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Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000

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AKHILESH PRASADversusJHARKHAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION & ORS.

2022 INSC 474Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, a Cooperative Development Officer appointed under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category in undivided Bihar, was transferred to the successor State of Jharkhand after the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. He applied for promotion to Deputy Collector through a limited departmental examination …

PANKAJ KUMARversusSTATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.

2021 INSC 414Leave Granted & Disposed off

The case concerned employees who were serving in the undivided State of Bihar before its bifurcation into Bihar and Jharkhand under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. The petitioners, members of SC/ST/OBC, claimed that their reservation benefits should continue in Jharkhand, where they were now …

STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERSversusLAFARGE DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS

2019 INSC 734Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined whether sales‑tax exemption/deferment granted to cement manufacturers under the Madhya Pradesh Commercial Tax Act, 1994, would continue to apply after the bifurcation of the erstwhile State of Madhya Pradesh into the reorganised State of Madhya Pradesh and the new State of …

ASHOK KUMAR & ORS.versusTHE STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.

2018 INSC 495Appeal(s) allowed

Ashok Kumar and others were appointed as Civil Judges under the Jharkhand Judicial Service (Recruitment) Rules, 2004. Although they passed the examination conducted by the Judicial Academy, the State of Jharkhand denied their confirmation and increments on the ground that they had not cleared the …

RANJAN SINHA & ANR.versusAJAY KUMAR VISHWAKARMA & ORS.

2017 INSC 575Disposed off

The case concerned the applicability of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 to the newly created State of Jharkhand after the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. The petitioners challenged a Jharkhand Government notification that sought fresh registration of pharmacists under Section 31 of the Act, arguing that the …

PHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIAversusDR. ATMARAM DARIYANI & ORS.

2017 INSC 575Disposed off

The Pharmacy Council of India challenged the constitution of a Registration Tribunal by the newly formed State of Chhattisgarh under Section 30 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948, which was intended to prepare a new First Register of pharmacists and to renew registrations of pharmacists already listed in the …

STATE OF JHARKHANDversusBHADEY MUNDA & ANR.

2014 INSC 1003Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, who were Functional Managers in the erstwhile State of Bihar, were recommended for promotion to General Manager/Deputy Director by a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) on 15 February 1999. After the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 bifurcated Bihar and created the State of …

STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.versusASHOK KUMAR SINGH & ORS.

2014 INSC 481Dismissed

The State of Bihar filed a criminal appeal against an FIR lodged in 2002 against IAS officer Ashok Kumar Singh for alleged corruption while he was Managing Director of the Bihar State Financial Corporation. The FIR was issued by the Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau after the bifurcation of Bihar …

STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.versusKAMAL PRASAD & ORS.

2014 INSC 316Dismissed

The State of Jharkhand terminated the services of several ad‑hoc Assistant Engineers who had been employed continuously since 1987, alleging their appointments were irregular. The employees challenged the termination, invoking the principle from Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi that …

STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHERversusHARIHAR YADAV AND OTHERS

2013 INSC 775Disposed off

The Bihar Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (BHALCO), a government company of Bihar, was transferred to the newly created Jharkhand Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (JHALCO) after the bifurcation of Bihar under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. Employees of the erstwhile BHALCO filed writ …

BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ANR.versusRAM DEO PRASAD SINGH & ORS.

2011 INSC 663Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, former security guards of the Patratu Thermal Power Station, were dismissed in 1975 and filed a civil suit in Patna in 1979 seeking reinstatement, which the trial court allowed. The Bihar State Electricity Board appealed, and the appeal was heard by the Additional District Judge, …

STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.versusSHIV KARAMPAL SAHU

2009 INSC 522Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant State of Jharkhand challenged a High Court order that had granted a compassionate appointment to Shiv Karpal Sahu, whose father, a non‑government employee, was killed in a terrorist attack on 19 May 2000. The High Court had applied circulars issued by the Bihar Government (9 Aug 2000) …

KAPILA HINGORANI & ANR.versusSTATE OF BIHAR & ANR.

2008 INSC 778Disposed off

The case arose from the division of the original State of Bihar into Bihar and Jharkhand under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, which created the Jharkhand Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (JHALCO) to take over the Bihar Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (BHALCO). Employees of BHALCO …

INDRADEO PASWANversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2007 INSC 786Dismissed

Indradeo Paswan, a Deputy Director (Mines) in the undivided State of Bihar, was promoted to Additional Director (Mines) and filed a writ petition for final promotion. While the petition was pending, Bihar was bifurcated under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, creating the State of Jharkhand. …

PURUSHOTTAM KUMAR JHAversusSTA TE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS.

2006 INSC 242Dismissed

Purushottam Kumar Jha, appointed as a Field Clerk on compassionate grounds by the State of Bihar in 1996, was provisionally transferred to the newly created State of Jharkhand after the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. He claimed he was actually a Law Officer/Legal Assistant, refused clerical duties, …

KAPILA HINGORANIversusSTATE OF BIHAR

2003 INSC 293Directions issued

The Supreme Court entertained a public‑interest writ petition alleging that numerous Bihar‑owned public sector undertakings had failed to pay salaries for years, leading to starvation deaths and suicides of employees and their families. The petition sought directions for payment of arrears and held …

C.B.I., A.H.D., PATNAversusBRAJ BHUSHAN PRASAD AND ORS.

2001 INSC 485Disposed off

The Supreme Court examined whether 36 fodder‑scam cases, originally filed before the Special Court in Patna, were transferred to courts in the newly created State of Jharkhand under Section 89 of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000. The Court held that the word “exclusively” in that provision means …