Jugnu Devi @ Jugnoo Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC No.10276 of 2026, decided 17-07-2026, A. Abhishek Reddy, J. Jugnu Devi @ Jugnoo Devi (Chief Councilor, Shahpur Nagar Panchayat, Bhojpur) v. State of Bihar, Urban Development and Housing Department, State Election Commission Bihar, district election authorities, and private respondents Krishna Kumar and Ramesh Kumar Ram. Municipal election matter: writ disposed of at admission with consent; time-bound disposal (preferably 4 months) directed of appeal pending two years before the State Election Commission; natural-justice safeguards (notice and opportunity of hearing); authority to rule on maintainability of appeal; merits left open. Counsel: Ranjeet Choubey for petitioner; Government Pleader (18) and Vivekanand Singh, AC to GP 18 for respondents. No statute or precedent cited or interpreted; useful only for mandamus/time-bound-disposal and hearing-before-decision practice points.