GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON SANTOSHINI MURMU V/S THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS.

RANCHI, India, May 18 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 16:

1. Heard Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sharma with Mr. Ramchander Sahu, the learned counsel for the appellant, and Mr. Sahbaj Akhtar, learned A.C. to A.A.G. III for the State.

2. At the request of and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, we take up this appeal for final disposal.

3. This appeal is directed against the learned Single Judge's order dated 10th November 2025 dismissing the petitioner's W.P. (S) No.1520 of 2017 on the ground that the petitioner's case was similar to that of the petitioners in W.P. (S) No. 2641 of 2016, and since the said petition was already dismissed, no relief could be granted to the petitioner.

4. The learned couns...