IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1999 of 2006 RAM PRAVESH CHAUDHARY & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4. 07.05.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In view of paragraph 45 of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka & ors. v. Uma Devi & ors., reported in 2006(2) PLJR (SC) 363, which this Court considers as appropriate to quote hereinafter : “45. It is also clarified that those decisions which run counter to the principle settled in this decision, or in which directions running counter to what we have held herein, will stand denuded of their status as precedents. “ this Court finds it difficult to proceed in this matter in the contempt jurisdiction. The application is dismissed. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)