Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan addressing a webinar on the occasion of on the occasion of 'Golden Jubilee of the establishment of Circuit Court of Patna High Court at Ranchi' and International Women's Day 2022 on ‘Women and Law-Issue of Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ invoked the society to 'Break the Bias' and free women from patriarchal barriers.
A new slogan for women empowerment has been coined by the Chief Justice – “Utho, Jaago aur Jeet Loo”. The webinar was also addressed by Justice S. Chandrashekhar, Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary and Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary, all Judges of High Court of Jharkhand in the benign presence of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Judge, High Court of Jharkhand.
The webinar was attended by all the judicial officers of State of Jharkhand, Advocate General and representatives of Advocates' Association of High Court of Jharkhand as well as Print and Digital Media.
March 8 is universally recognised as the International Women’s Day. In 1975, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day for the first time. This year's theme of Women’s Day is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’.
Jharkhand High Court started its journey as Circuit Bench of the then parent Patna High Court on 6th March, 1972. The bench was established to meet the needs of the Adivasi Population of the Chota Nagpur area in erstwhile State of Bihar.
The Circuit bench was made Permanent Bench of Patna High Court, by Act no. 57 of 1976, by High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench AT Ranchi) Act 1976 with effect from 8th April 1976. The Jharkhand High Court came into existence after the reorganisation of the state of Bihar in the existing state of Bihar and Jharkhand on 15th November 2000.