Jharkhand Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to initiate the process of opening a bench of the Jharkhand High Court in Dumka.
After JMM MLA Stephen Marandi raised the demand, Parliamentary Affairs Minister C P Singh initiated the resolution.
Speaker Dinesh Oraon adopted it saying the unanimous resolution by the House be conveyed to the Centre with a request in this regard.
Dumka is the sub-capital of Jharkhand.