Patna: A bizarre official notice issued by a Buxar civil court officer to clean temples near the city’s Circuit House has sparked a huge controversy as it falsely claimed that the chief justice of the Patna high court gave such a direction.
While the order dated January 6 was withdrawn in another order issued on January 10, by then the court staff already cleaned a temple.
The January 6 order was signed by the in-charge officer (admin) of the Buxar civil court. It says, “As directed, in the light of direction of Hon’ble the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Patna, all Presiding Officers of Courts alongwith their respective Court’s Staff shall be cleaning Temples in the morning on 09.01.2022, situated beside Circuit House if they are not engaged in special sitting of their respective Court on 09.01.2022 for hearing on Final Form, as directed earlier. This is for kind information and needful (sic).”
Following the order, the Bhairav temple was cleaned by court staffers on January 9.
When the controversial order came to the notice of lawyers and other people, they questioned its nature.
According to sources, the notice was brought to the notice of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol, who ordered it to be withdrawn immediately. On January 10, a day after the temple was cleaned, another notice was issued.
The second order reads, “The notice dated 6/1/2022 issued by in-charge officer (admin) where all the judicial officers and staff of civil court were directed to remain present for...
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