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'State must provide safe roads': Jharkhand High Court warns officials of contempt over encroachment, traffic in Hazaribagh
January 15, 2026 12:18 pm
Hazaribagh traffic issue: Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad were hearing a PIL filed by one Achyut Swaroop Mishra highlighting the chaotic state of the streets in Hazaribagh district alleging non compliance of court’s orders.
Woman 'conceals' murder conviction before marriage, Jharkhand High Court upholds divorce granted on man's plea
January 14, 2026 5:39 pm
A bench of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai dismissed the appeal filed by the wife challenging the family court’s order dissolving their marriage under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
How cruelty, harassment impact woman’s mind, Jharkhand High Court defines
January 09, 2026 4:07 pm
Dowry death case news: Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai were hearing the appeals filed by a man and his parents, who had been convicted for the dowry death of his wife.
Jharkhand High Court commutes man’s death penalty in rape and murder case to life term, cites lack of reform assessment
January 08, 2026 4:18 pm
Jharkhand High Court News: While citing the Supreme Court judgement, the bench said that the probability of reformation, rehabilitation and social re integration of the appellant, also can't be ruled out.
Silence is a crime when there is a duty to speak, difficult to forgive: Justice M S Sonak to lawyers
January 08, 2026 2:17 am
Justice Sonak, who served as judge of the Bombay High Court for nearly 12 years, was addressing a full court farewell reference organised for him at the Central Court (room number 46) in the Bombay HC principal seat building at Fort area in South Mumbai on Wednesday.
Justice Mahesh Sharadchandra Sonak is Jharkhand HC's next chief justice
January 02, 2026 5:58 pm
Justice Sonak was appointed as a judge of the Bombay High Court on June 21, 2013, and is due to retire on November 27, 2026.
Jharkhand High Court’s blow to ‘erring officials’: Pay for demolition compensation from your own pockets, not state’s
December 30, 2025 2:30 pm
RIMS demolition case: The court has directed the state police to register FIR against erring officials of Ranchi district administration over illegal encroachment on the land acquired by Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS).
No ordinary litigant, can’t win cases by hook or crook: Jharkhand High Court imposes Rs 1 lakh costs on State
December 19, 2025 5:20 pm
The court imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh on state officials for filing a civil review petition after finding it to be an attempt to stall proceedings before an executing court.
Abandoning spouse in anger, disgust not desertion: Jharkhand High Court denies divorce to man
December 15, 2025 5:03 pm
Jharkhand High Court Judgement on Desertion Divorce Case: Jharkhand High Court said that the marriage took place on April 30, 2021, and the suit for dissolution for marriage was filed by the husband on September 1, 2022, which was within two years of the marriage due to which the family court rejected the said ground of desertion as alleged by the husband.
Jharkhand High Court commutes death penalty, cites ‘judgment of acquittal’ in division bench’s split decision
December 10, 2025 9:33 am
Justice Rangon Mukhopadhyay ruling, Death penalty negated case: Previously, Justice Rangon Mukhopadhyay opined that the charge against the appellants had not been proved beyond the shadow of all reasonable doubt, whereas Justice Sanjay Prasad held appellants guilty of the offences charged and confirmed the death sentence.
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