Jackie Kumar Rai v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC Division Bench common judgment, 16.12.2025 (NAFR 16.12.2025): L.P.A. Nos. 685, 666, 677, 667 and 674 of 2025 dismissed en bloc. Appellants (147 persons across the five appeals) versus State of Jharkhand and Home Guard/police/deputy commissioner officials of Dhanbad; successful candidates proforma respondents. Dismissal rests solely on counsel's concession that issues are no longer res integra after LPA No. 676 of 2025 (Sangita Murmu and others v. State of Jharkhand and others), whose reasons are applied mutatis mutandis; parties to bear own costs. No statutes cited, no quantum, no fresh ratio in this judgment - cite L.P.A. No. 676 of 2025 for the substantive holding.
What did the court decide?
The issues involved in these appeals are no longer res integra, having been settled by this Bench's judgment in LPA No. 676 of 2025 (Sangita Murmu and others v. State of Jharkhand and others); the concession to this effect was made by learned counsel for the appellants and the Court disposed of the appeals on that basis.