The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that elderly parents have the right to take back property gifted to relatives if, after the transfer, they are neglected or denied basic care. The Court made it clear that this right exists even if the gift deed does not clearly mention a duty to maintain the senior citizens….
The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the conviction of a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, highlighting major lapses in the prosecution’s evidence especially regarding the victim’s age and pointing to a possible property dispute as a motive for false implication. The case, heard by Hon’ble Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, involved appellant Bhaykaran…
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has directed the execution of a sale deed in favor of the buyer, setting aside a trial court decision that had denied specific performance of a land sale agreement. The Division Bench comprising Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal delivered the judgment on October 8, 2025,…
Citation : 2006 Local Law (CG) 103 The Chhattisgarh High Court has overturned a 1993 judgment by the Second Additional District Judge, Bilaspur, which had ordered the execution of a property sale agreement. The ruling came in a first appeal filed under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code by the defendant, who challenged the…
Justice R.S. Garg held that bona fide purchasers cannot be prosecuted for criminal trespass or breach of trust when possession was lawfully transferred under a valid agreement, calling the case a misuse of criminal law for a civil dispute. The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against property purchasers in a Raipur real…
Citation : 2001 Local Law (CG) 78 The Chhattisgarh High Court, presided over by Justice R.S. Garg, has set aside an order passed by the First Appellate Court that permitted additional evidence without proper pleadings or hearing on merits. The ruling came in a civil revision filed by Hazi Mohammad Hanif Qureshi, who had challenged…
Justice R.S. Garg holds that buyers who purchased property before a civil suit cannot be dispossessed without proper inquiry, emphasizing due process in execution proceedings. In a significant ruling on property execution rights, the Chhattisgarh High Court has clarified that third-party purchasers who acquired property before the filing of a civil suit cannot be evicted…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to interfere in a property dispute where the appellant claimed over-writing in a sale-deed and argued that the suit had abated after the original owner’s death. Justice R.S. Garg heard the matter on admission. The appellant, represented by counsel Shri Agrawal, challenged the First Appellate Court’s reliance on sale-deed…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has allowed defendants in a property dispute to rely on certified secondary evidence after the trial court refused permission to prove a missing original sale deed. Acting Chief Justice R.S. Garg set aside the lower court’s order of January 4, 1999 and permitted the parties to produce certified copies of the…