Tag: Chief Justice MS Sonak
Photo: TGCHC issues contempt notice to DGP over non-installation of CCTVs in police stations
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court has issued a contempt notice to the Director General of Police (DGP) for alleged non-compliance with its order directing the installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations across the state. A division bench comprising Chief Justice M S Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar asked the DGP to explain why…
Photo: TGCHC questions vacancy of JPSC chairman’s post
The Jharkhand High Court has taken serious note of the vacancy in the post of chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), questioning the state government over keeping such an important constitutional position vacant. PSC Chairman L Khiangte resigned from his post on July 21 amid a CID probe into alleged irregularities in the…
Photo: TGCHC pulls up RIMS over delay in appointments, equipment procurement, building repairs
The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over the delay in filling vacant posts, procuring essential medical equipment, and repairing dilapidated buildings at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) related to RIMS, a division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar termed the…
Jharkhand HC ends 55-year-old Dumka church property dispute
The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday brought an end to a decades-old legal battle over the ownership and management of church properties in Dumka by dismissing two appeals that had been pending since 1992. The case originated from two civil suits filed in 1971 over the administration of the Santhal Mission of Northern Churches (SMNC)…
