Shukdeo Prasad v. The State of Bihar through Sri Anand Kishore, Finance Secretary, Finance Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, MJC No.2907 of 2025 (contempt petition) in CWJC No.14741 of 2024; Shukdeo Prasad and Kartik Chanra Manjhi v. State of Bihar (Finance Secretary) and officers of the Water Resources Department including Engineer-in-Chief, Chief/Superintending/Executive Engineers (North Koel Canal Circle, Ayojan and Monitoring Circle, Eastern Koshi Tatbandh Circle and others); compliance recorded per para-12 of show cause by O.P. Nos. 1-4; contempt petition consigned; Coram: Purnendu Singh, J; decided 05-12-2025; counsel: Sanjay Kumar for petitioners, AC to AAG-4 for the State.
What did the court decide?
No coercive or punitive direction; the contempt petition was consigned (closed) after recording compliance based on para-12 of the show cause filed on behalf of O.P. Nos. 1 to 4. ¶¶29