In the often-abstract world of government policies and legal statutes, a promise made in a job advertisement is a beacon of hope. It represents a future, a career, and financial stability. For a group of 26 lab technicians in Chhattisgarh, that promise was crystal clear: a pay scale of Rs 5,200–20,200 with a grade pay…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, highlighting major lapses in the prosecution’s evidence especially regarding the victim’s age and pointing to a possible property dispute as a motive for false implication. The case, heard by Hon’ble Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, involved appellant Bhaykaran…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has acquitted a 20-year-old man convicted for the kidnapping and rape of a minor, overturning a 2021 decision by a special POCSO court. The court found that the prosecution failed to conclusively prove the victim was a minor at the time of the incident and raised serious doubts about the credibility…
The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a bench led by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Judge Bibhu Datta Guru, heard two public interest litigation petitions that challenged a series of village hoardings and Gram Sabha resolutions in Kanker district which restrict entry of pastors and persons described as “converted Christians.” The petitions argued those hoardings suspended…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday overturned a lower-court conviction in a decade-long murder case, acquitting two men who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a woman in Rajnandgaon district. The Bench Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad set aside the trial court’s finding and granted the accused the…
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has dismissed a State appeal challenging the acquittal of two men accused in a case that arose under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and related IPC provisions. The judgment, delivered by a division bench of Justices Sanjay S. Agrawal and Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal on October 30,…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on October 30, 2025, dismissed an auction purchaser’s challenge to orders of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Jabalpur, and the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT), Allahabad, that had set aside a bank auction under the SARFAESI framework. Judge Narendra Kumar Vyas found that the bank’s enforcement steps had not complied with…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on October 30, 2025, set aside part of a motor-accident tribunal’s award by exonerating the National Insurance Company from liability and placing sole responsibility for compensation on the owner of a tractor-trolley involved in a fatal accident. The court confirmed the compensation amount previously awarded ₹4,39,000 plus interest but shifted the…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on October 27, 2025, affirmed a conviction under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code in the case arising from the death of 23-year-old Pranjal Rathore, while quashing an earlier conviction for murder under Section 302. The two-judge bench reviewed the trial court’s findings, the medical evidence and family testimony, and…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to disturb a trial court’s acquittal in a case that began with a neighbourhood dispute over household waste. In a short but pointed judgment delivered on October 10, 2025, Justice Radhakishan Agrawal dismissed the State’s appeal in ACQA No. 176 of 2017, upholding the Special Court’s finding that the…