PATNA, India, Sept. 10 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 13:

On 25.06.2025, we have passed the following order:-

"Learned counsel for the Respondent-State Mr. Anil Kumar Verma seeks time stating that he does not possess Writ petition copy. We have come across in number of L.P.As., where the State counsels are appearing without Writ petition copy. It is deprecated.

2. Copy of this order shall be communicated to the office of the Advocate General, Bihar and the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar and to streamline litigations of this nature.

3. Prima facie, we found that imposition of penalty of forfeiture of 100% pension would be too harsh in view of the fact that Appellant has rendered service as Medical Officer...