Week: October 26 – October 31, 2025 1. Dowry-Death Conviction Upheld, Murder Charge Dropped Case: State of Chhattisgarh v. Pranjal Rathore’s Husband & Mother-in-LawBench: Division Bench – Oct 27, 2025Key Issue: Whether conviction for both murder (Sec. 302) and dowry death (Sec. 304-B IPC) could stand together.Held: The Court upheld conviction under Sec. 304-B but…
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…
At the Annual Litigation Conference in Chandigarh, Justice Surya Kant delivered a clear and measured plea for a change in how the Indian legal system views mediation. He argued that mediation should not be reduced to a procedural tool to unclog court dockets. Instead, he asked lawyers, judges, and policy makers to see it as…
Judicial Restraint and Overreach: COVID-19, Courts, and the Limits of Power As India battled the second wave of COVID-19 in 2021, the judiciary found itself at the center of public attention not for its judgments alone but for its fiery remarks. From the Delhi High Court warning that it would “hang any person” obstructing oxygen…
In a significant ruling that will have wide implications for the mining and cement industries, the Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur on October 8, 2025, quashed the levy of infrastructure and environment cesses imposed by the State government on Shree Cement Limited. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru…
In a powerful reaffirmation of constitutional values, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held the State responsible for the custodial death of a 41-year-old man, Durgendra Katholiya, and directed the government to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to his family. The Court observed that the death, which occurred within three hours of his judicial remand, was not…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 265 The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a ruling by Justice V.K. Shrivastava, has directed both parties in a maintenance case to undergo a DNA test to determine the paternity of two minor children. The order came after the husband, respondent Rakesh Diwan, denied both the marital relationship and the…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 213 The Chhattisgarh High Court has acquitted Amar Sai, who was convicted three decades ago for the murders of Balmukund, his wife Phulbaso Bai, and Ratan. The Court set aside the life sentence imposed on him by the 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Ambikapur, finding that the prosecution failed to…
Citation : 2004 Local Law (CG) 9 the Chhattisgarh High Court overturned a Sessions Court decision that had granted monthly maintenance to a woman under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The High Court restored the earlier order of the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bemetara, which had rejected the maintenance plea, holding that the…