The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over a Patna High Court ruling which held that stripping and molesting a woman did not amount to an attempt to rape, calling it a result of inadequate legal research
The Patna High Court flagged serious lapses after 189 children fell ill in Saharsa under the PM POSHAN scheme, noting alleged recovery of “small snakes” in meals and ordering a probe into sampling, testing and food safety procedures
The Supreme Court of India directed a petitioner seeking old age homes in every district of Bihar to approach the Patna High Court, stating the high court was best suited to examine alleged non-compliance with senior citizen welfare provisions
A division bench comprising Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Rajiv Roy asked the state police chief to "place on record the action taken against erring officials"
The top court had repeatedly refused to pass any interim order staying the survey process or publication of the outcomes of the survey, though it was contended that the matter will become infructuous post publication of the data.
The bench reiterated that it will not pass any interim direction requiring the Bihar government to abstain from publishing the results of the caste-based survey.
