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…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 859 : 2025:CGHC:54528-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected a long-running challenge to land acquisition carried out for development of New Raipur, upholding a Single Judge’s finding that the petitions were brought too late and that the acquisition process did not disclose any substantial legal defect. The Division BenchChief…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 858 : 2025:CGHC:54781 The Chhattisgarh High Court on November 11, 2025, dismissed a cluster of writ petitions challenging the shortlisting process used by the State’s Search Committee for appointments to the posts of Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner. In a reasoned order delivered by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas,…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 857 : 2025:CGHC:54786 The Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday restored a trial court’s decision that dismissed a long-running suit over a small parcel of “abadi” land in Rajim, finding the first appellate court had reversed that judgment without adequate reasoning and on the basis of flimsy evidence. In a…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 856 In a significant ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court has clarified that government departments cannot claim condonation of delay as a matter of right or an anticipated privilege. The observation came from a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru in the case State…
छत्तीसगढ़ हाईकोर्ट ने राज्य सरकार को निर्देश दिया है कि वह आर्थिक रूप से कमजोर वर्ग (EWS) के बच्चों के लिए मुफ्त और अनिवार्य शिक्षा का अधिकार अधिनियम, 2009 (RTE Act) के तहत एक पारदर्शी और समयबद्ध नीति तैयार करे। मुख्य न्यायाधीश रमेश सिन्हा और न्यायमूर्ति रविन्द्र कुमार अग्रवाल की खंडपीठ ने कहा कि राज्य…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 855 : 2025:CGHC:14394-DB The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the state government to draw up a clear, time-bound policy governing admission of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) children under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), saying the present approach lacks a coherent “road map” and…
A newspaper report about a nonfunctional lift in a new government complex has prompted the Chhattisgarh High Court to demand an explanation from the Public Works Department. The court took suo moto cognizance of a Dainik Bhaskar story that described how the building that houses 22 government departments has been operating without a working elevator…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 854 : 2025:CGHC:54533-DB A division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Christian Woman’s Board of Mission and its affiliate, affirming a lower court’s ruling that the charity’s claim to automatic renewal of a Nazul lease failed after decades of alleged breaches and unauthorised…
Citation : 2025 Local Law (CG) 853 The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to disturb a lower appellate court’s decision in a long-running Koriya district land dispute, affirming that the plaintiff is the rightful owner of the disputed parcel and rejecting the contention that the case was time-barred. The single-judge bench of Justice Parth Prateem…