Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions, Orders Compliance with High Court's Directions in Eight Weeks.

The SC, with Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath, dismissed the special leave petitions, upholding the HC's orders. Petitioners were given eight weeks to comply with the HC's directions. Failure to comply would require the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand to appear personally to explain why contempt proceedings should not commence. The case will be reviewed after eight weeks to assess compliance. Pending applications were resolved per this judgment.

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Issues involved: Compliance with High Court directions, Contempt of court

Compliance with High Court directions:
The Supreme Court, comprising HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI AND HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH, declined to interfere with the impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court. The special leave petitions were dismissed. However, the petitioners were granted eight weeks to comply with the directions issued by the High Court. A specific warning was given that if the order was not complied with within the stipulated eight weeks, the Chief Secretary of the State of Jharkhand would need to personally appear to show cause as to why contempt action should not be taken against him/her. The Court scheduled a list after eight weeks for reporting compliance.

Contempt of court:
In case of non-compliance with the High Court directions within the granted eight weeks, the Chief Secretary of the State of Jharkhand was directed to be personally present to justify why action for contempt should not be initiated against him/her. This directive was issued to ensure adherence to the court's orders and to maintain the sanctity of judicial directions. Any pending applications were to be disposed of in light of this judgment.

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