Dr. Jagdish Prasad v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Justice Ritesh Kumar, oral order dated 15-05-2026: Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No. 611 of 2019 (contempt petition arising from Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2558 of 2018) dismissed after petitioners' counsel reported that the order under contempt had been complied with. Petitioners Manoj Kumar, Manish Kumar and Rajneesh Kumar; opposite parties the State of Bihar (Education Department), L.N. Mithila University officers (Vice-Chancellor S.K. Singh, Registrar Mustafa Kamal Ansari, Finance Officer Ram Babu Sah) and G.D. College Principal Awdhesh Singh. Counsel: Avinash Kumar (petitioners), Priyadarshi M. Sharan (opposite parties), Binita Singh (University). No statute or precedent cited; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the petitioners' submission that the order under contempt had already been complied with, the Court dismissed the present contempt petition.