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Jharkhand HC Upholds Borrower’s 1-Year Jail Term, ₹12.5 Lakh Compensation In ₹10 Lakh Cheque-Bounce Case. Subodh Dutta vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

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Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Upholds Borrower’s 1-Year Jail Term, ₹12.5 Lakh Compensation In ₹10 Lakh Cheque-Bounce Case

The complainant alleged that he lent the petitioner ₹10 lakh in installments for business purposes, repayable by December 2012. After repayment was demanded, the petitioner allegedly issued a cheque for ₹10 lakh, whic...

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Woman Died Days After Alleged Rape; Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Conviction Over Contradictory Testimony. PACHHU SAO vs STATE OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Woman Died Days After Alleged Rape; Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Conviction Over Contradictory Testimony

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Jharkhand HC Sets Aside 7-Year Rape Conviction, Citing No Disclosure Of Alleged Rape At House Where Woman Spent Night. SAMUEL MURMU vs STATE OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Sets Aside 7-Year Rape Conviction, Citing No Disclosure Of Alleged Rape At House Where Woman Spent Night

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Jharkhand HC Upholds Pick-Up Van Driver’s Conviction After Crash Killed 5-Year-Old, Rejects Guardians’ Negligence Plea. Shyam Narayan Singh vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Upholds Pick-Up Van Driver’s Conviction After Crash Killed 5-Year-Old, Rejects Guardians’ Negligence Plea

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Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Convictions Of 3 Men, Finds They Only Protested Officials’ Land Visit Before Show-Cause Hearing. Shrikant Singh And Ors vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Convictions Of 3 Men, Finds They Only Protested Officials’ Land Visit Before Show-Cause Hearing

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Friend’s ₹4-Lakh Loan Cheque Bounce: Jharkhand HC Upholds Man’s 6-Month Jail Term and ₹70,000 Compensation. Uma Shankar Singh vs The State Of Jharkhand And Anr. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Friend’s ₹4-Lakh Loan Cheque Bounce: Jharkhand HC Upholds Man’s 6-Month Jail Term and ₹70,000 Compensation

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After 20-Year Trial, Jharkhand HC Upholds Husband’s Section 498A Conviction But Reduces 18-Month Jail Term To Time Served. Arvind Lal Gupta vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

After 20-Year Trial, Jharkhand HC Upholds Husband’s Section 498A Conviction But Reduces 18-Month Jail Term To Time Served

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Jharkhand HC Upholds Truck Driver’s Conviction After Crash Killed Son Riding Bicycle With Father, Despite IO’s Non-Examination. Bhutali Mahto vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Upholds Truck Driver’s Conviction After Crash Killed Son Riding Bicycle With Father, Despite IO’s Non-Examination

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Jharkhand HC Upholds Firm Partner’s Tax-Evasion Conviction Over Intentional Goods Discrepancies In Sales-Tax Records. Bimal Poddar Alias Bimal Kumar Poddar vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Tax LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Upholds Firm Partner’s Tax-Evasion Conviction Over Intentional Goods Discrepancies In Sales-Tax Records

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Jharkhand HC Acquits 3 Men In Wedding-Scuffle Death, Finding No Reliable Evidence Linking Them To The Fatal Head Injury. NAGESHWAR PANDEY And ORS vs STATE OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Acquits 3 Men In Wedding-Scuffle Death, Finding No Reliable Evidence Linking Them To The Fatal Head Injury

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15-Year-Old In POCSO Case Gets Bail As Jharkhand HC Says Offence’s Gravity Alone Cannot Keep A Juvenile In Custody. KARAN KUMAR vs STATE OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal Procedure and EvidenceCriminal Law

15-Year-Old In POCSO Case Gets Bail As Jharkhand HC Says Offence’s Gravity Alone Cannot Keep A Juvenile In Custody

