Kanhaiya Pathak And Ors. v. State of Jharkhand And Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Cr.M.P. No. 597 of 2011, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi — Kanhaiya Pathak & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand and Anr.; order dated 04.12.2023 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi granting permission to convert the petition into section 14A proceedings under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act; no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Permission accorded to the learned counsel for the petitioners to convert the pending petition into a proceeding under section 14A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, with direction that the conversion be carried out; the substantive merits of the petition were not adjudicated in this order. ¶13