Bihar Court

A local court in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 56-year-old man, a labourer from Bihar, for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in October 2023.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the Bihar government on a petition challenging the High Court's order striking down a hike in reservation in Bihar to 65%, but has not imposed a stay for now.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as President of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The court found no substantial reason to interfere with the election results .

In a shocking instance of kangaroo court reported in Bihar's Araria, a group of people tied up the hands of a man accused of theft, pulled down his pants and poured chilli powder in his private parts.

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on summoning former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and others in land for a job money laundering case under PMLA.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Bihar government and others, including the NHAI, on a PIL that raised concerns about the safety and longevity of bridges in the state after several of them collapsed over the last few weeks.

In a setback for Nitish Kumar-government in Bihar, the Supreme Court today refused to stay the Patna High Court order that struck down state government's 65% quota for backward classes.

A US court on Thursday charged Sanjay Kumar from Bihar with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars' worth of counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the country.

The Supreme Court has quashed a 2015 notification of the Bihar government by which it had deleted 'Tanti-Tantwa' caste from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and merged it with 'Pan/Sawasi' caste in the Scheduled Castes list.

With bridge collapse incidents in Bihar breaking unflattering records, a senior BJP leader has said he is "afraid" of crossing any flyover or bridge in the state and that a "serious probe" is needed.

A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to issue direction to the Bihar Government to conduct the highest level structural audit of all existing and under construction bridges in the state.

The Bihar government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Patna High Court verdict that has set aside amended reservation laws in the state, which enabled the Bihar government to increase the quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes.

Panchayat teachers from Bihar government schools who went to the Supreme Court seeking exemption from a competency test introduced by the state government in 2023 - if they want to continue working - returned home empty-handed.

A special CBI court in Patna on Wednesday sent two persons accused of leaking NEET-UG question paper to three-day CBI custody.

A local court in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 56-year-old man, a labourer from Bihar, for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl in October 2023.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the Bihar government on a petition challenging the High Court's order striking down a hike in reservation in Bihar to 65%, but has not imposed a stay for now.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as President of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The court found no substantial reason to interfere with the election results .

In a shocking instance of kangaroo court reported in Bihar's Araria, a group of people tied up the hands of a man accused of theft, pulled down his pants and poured chilli powder in his private parts.

A bandh to protest the Supreme Court's 'quota within a quota' decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states Wednesday.

The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on summoning former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and others in land for a job money laundering case under PMLA.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Bihar government and others, including the NHAI, on a PIL that raised concerns about the safety and longevity of bridges in the state after several of them collapsed over the last few weeks.

In a setback for Nitish Kumar-government in Bihar, the Supreme Court today refused to stay the Patna High Court order that struck down state government's 65% quota for backward classes.

A US court on Thursday charged Sanjay Kumar from Bihar with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars' worth of counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the country.

The Supreme Court has quashed a 2015 notification of the Bihar government by which it had deleted 'Tanti-Tantwa' caste from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and merged it with 'Pan/Sawasi' caste in the Scheduled Castes list.

With bridge collapse incidents in Bihar breaking unflattering records, a senior BJP leader has said he is "afraid" of crossing any flyover or bridge in the state and that a "serious probe" is needed.

A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to issue direction to the Bihar Government to conduct the highest level structural audit of all existing and under construction bridges in the state.

The Bihar government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Patna High Court verdict that has set aside amended reservation laws in the state, which enabled the Bihar government to increase the quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes.

Panchayat teachers from Bihar government schools who went to the Supreme Court seeking exemption from a competency test introduced by the state government in 2023 - if they want to continue working - returned home empty-handed.

A special CBI court in Patna on Wednesday sent two persons accused of leaking NEET-UG question paper to three-day CBI custody.