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Jharkhand HC Directs CCL To Decide Coal Buyer’s ₹1.87 Lakh EMD Refund Plea After Bank Proof Of ₹6.86 Lakh Transfer. RUNGTA IRRIGATION LTD THROUGH ITS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRERSENTATIVE SRI SHAILESH AWASTHI vs CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITED THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR AND ORS. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Contract LawAdministrative and Public Law

Jharkhand HC Directs CCL To Decide Coal Buyer’s ₹1.87 Lakh EMD Refund Plea After Bank Proof Of ₹6.86 Lakh Transfer

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Jharkhand HC Declares Brothers Equal Co-Owners of Jointly Bought Land, Sister Entitled to One-Third of Mother’s Property. GANGADHAR RAJWAR vs RAM PRASAD RAJWAR. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Property and Real Estate LawWills, Inheritance, and Trusts

Jharkhand HC Declares Brothers Equal Co-Owners of Jointly Bought Land, Sister Entitled to One-Third of Mother’s Property

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Landowners Keep Enhanced Compensation After State Fails To Deny Its Office Lost Their Timely Section 28-A Application: Jharkhand HC. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, RAMGARH vs KAUSHALYA DEVI. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Civil LawCivil Procedure and Evidence

Landowners Keep Enhanced Compensation After State Fails To Deny Its Office Lost Their Timely Section 28-A Application: Jharkhand HC

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Ramgarh Landowners Keep Enhanced Compensation After State Fails To Deny Its Office Lost Their Timely Section 28-A Plea: Jharkhand HC. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, RAMGARH vs JANKI MAHTO. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Property and Real Estate LawCivil Procedure and Evidence

Ramgarh Landowners Keep Enhanced Compensation After State Fails To Deny Its Office Lost Their Timely Section 28-A Plea: Jharkhand HC

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After Fatal Assault Over Courtyard Bathing, Jharkhand HC Cuts Murder Conviction To Culpable Homicide Part I, Orders Release After 12 Years. Tasleem Khan vs The State Of Jharkhand. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

After Fatal Assault Over Courtyard Bathing, Jharkhand HC Cuts Murder Conviction To Culpable Homicide Part I, Orders Release After 12 Years

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Jharkhand HC Upholds Dismissal Of Husband’s Divorce Plea: RINPAS Board Found No Psychiatric Illness, Cruelty Unproved. JAI SHANKAR PATHAK vs ANSHU BALA. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Family LawCivil Procedure and Evidence

Jharkhand HC Upholds Dismissal Of Husband’s Divorce Plea: RINPAS Board Found No Psychiatric Illness, Cruelty Unproved

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Father’s Plea To Regain Son’s Custody Under Section 25 Cannot Be Rejected Solely For Lack Of Prior Guardian Order: Jharkhand HC. DR SHANTANU vs VEDIKA KASHYAP. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Family LawCivil Procedure and Evidence

Father’s Plea To Regain Son’s Custody Under Section 25 Cannot Be Rejected Solely For Lack Of Prior Guardian Order: Jharkhand HC

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Land-Dispute Killing: Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Wife’s Murder Conviction, Finding No Proof She Shared Intent When She Brought Spade On Husband’s Direction. THETHE ALIAS TETAY ALIAS PADUM BESRA vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Criminal LawCriminal Procedure and Evidence

Land-Dispute Killing: Jharkhand HC Sets Aside Wife’s Murder Conviction, Finding No Proof She Shared Intent When She Brought Spade On Husband’s Direction

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Jharkhand HC Lets AYUSH Doctor Due To Retire At 65 Serve Until 67, Citing Earlier Parity Ruling. DR. JAGDISH SINGH vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF JHARKHAND. Jharkhand High Court. LawLens

Jharkhand High Court·30 OCTOBER 2026

Employment and Labour LawAdministrative and Public Law

Jharkhand HC Lets AYUSH Doctor Due To Retire At 65 Serve Until 67, Citing Earlier Parity Ruling

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