Lord Curzon did not hide his real motive when he pointed out to the Muslims of Eastern Bengal that the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam was conceived as a Muslim majority province.
Partition of Bengal stimulated nation-wide protest. It was opposed by all sections of Bengalees. Fierce agitation ultimately compelled the British to re-partition. The two parts of Bengal were again united. Bihar and Orissa were separated from Bengal Presidency to from new province of Bihar.
By a notification dated March 22, new province of Bihar and Orissa was formed. However, still the said new province of Bihar and Orissa was under the jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court. Orissa was placed under the jurisdiction of Patna High Court. It his address wel-coming the Circuit Court he expressed hope that the Circuit Court would become a permanent Bench for Orissa in near future. On April 1, Orissa was made a separate province but no separate High Court was provided for it. On February 11, a Resolution was moved in the Legislative Assembly requesting the Government to constitute a committee to examine the question of establishing a separate High Court in Orissa.
Acharya, Sri Bichitrananda Das and Dr. Narasingha Rao as members and Shri J. For this reason Ranchi is also called the Manchester of the East. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement [1] for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, Western West Bengal and the present eastern Chhattisgarh.
Skip to main content. The name "Jharkhand" means "The Land of Forests". Little has changed between the judiciary and the executive regarding independence and control, and this little bit of history from the Patna high court is quite telling. It is considered a beautiful structure, reminiscent of the construction at the time and bears resemblance to the Allahabad high court.
In the case of Bharati Press, decided on 13 October , justice Sarjoo Prasad interpreted the meaning of freedom of speech and expression broadly enough to say that even incitement to murder through the press or word of mouth would be protected by it. Shortly after this judgment and the case of Romesh Thapar from the Supreme Court , on 18 June , the first amendment to the Constitution placing reasonable restrictions on the freedom of speech was passed. The judgment in Kameshwar Prasad v Province of Bihar struck down the Bihar Abolition of Zamindari Act for violating the fundamental right to equality and right to property clause.
It led to the Constitutional Amendment which changed the nature of the right to property in the country. According to Katriar, who wrote The Patna High Court—A Century of Glory, published last year, these two cases were momentous in the history of the court.
Even recently, in November , the court has taken a step in the right direction by giving directions to ensure prevention, raid and rescue, rehabilitation and finally prosecution in cases of human trafficking.
Sinha, and the 24th, L. However, those who know the working of the high court believe that in recent years, the quality of judgments has depreciated. If they want to improve, they could take good people practising in the Supreme Court as judges there to the high court ," Singh said.
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