HCMONTHLY CASE LAW ARCHIVE
Read 62 LawLens analyses of Jharkhand High Court judgments published in September 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.
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The petitioner-company was allotted 45,000 sq. ft. of land bearing Plot No. M-43, Phase IV, Adityapur Industrial Area, pursuant to Land Allotment Order No. 1623/ADA dated 25.09.1996, and possession was delivered on 08...
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The appellant-mother and respondent-father were married on 06 September 2020 according to Muslim rites.
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The three connected writ petitions—W.P.(S) Nos. 3750 of 2022, 4903 of 2022 and 6478 of 2024—were filed by Junior Engineers serving under the Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand.
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The appellant-mother and respondent-father, both Assistant Professors at Vinoba Bhave University, married on 16 May 2017. Their daughter, Ekanshi Sharma, was born through IVF on 8 March 2022. The parties lived separat...
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The deceased, Budhdeo Dubey, died in a motor-vehicle accident involving a vehicle owned by Shekhar Constructions Pvt. Ltd. and insured by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited.
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The petitioner, a Deputy Collector appointed pursuant to the 3rd Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination, was posted as Circle Officer, Nagri, in 2011.
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The petitioner, a Scheduled Caste employee serving as Superintending Engineer, was appointed as an Assistant Engineer in 1995, promoted as Executive Engineer in 2022, and thereafter as Superintending Engineer in 2024....
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Central Coalfields Limited issued an employment notice dated 28.03.2023 for, inter alia, 126 posts of Electrician (Non-Excavation)/Technician, including three posts reserved for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates.
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The petitioners sought release and restoration of approximately 2.98 acres comprised in Plot Nos. 2055, 2124, 2068, 2281 and 2882, situated at Village Nagri, District Ranchi, which formed part of Land Acquisition Case...
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The petitioners invoked Article 227 of the Constitution challenging the order dated 22 November 2025 passed by the Civil Judge, Senior Division-XIV, Ranchi, in MCA No. 859 of 2024 arising from Execution Case No. 35 of...
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On the intervening night of 9–10 June 1997, the petitioner allegedly entered the informant’s house at about 2:00 a.m. with the intention of stealing goats. Two goats were allegedly taken away, and a third goat was kil...
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RITES Ltd. issued an e-tender for design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of a 25 KV OHE system and related electrical works for NUPPL’s Dumka Siding in Jharkhand.
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The petitioner, M/s. Anand Enterprises, was awarded the work of “Collection Based Rural Distribution Franchisee” for the Phusro Electricity Supply Sub-Division under Work Order No. 08/RE/CE/RE/298/12-13 dated 31 Janua...
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The petitioners challenged the communication/order dated 17.06.2025 by which M/s Ziquitza Health Care Limited was blacklisted for two years from undertaking operations or works in the Department of Health, Medical Edu...
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Opposite Party No. 2 filed Complaint Case No. 729 of 2022 against the petitioners, who were police personnel, alleging offences under Sections 323, 341, 365 and 354/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
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The petitioners invoked Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of the FIR and subsequent proceedings in Balumath P.S. Case No. 206 of 2020, including the order dated 12 January 2024 by w...
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On 27 December 1999, the prosecutrix alleged that while she was sleeping at home, the appellant forcibly entered her room, lifted her clothes and attempted to rape her.
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On 29 March 2003, Satish Kumar alleged that Ishwar Mahto and deceased accused Naresh Mahto caught him and forced him to the ground, while Dilip Mahto assaulted his head with a pointed rod, causing a bleeding injury an...
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The petitioner married the informant on 07.11.2005 according to Santhal customary rites. The informant alleged that, after the marriage, the petitioner and his family demanded a motorcycle, subjected her to abuse, ass...
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The petitioner, M/s Devika Indane, was granted LPG distributorship at Jharia, Dhanbad, by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (“IOCL”) under a memorandum of agreement dated 08.04.2017.
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On 17 September 2000, a dispute arose near the bank of the Sone River when Dilip Chaudhary allegedly tied his boat on land claimed by Deepan Chaudhary. Deepan and his sons allegedly assaulted Dilip, his father Kailash...
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The petitioner invoked the inherent jurisdiction of the Jharkhand High Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the order dated 29 July 2026 by which charges were fr...
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The complainant, an employee of the Atomic Minerals Division, alleged that petitioner no. 2, his co-employee and friend, introduced petitioner no. 1—his son—as an agent of various financial institutions and postal inv...
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The complainant alleged that, in February 2009, he advanced a friendly loan of ₹4,50,000 to the petitioner, who issued account-payee Cheque No. 625994 dated 02.06.2009 towards repayment.
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On 20 January 2019, police intercepted a coal-laden truck allegedly being transported without valid documents and registered Poraiyahat P.S. Case No. 07 of 2019 against the petitioner and others under Sections 414 and...
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On the night of 20/21 May 1995, a group of armed persons allegedly entered the labour quarters at Jiyajore Mission, threatened the occupants with firearms and weapons, and looted approximately ₹9,100 and three HMT wat...
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The appellant, a cook employed at the same hotel where the deceased child’s mother worked, was alleged to have taken the six-year-old victim to a fair on 26.04.2013, after which she disappeared.
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On 31 July 2003, the complainant alleged that the appellant entered her house at about 7:00 p.m., asked about her husband, and, finding her alone, forcibly attempted to rape her, assaulted and threatened her with a ta...
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Bablu Sonkar, a prosecution witness in the murder case of his brother, was allegedly threatened by members of a criminal gang.
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The parties married on 14.05.2014 according to Hindu rites.
