Munni Devi vs. The State Of Bihar

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) ……………...Diary No(s). 2168/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-06-2021 in LPA No.113/2020 and order dated 16-05-2024 in LPA No. 125/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna] USHA DEVI@USHA KUMARI Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. Respondent(s) IA No. 48909/2025 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 48910/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 48911/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 48907/2025 - PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) WITH Diary No(s). 37207/2024 (XVI) IA No. 186332/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 227659/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE SPARE COPIES IA No. 234896/2024 - DISCHARGE OF ADVOCATE ON RECORD IA No. 186323/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 186320/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 186335/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES SLP(C) No. 23340-23341/2024 (XVI) IA No. 234981/2024 - DELETING THE NAME OF PETITIONER/RESPONDENT IA No. 224722/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 224723/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 22908/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 43769/2025 - RESTORATION IA No. 22907/2025 - RESTORATION Diary No(s). 45257/2024 (XVI) IA No. 238122/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 238123/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 238124/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 238120/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) Diary No(s). 45512/2024 (XVI) IA No. 254143/2024 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 237081/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING IA No. 263376/2024 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING THE SPARE COPIES IA No. 243047/2024 - EX-PARTE AD-INTERIM RELIEF IA No. 237086/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED Digitally signed by SATISH KUMAR YADAV Date: 2025.04.05 10:25:43 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

JUDGMENT

ITEM NO.23 COURT NO.3 SECTION XVI

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IA No. 6530/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 6531/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 25769/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 25768/2025 - INITIATING CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS SLP(C) No. 8137/2025 (XVI) Date : 02-04-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH For Petitioner(s) Mr. Tapesh Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, AOR Ms. Nidhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Goyal, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Amarjeet Gupta, Adv. Ms. Stuti Bisht, Adv. Mr. Maitreya, Adv. Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Adv. Ms. Esha Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alok Abhinav, Adv. Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Kumar Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Manisha, Adv. Ms. Rupali, Adv. Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR Mr. Vyom Raghuvanshi, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Rathore, Adv. Ms. Kinjal Sharma, Adv. Ms. Garima Prashad, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjiv Saxena, Adv. Mr. Tavish Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nilotpal Shayam, Adv. Ms. Paromita Majumdar, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Vimal, Adv. Mr. Navaniti Pd Singh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Navin Pahwa, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Niti, AOR Ms. Madhavi Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Madhur Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Divyanshu Agrawal, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Ms. Shweta Kumari, Adv. Mr. Vikas Chopra, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vedant Singh, AOR Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR Mrs. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Ms. Arunima Das, Adv. Ms. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Shikha Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Anshul Narayan, Addl. Standing Counsel, Adv. Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrey Kapoor , AOR Mr. Mohit Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Singh, Adv. Mr. S. Mahendran, AOR Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Maurya, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Kushwah, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Hooda, Adv. Mr. Ram Bachan Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv. Mr. Shiv Bhatanagar, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Nandal, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shakti Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avnish Pandey, AOR Dr. S. Muralidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Srivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli, Adv. Mr. Amber Jain, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Vivek Kumar, Adv. Dr. Priyanaka, Adv. Mr. Akshat Srivastava, AOR Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR Mrs. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Pratap, Adv. Ms. Arunima Das, Adv. Ms. Aditi Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Shikha Kaushik, Adv. Dr. S. Muralidhar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Srivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli, Adv. Mr. Amber Jain, Adv. Ms. Kumud Lata Das, AOR Ms. Pooja Rathore, Adv. Mr. Sourabh Suman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

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