Bilaspur: The High Court of Chhattisgarh has reduced the compensation awarded in a land acquisition dispute involving South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), while setting aside a direction to consider a job claim. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal. The case relates to Mahendra…
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…
Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on Plea for Right to Lawyer During Interrogation The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Union government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that seeks recognition of a citizen’s right to have a lawyer present during police interrogations. The plea, filed by practising lawyers, argues that the…
Supreme Court Allows Amendment in Sonam Wangchuk Detention Case The Supreme Court has allowed Gitanjali Angmo, wife of environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk, to amend her petition challenging his detention under the National Security Act (NSA). The decision came after the Union Government informed the Court that the grounds for Wangchuk’s detention had now been supplied,…
In a decisive move aimed at restoring transparency and ensuring timely elections, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has dissolved the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) with immediate effect. The decision, taken on October 10, 2025, comes after repeated warnings and prolonged delays in the verification of advocates’ credentials a process that is essential before…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Nilgiris District Bar Association challenging a Madras High Court order that had directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to consider granting recognition to the Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris. A Bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai…
The Jharkhand High Court has delivered an important ruling on the admissibility of repeated anticipatory bail petitions, rejecting the third such plea filed by petitioner Harish Kumar Pathak. The Court, presided over by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, held that there was no new ground to justify reconsideration since all the issues raised had already been…
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गुरुवार को एक अहम आदेश में बिहार राज्य की सभी कानूनी सेवा प्राधिकरणों (Legal Services Authorities) को निर्देश दिया कि जिन मतदाताओं के नाम विशेष गहन पुनरीक्षण (Special Intensive Revision – SIR) के बाद ड्राफ्ट मतदाता सूची से हटा दिए गए हैं, उन्हें निःशुल्क कानूनी सहायता उपलब्ध कराई जाए। यह आदेश उस…
Citation : 2007 Local Law (CG) 28 The bench, led by Justice V. K. Shrivastava, heard an appeal against a 1995 award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raigarh. The claimants, the deceased driver’s parents, had sought damages under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 after their son, Gopal Prasad Chandra, died when…
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 71 The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed that refusal to accept a statutory notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act amounts to valid service. Justice Fakhruddin delivered the ruling while dismissing a criminal revision petition challenging the order of the First Additional Sessions Judge, Durg, which upheld…