Patna High Court seizes judicial powers of Jhanjharpur court judge

The Jhanjharpur court judge passed a series of unusual orders that hit the headlines.

The Patna High Court has seized the judicial powers of the Additional District Session Judge-1 of Jhanjharpur sub-divisional court in Madhubani district, Avinash Kumar, who recently passed several unusual orders that hit the headlines.

A few days ago, the judge granted bail to a youth, Lalan Kumar Safi, a washerman by profession, on the condition that he must wash and iron the clothes of all women of his village free for six months and submit a compliance certificate from the village mukhia (head) or any other respectable public servant.

Earlier, in August, the judge had granted bail to an accused, Nitish Kumar, who was arrested under the stringent 2016 State prohibition laws, on the condition that he must offer free education to five underprivileged children of his village for three months, which their parents would certify.