, wherein, the certificate from the post office in t...
SHILLONG, India, March 25 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 23: 1. The petitioner being aggrieved with denial in promotion from the rank of Naib Subedar/GD to the rank of Subedar/GD had represented through a legal notice dated 04-01-2024, and the respondent authority vide letter dated 08-02-2024, had informed that the petitioner's promotion to the rank of Subedar/GD was not recommended due to the lack of ACR benchmark for the years 2016 and 2018 respectively. I...
SHILLONG, India, March 25 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on Feb. 23: 1. Mr. S.Dey, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as the order has been complied with, nothing remains for consideration. 2. Accordingly, contempt is closed and disposed of. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....