Yadunandan Thakur v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.9221 of 2020, Patna High Court (Yadunandan Thakur v. State of Bihar, Department of Land and Revenue Reforms, and others including land-reform officers of Madhubani/Benipatti, Md. Murtuza and Shakuntala Devi): dismissed as infructuous on 04-03-2025, relying on Sudhakar Jha v. State of Bihar (C.W.J.C. No. 15060 of 2019; 2024 (3) PLJR 403 (DB)) and Smt. Manju Devi v. State of Bihar (L.P.A. No. 1080 of 2019 dt. 21.12.2022, arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 22063 of 2011). Bench: Ashutosh Kumar, ACJ (author) with Partha Sarthy, J. Advocates: Ms.Ratanakar Jha (petitioner); Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, GP-14 (respondents). Interlocutory applications disposed of accordingly.
What did the court decide?
In view of the Division Bench judgment in C.W.J.C. No. 15060 of 2019 (Sudhakar Jha vs. The State of Bihar and Ors. and analogous cases; 2024 (3) PLJR 403 (DB)) and the judgment dated 21.12.2022 in L.P.A. No. 1080 of 2019 arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 22063 of 2011 (Smt. Manju Devi vs. The State of Bihar and Ors.), this petition has become infructuous.