The Patna High Court recently annulled a marriage on the ground that the groom was forced to marry at gunpoint and Saptapadi (saat pheras) under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) was not performed.
A person accused of violating the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 was recently granted anticipatory bail by the Patna High Court subject to the condition that he plants five hundred trees.
The Patna High Court in a May 19 judgment observed that the bank and financial institutions cannot forcibly re-possess the vehicle from loan defaulters through recovery agents/goons as the same is in violation of law.
The Court noted that the statement of the victim were quite contradictory in nature on vital points, and that she herself admitted that she was tutored by the police.
The Patna High Court recently upheld the grant of custody of a minor child to her father, keeping in mind that the welfare of the child has to be given paramount importance.