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Merely applying sindoor doesn’t mean marriage, ‘saptapadi’ important for union to be recognised under Hindu law: Patna High Court on ‘pakadua byaah’ case

OpIndia Staff - 23 November, 2023

Patna HC noted that only putting sindoor on a woman’s forehead doesn't constitute a marriage under Hindu law.

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Supreme Court asks Bihar govt why they published caste census data, but refuses to stay anything

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2023

The court also sought to know from the Bihar government why they published the data. The court was hearing petitions challenging the Patna High Court's decision to uphold the caste survey initiated by the Bihar Government.

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Aditya Sachdeva murder case: Patna HC overturns conviction of former JD(U) MLC’s son Rocky Yadav and two others, accused walk free for ‘lack of...

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2023

As the case progressed, several of Sachdeva's friends turned hostile during court appearances, which changed the course of the case.

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Patna High Court stays caste-based census that the Bihar govt wanted to conduct, says it infringes on domain of Union Parliament: Details

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2023

The court said, "Prima facie, we are of the opinion that the State has no power to carry out a caste-based survey, in the manner in which it is fashioned now."

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Plea filed in Patna HC challenging amendment of Bihar Prison Manual which facilitated the release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh

ANI - 27 April, 2023

Plea filed in Patna HC by advocate Alka Verma saying that the amendment of Bihar Prison Manual is "arbitrary and unreasonable"

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Patna HC orders probe in 2,459 madrassas in Bihar over allegations of using fake documents to receive grants, stops grant of 609 madrassas

ANI - 25 January, 2023

Bihar HC orders probe of documents submitted by 2,459 government-aided madrasas in the state

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Patna SSP, who was slammed for going slow on Munger murder of Hindu boy, now compares PFI arms training to RSS, gets support from...

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2022

In April 2021, Patna High Court ordered the transfer of then-SSP MS Dhillon for being too slow in the investigation of the Munger firing case where a Hindu boy named Anurag Poddar was killed.

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Patna HC refuses anticipatory bail to one Wasif Hasnain, accused of posting a Facebook video with derogatory remarks on Goddess Durga

OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2022

The man is accused of sharing a video containing defamatory and derogatory remarks against the Hindu deity Goddess Durga on his Facebook account

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Bihar: Judge assaulted by police officials inside his chamber, threatened with gun, Patna HC furious

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2021

Officer-in-charge of Ghoghardiha police station Gopal Krishna and sub-inspector Abhimanyu Kumar Sharma barged into the chamber of the judge and assaulted him at gunpoint on November 18.

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