The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings against law graduate Mohd Faiyyaz Mansuri, who was booked in 2020 for a social media post stating that the Babri Masjid will be rebuilt one day. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said it had examined the content of the…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh, allowed a railway employee to withdraw his earlier notice for voluntary retirement, but held that because he took up a post-retirement engagement after the retirement order, he is not entitled to any consequential benefits. The Division Bench of Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and Radhakishan Agrawal set aside both the Central…
The Chhattisgarh High Court, Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru, on 27 October 2025 dismissed an appeal by Suresh Sarkar (also known as Chhotu) and affirmed his conviction for the murder of constable Ram Niwas Markam. The court confirmed the trial court’s findings under Sections 302 and 201 of…
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has dismissed a series of long-pending public interest litigations (PILs) and related petitions, including the one filed by NGO Hamar Sangwari, that sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged corruption in the state’s Public Distribution System (PDS). The division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh on October 10, 2025, granted regular bail to 31-year-old Chandan Utkel, who had been in custody since July 14, 2025, in a case arising from an alleged stabbing at a family courtyard in Rajnandgaon district. The court said the injuries were simple in nature, the charge sheet has been filed,…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed an appeal from a translator who challenged delayed confirmation and an alleged unfair promotion of a junior colleague. In a Division Bench judgment delivered by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru, the court upheld the Single Judge’s order that had dismissed the original writ petition, finding…
A detailed new analysis by Sanjushree Sur and Deepshika Chauhan argues that India’s move from the CrPC to the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) has shifted anticipatory bail from a carefully balanced protective remedy to a tool that can be inconsistently applied and sometimes misused. The authors trace the history of anticipatory bail through landmark…
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on October 14, 2025, delivered a detailed judgment in Vantage Point Asset Management Pte. Ltd. v. Gaurav Misra (Resolution Professional of Alchemist Infra Realty Ltd.) that answers several recurring questions about how the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), specifically Section 32A, interacts with provisional attachments under the Prevention…
दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने किरायेदारी विवाद से जुड़े एक मामले में रेंट कंट्रोलर के उस आदेश को रद्द कर दिया, जिसमें संपत्ति पर काबिज लोगों को ‘लीव टू डिफेंड’ (जवाब दाखिल करने की अनुमति) दी गई थी। अदालत ने कहा कि प्रतिवादी न केवल “अनधिकृत कब्जेदार” हैं बल्कि उन्होंने कोई भी विचारणीय मुद्दा (triable issue) नहीं…
The Orissa High Court has set aside a Family Court order that had denied visitation rights to a biological father, holding that a child is entitled to the love and affection of both parents, and that refusal of such access must be based on compelling reasons. Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra delivered the ruling while allowing…