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The petitioner-husband and respondent-wife were married according to Hindu rites on 8 March 2019. The husband alleged physical and mental cruelty, denial of matrimonial relations, abusive conduct, threats of false cri...
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The petitioner challenged his preventive detention under Section 12 of the Jharkhand Control of Crimes Act, 2002 (“the Act”), imposed by the District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum, by order dated...
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The petitioner was convicted in Adityapur P.S. Case No. 10 of 2016, corresponding to G.R. Case No. 38 of 2016, for offences under Sections 467/34 and 468/34 of the Indian Penal Code. He was sentenced to rigorous impri...
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The petitioner was appointed as a Junior Engineer in the Road Construction Department on 09.12.1982 and promoted as Assistant Engineer on 11.12.1987.
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The petitioners were retired employees of the State of Jharkhand who superannuated on 30 June in different years, having completed one full year of service from 1 July to 30 June immediately preceding retirement.
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The petitioners—Madhukar Singh and his two sons—invoked Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the FIR and entire criminal proceedings in Kotwali (Sukhdeo Nagar) P.S. Case No....
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The State of Jharkhand and officers of its Department of Water Resources filed L.P.A. No. 595 of 2025 challenging the learned Single Judge’s judgment dated 09.09.2024 in W.P.(S) No. 7415 of 2023, which directed retros...
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Late Barnawas Maltu, a Panchayat Sewak, died in harness on 11 July 2011.
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On 1 January 2003, the informant alleged that appellant Birbal called him and, after a confrontation, appellant Sudarshan slapped him. The appellants allegedly followed the informant to his house, dragged him outside,...
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The petitioners, Nisar Ansari and Shamim Ansari, invoked the inherent jurisdiction of the Jharkhand High Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the FIR and entire...
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On 24 January 2014, the police intercepted truck No. CG-04ZC-4326, which was covered with a tarpaulin and allegedly carrying 55 logs of Sakhua wood without supporting documents.
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The petitioner was named as an accused in Hunterganj P.S. Case No. 62 of 2013, registered under Sections 364(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 17(i) and 17(ii) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.
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SAIL issued a Bid Invitation dated 04.11.2025, modified by corrigendum dated 06.12.2025, for “Comprehensive Outsourcing Services – MRD” at Bokaro Steel Plant.
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The informant alleged that the petitioner obtained her consent for sexual relations by making a false promise of marriage and subsequently demanded ₹10 lakhs as dowry as a condition for marrying her.
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The complainant alleged that petitioner No. 1 received ₹60,000 in 2002 towards the sale of his land but neither transferred the land nor executed the sale deed.
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The respondent-plaintiff instituted O.S. No. 780 of 2024 before the Civil Judge (Senior Division XV), Ranchi, seeking partition of six kathas of land at Mouza Siram, Ranchi, together with the multi-storied commercial...
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The petitioners, residents of Village Hesla, District Ramgarh, claimed to be tribal landholders whose land had been acquired in 1961–62 for construction of the Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS), subsequently taken...
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The petitioner approached the Jharkhand High Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the FIR and criminal proceedings arising from Ratu P.S. Case No. 303 of 2024, r...
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The petitioners invoked Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of the FIR in Khunti P.S. Case No. 130 of 2014, corresponding to G.R. No. 435 of 2014, registered under Sections 420, 406 a...
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The respondent, a postal employee who had worked as Treasurer and Assistant Postmaster (Savings Bank) at Giridih Head Post Office, was implicated in an alleged fraud involving substantial public funds and was placed u...
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The appellant was prosecuted in connection with an alleged incident dated 22 October 2000, in which he allegedly caught the victim, took her towards bushes, threatened her with a knife, removed or loosened her clothin...
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The appellant, then Manager of Kshetriya Gramin Bank, Hurda Branch, had sanctioned a ₹25,000 loan to Patras Kandulna for establishing a flour mill. Deo Prasad Sahu, the complainant, stood guarantor and later took over...
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On 14 February 2004, the village chowkidar received information that the appellant had killed his wife with a lathi and fled. The informant and another villager went to the appellant’s house, where they found the dece...
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On 3 February 2002 at approximately 7:00 p.m., while the informant, Patru Suren, was returning from his agricultural field, the appellant allegedly attacked him with a sword near his old house, causing injuries to his...
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The petitioner was an accused in Ghaghra P.S. Case No. 29 of 2008, corresponding to G.R. Case No. 369 of 2008, registered for offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 436 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 17...
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The petitioners were opposite party nos. 2 to 5 in Succession Certificate Case No. 01 of 2022 before the Principal District Judge, Garhwa.
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The appellant was prosecuted in Sonua P.S. Case No. 13 of 2017 for allegedly striking the informant-victim, Khirod Tanti, on the head with a “Dab” on 15 March 2017, allegedly with an intention to kill him.
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The appellants were prosecuted in connection with Hatgamharia P.S. Case No. 04 of 2016 arising from an alleged incident dated 11 February 2016.
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The appellant, Rajendra Chaudhary, was convicted under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code by the 4th Additional District & Sessions Judge, Dumka, for the dowry death of Chandrika Devi and sentenced to nine years’ r...
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On 3 September 2006, a police party conducting a raid near Amjharia Dak Bungalow, Latehar, allegedly received information that six persons had assembled to commit a crime.
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The petitioner, an advocate, was accused by Opposite Party No. 2 of having shut the door of his residence, pulled her hand, brought her towards the bed, and attempted to disrobe her during a meeting fixed in connectio...
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The petitioner invoked Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking quashing of the FIR and entire criminal proceeding arising from Sahibganj (T) P.S. Case No. 54 of 2026, registered under Sect...
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