Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 864 : 2025:CGHC:55257-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday affirmed a family-court decree dissolving a long-standing marriage after finding that the couple had been living separately for years and that the evidence supported the husband’s claim of adultery. In a reserved judgment delivered on 13 November 2025, a division…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 863 : 2025:CGHC:55072-DB A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed an appeal by Maglince John, upholding a Family Court decree dissolving her marriage to Thomas John on the grounds of desertion and cruelty. The judgement, delivered by Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and Sanjay K. Jaiswal in…
The Supreme Court has stayed its earlier directive requiring that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2023 Akola riots must include senior police officers from both Hindu and Muslim communities. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, along with Justices Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria, issued the interim stay while…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 1306 The Supreme Court has directed that the Delhi Ridge Management Board (DRMB) be accorded statutory recognition, emphasizing that the Delhi Ridge serves as the “green lungs” of the national capital amid a worsening air pollution crisis. A Bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K.V. Chandran delivered…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 862 : 2025:CGHC:54999-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has partially allowed an appeal and reduced a murder conviction to the lesser offence of grievous hurt, while keeping the accused’s conviction for concealment of a body intact. In a bench judgment delivered on November 12, 2025, Justices Rajani Dubey…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 861 : 2025:CGHC:55193 The High Court of Chhattisgarh on November 12, 2025, granted regular bail to 28-year-old Trilok Singh Nagesh, who had been in custody since August 26, 2025, after being arrested in a case under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code relating to the suicide of his…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 860 : 2025:CGHC:55012-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an appeal against a divorce decree granted by a Family Court with the parties’ consent is not maintainable, and dismissed a wife’s challenge while leaving her free to approach the Family Court for enforcement of specific directions. The Division…
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को कहा कि वह 21 जनवरी 2026 को उस याचिका पर सुनवाई करेगा, जिसमें मृत्युदंड के दोषियों को फांसी देने की मौजूदा व्यवस्था को खत्म कर कम दर्दनाक विकल्प अपनाने की मांग की गई है। याचिकाकर्ता ने सुझाव दिया है कि “लीथल इंजेक्शन, गोली मारना, इलेक्ट्रोक्यूशन या गैस चैंबर” जैसे विकल्पों…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (SC) 1099 The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the legal doctrine of estoppel in landlord-tenant relationships, holding that a tenant who entered possession through a rent deed executed by a landlord cannot later dispute that landlord’s ownership. The Court observed that such conduct amounts to taking inconsistent positions approbating and reprobating…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (SC) 1296 The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark judgment emphasizing the constitutional duty of all courts to faithfully apply binding precedents laid down by the apex court. The Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna B. Varale, in Rohan Vijay Nahar & Ors. v. The State…