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Patna High Court

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NEET paper leaks and the coaching mafia: How admission agents, solvers and insiders compromised the examination system

Anurag - 25 July, 2026

Guest houses, hotels and private residences became distribution hubs. Families reportedly paid lakhs while candidates memorised solved answers or received handwritten notes before entering examination centres in different cities during the two documented NEET paper leak operations from 2024 and 2026.

Supreme Court pulls up the Patna High Court for holding that removing a woman’s salwar and pressing her chest did not amount to an...

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2026

CJI Surya Kant stressed that there is a duty cast on judges as well to do some research.

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“Seized money eaten by rats”: Supreme Court stays conviction of government officer in bribery case, questions police claim in the case

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2026

The court also said that the explanation given for the destruction of the notes does not inspire confidence.

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Alcohol ban gave rise to illicit trade of liquor and other contraband items, officials love the ban as it means big money: Patna HC

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2024

The Patna HC's ruling came in response to a writ petition filed by Police Inspector Mukesh Kumar Paswan.

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Bihar Sunni Waqf Board sends notice to 7 Hindu houses claiming ownership, fails to give proof in Patna HC: Here’s what happened

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

Bihar Sunni Waqf Board has been frequently issuing notices to residents of Govindpur village who have built houses and have been living there for many years. There are around 95% Hindu families living in this village.

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Supreme Court refuses interim stay on Patna HC’s judgment that struck down Bihar government’s law increasing reservations to 65%

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2024

Notably, the Bihar government has approached the top court to challenge the Patna High Court’s order dated 20th June 2024 in which it set aside its law that increased reservation from 50% to 65% in the state.

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Patna HC strikes down 65% reservation law: Here’s how similar laws in other states were struck down by courts while Tamil Nadu continues to...

Shraddha Pandey - 21 June, 2024

It is pertinent to mention that the RJD-JDU-led Bihar government's amendments in November last year, based on a state-wide caste census, increased reservations to 20% for Scheduled Castes, 2% for Scheduled Tribes, 18% for Other Backward Classes, and 25% for Extremely Backward Classes, with an additional 10% for the Economically Weaker Sections, bringing the total to 75%.

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‘Calling spouse ‘bhoot’, ‘pisach’ does not tantamount to cruelty’: Patna HC sets aside husband’s conviction in dowry harassment case

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2024

The woman's lawyer further argued that calling a lady "bhoot" and "pishach" by her in-laws in the twenty-first century was "a form of immense cruelty."

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