Nargis Khatoon v. The State of Bihar through Mr. S. Siddharth, the Addiltional Chief Secretary
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Patna High Court, Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3140 of 2025 (contempt arising from CWJC No.7114 of 2024), oral order dated 24-04-2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha. Petitioner Nargis Khatoon sought contempt action against the District Education Officer, Madhubani and other Bihar education-department officials (State of Bihar, Director Primary Education, Regional Deputy Director of Education Darbhanga, DM Madhubani, DEO Madhubani, BEO Basopatti) for alleged non-compliance with the direction to dispose of her representation. Counsel: Sweta Burnwal for petitioner; Standing Counsel 20 and Pushpanjali Sharma (AC to SC 20) for opposite parties. Dismissed as infructuous on compliance shown vide Memo No. 3974 dated 08.10.2025 (Annexure-R/A). Keywords: contempt proceeding, willful defiance, compliance, infructuous, representation disposal, education department Bihar, Madhubani, Basopatti.