Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 871 : 2025:CGHC:55508-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected the State’s application for leave to appeal an acquittal, finding the 588-day delay in filing unexplained and inordinate. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru dismissed the Criminal Miscellaneous Petition after hearing the…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh took up a Public Interest Litigation during the Deepawali holidays, reflecting its deep concern for public welfare. Acting in the public interest, Hon’ble the Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru registered the matter suo motu as WPPIL No. 95 of 2025, following alarming reports of cattle deaths…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh has taken suo moto cognisance of a Dainik Bhaskar report that showed sports officials of the South East Central Railway (SECR) allegedly celebrating a birthday inside the railway’s boxing ring, drinking alcohol, and eating non-vegetarian food while using players’ mats as tables. The court registered the matter as a Public…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on October 16, 2025 recorded that 40 prisoners who had been released on short-term parole remain absconding and directed the state police to continue intensified efforts to arrest them. The matter, taken up as a suo motu public interest litigation, saw the court review an affidavit from the Director General (Prisons)…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to disturb a trial court’s 2003 acquittal in a 1997 murder case, finding no compelling reason to overturn the lower court’s view after a careful re-appraisal of the record. The appeal, filed by the State as ACQA No. 456 of 2010, was heard by a bench of Chief Justice…