Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday verbally observed that the post of chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) cannot be left vacant.Hearing a petition for filling up empty posts in the forest department, a division bench of Chief Justice MS Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar observed that the post of chairman of…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday directed the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) to file its response in a petition challenging re-examination of the middle school teachers’ appointment process.Petitioner Arpana Kumari mentioned that due to errors in the examination process, the candidates should not be pushed for re-examination. The JSSC, in an earlier notification,…
Ranchi: State govt on Wednesday informed the Jharkhand high court that 32 acres of land had been identified in Hazaribag for the expansion and construction of an open prison.The submission was made before a division bench of Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar during the hearing of a PIL concerning the condition…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Tuesday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to produce the original OMR sheet of a NEET-UG 2026 candidate who has alleged a discrepancy in the tabulation of his marks.Justice Ananda Sen directed the agency to submit the OMR sheet of petitioner Lakshya Singh in a sealed cover.Singh appeared for the…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Monday asked the state govt to respond to a petition challenging the proposed construction of a football ground on the court campus.A bench of Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing the petition filed by the advocates association of the high court.The association challenged a govt…
Machkund hydro power project Cuttack: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from the Odisha govt over allegations that thousands of Adivasi families displaced by the Machkund hydro power project more than seven decades ago are still awaiting proper rehabilitation, compensation and basic civic amenities.Acting on a complaint filed by Jeypore-based…
Cuttack: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the state govt to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, after receiving a complaint alleging medical negligence in the hospital’s nephrology department.In a communication dated July 24, the commission directed the health and family welfare secretary to…
Ranchi: A PIL was filed in Jharkhand high court on Friday seeking a probe into the accounts of the Jagannath temple trust committee in Jagannathpur. The petition, filed by Dhurwa resident Ajay Kumar, alleges that committee members have failed to maintain the trust’s accounts properly. Kumar claimed gross tax violations require a special audit of…
Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Thursday granted the govt an adjournment to file a fresh report on the investigation into the alleged fake police encounter of gangster Aman Sao in Palamu.Sao’s mother, Kiran Devi, had petitioned the high Ccourt seeking a CBI probe into her son’s death in a police encounter on March 11 last…
The petitioner claimed that illegal butcher shops had mushroomed across Ranchi and were selling meat in the open without keeping it behind black glass, as allegedly mandated by municipal rules Ranchi: Jharkhand high court on Wednesday directed the state govt to place on record its proposed rules and regulations for operating slaughterhouses across the state…
