New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren against a Jharkhand High Court order tomorrow.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 23 (ANI): The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday slammed the Hemant Soren's government over the deteriorating law and order situation and sought a report from the state government over the killing of a criminal at the Deoghar court's premises.

Ranchi Feb 18 PTI The High Court of Jharkhand on Friday once again pulled up Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS for not filling up vacant posts in the fourth gradeThe court warned the director of the apex medical institution in Ranchi that if the vacancies are not filled up it would tantamount to violation of court directives and result in the initiation of contempt proceedingsA bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing a public interest litigation on the lack of facilities in the instituteThe bench had earlier ordered the hospital and the state government to ensure that vacancies in the fourth grade are filled upQuestioning the reason for not filling up the vacancies the court in an oral observation said the absence of manpower affects the working of a hospitalThe case will again be heard on February 22Earlier the hospital had informed that it has made appointments through outsourcing due to a written direction received from the state governmentThe court had then asked the director of RIMS why regular appointments were not being done when there were vacanciesThe PIL was initiated at the behest of the high court on the basis of news reports on the problems faced by the public due to the lack of infrastructure in RIMS PTI CORR NAM MM MM

Ranchi Jan 28 PTI The Jharkhand High Court Friday questioned the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS over the logic behind making certain appointments through the outsourcing routeA division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad asked its director and the state government as to why appointments were made in the fourth grade via outsourcingThe bench was hearing a PIL initiated suo moto on the problems faced by the public at large due to the lack of infrastructure at RIMSThe court ordered the director of the institute to virtually before it on the next date and inform about the reasons behind such appointmentsIt also asked RIMS and the state government to file affidavits in the matter The case has been listed after a fortnight Meanwhile RIMS advocate Akashdeep said it made appointments through the outsourcing route following a written direction received from the Jharkhand government in this regard PTI CORR NAM RBT RBT

Ranchi Nov 18 PTI A public interest litigation seeking postponement of the Twenty20 cricket match between India and New Zealand to be held at Ranchi on Friday was disposed of by the High Court of Jharkhand without passing any direction on ThursdayIf the match was not postponed the petitioner prayed that it be held with only half the capacity of the JSCA International Stadium to reduce the chances of spread of Covid-19The petitioner objected to holding of the match the second one of the India-New Zealand T20 series with full capacity of the stadiumJharkhand State Cricket Association JSCA submitted that standard operating procedures for maintaining Covid-19 discipline will be followed at the stadiumObserving that it is an international issue and the stage is already set for the cricket match a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad disposed of the matter without passing any directionThe bench heard the matter especially notified after the working hours at 5 pm for about two hoursAppearing for petitioner Dheeraj Kumar advocate Ritu Kumar submitted that the stadium will be packed with cricket enthusiasts while the pandemic is not over yetCounsel of JSCA AK Das said spectators will have to wear masks throughout their stay in the stadiumJSCA officials said they are expecting a full house after the state government has given a green signal to 100 per cent capacityAs per a state government notification people who are double vaccinated or carrying RT-PCR negative results will be allowed entry into the venue which has 38000 seatsIndia has won the first match of the series at Jaipur PTI COR NAM NN NN

Ranchi Sep 23 PTI The CBI which is probing the death case of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand told the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday that the autorickshaw driver who has been apprehended in this connection intentionally hit him with his three-wheeler The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI during the hearing of the case on a virtual platform said a probe is underway to find out who all are involved in the conspiracy The 49-year-old district judge was allegedly mowed down by a heavy autorickshaw while he was out jogging near Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad on the morning of July 28 CBI zonal joint director Sharad Agarwal submitted before the court that his death was not a case of accident Agarwal appeared before the division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and said that officers of the agency are working round the clock to uncover the truth behind the incident The bench observed that the case has shaken the morale of the judiciary Time is the essence of this investigation it said The more time is spent harder it will be to ascertain the truth the bench stated Agarwal further said that the autorickshaw driver Lakhan Verma had earlier committed mobile thefts Verma has been changing his statements every now and then but the agency is doing everything to reach to the depth of the matter the CBI zonal joint director said The police had initially taken up the investigation into the death case with the Dhanbad SSP and DGP assuring the court of a speedy inquiry The government later decided to recommend a CBI probe into the matter The CBI then took up the matter on August 4 with the high court monitoring the progress in its investigation The central agency had been submitting sealed reports to the court on the status of the probe into the case PTI CORR NAM RMS RMS