Costs Imposed on State for Officer’s Abuse of Power Should Be Recovered from Erring Officer

K. K. Pathak Vs Ravi Shankar Prasad And Ors (Patna High Court) Patna: The Patna High Court has dismissed an application filed by Mr. K. K. Pathak, a former Principal Secretary of the Department of Registration, Excise and Prohibition, Government of Bihar, seeking modification of an earlier court order. Mr. Pathak’s application specifically targeted observations in the High Court’s order dated August 28, 2018, which suggested that the cost imposed on the State for filing “whimsical” criminal cases against bank officials could be recovered from him, and that the State sh...