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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 2403

PATNA HIGH COURT
Mr. Alok Kumar Sinha, J
Santosh Kumar Jank and Ors – Appellant
Versus
The State Of Bihar and Ors – Respondent
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14137 of 2016 | Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 14163 of 2016 | Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 20090 of 2016 | Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2599 of 2017 | Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 5712 of 2017 | Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 7961 of 2019

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Rajeev Kumar Singh, Mr. Prashant Kashyap, Mr. Amarendra Kumar, Mr. Ram Naresh Sharma
For the Respondents: Mr. Sunil Kr.Mandal-SC-3, Mr. Bipin Kumar, AC to SC-3, Mr. Smt.Kumari Amrita-Gp3, Mr. S.K. Mandal- Sc3, Md. Raisul Haque- Sc10, Mr. Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Mr. Ankit, Mr. Aman Kumar, Mr. Sanjay Kumar

The court affirms the necessity of allowing adequate time for petitioners to respond to supplementary affidavits for fair legal representation.

Headnote:Statute Analysis: The judgment pertains to various civil writ petitions against The State of Bihar under the Civil Writ Jurisdiction. Facts of the Case: Multiple petitioners have filed cases regarding their grievances against the state. The court grants time for petitioners to file counter affidavits.

Findings of Court:
The court observed the need for the petitioners to respond to the counter affidavits received from the respondents.

Issues: The court addresses whether adequate time should be provided for petitioners to file replies to supplementary counter-affidavits.

Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized the necessity of allowing time for adequate representation by the petitioners.

Result: The court decided to put up the matter on a specific future date.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

8 02-12-2025 CWJC No.14137 of 2016 Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he has received a supplementary counter affidavit from the respondents-State and therefore, he needs sometime to file a reply to it.

2. Two weeks’ time is granted to the petitioners to file reply to the supplementary counter affidavit filed by the respondents-State.

CWJC No.14163 of 2016 Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that although he has received a counter affidavit filed by the respondents-State in the year 2022, but he is under instruction to file a reply to the same and hence prays for time.

2. Two weeks’ time is granted to the petitioners to file reply to the counter affidavit filed by the respondents-State.

CWJC No.20090 of 2016, CWJC No.2599 of 2017, CWJC No.5712 of 2017 Learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents-State are present.

CWJC No.7961 of 2019 No one appears for the petitioners. Learned counsel for the respondents-State is present.

2. Put up this matter on 16.12.2025 (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)

Prakash Narayan U

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