PATNA, India, April 23 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on March 23:

1. No one appears on behalf of the sole respondent though notice has been validly served upon him.

I.A. No. 01 of 2025

2. I.A. No. 1 of 2025 is an application for condonation of delay. The Stamp Reporter has pointed out that there is delay of 100 days in filing this LPA.

3. After hearing the learned counsel for the appellant and going through the averments made in the interim application, we are inclined to condone the delay in filing the present LPA.

4. Accordingly, the delay of 100 days in filing LPA No. 40 of 2025 is condoned.

5. I.A. No. 01 of 2025 stands allowed.

LPA No. 40 of 2025

6. We have already passed an order on 16.03.2026 that the m...