The Chhattisgarh High Court, rejected a petition that asked the police to register a first information report against two named individuals, underlining the limited role of High Courts when statutory criminal remedies remain open. In an order authored by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal, the court said the petitioner must first…
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 66 The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed the removal of a Panchayat Secretary from Gram Panchayat Katkona, holding that the dismissal was ordered without following the mandatory procedure for major penalties under Rule 7 of the Panchayat Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999. Justice Satish K. Agnihotri allowed the…
Citation : 2005 Local Law (CG) 136 The Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed a 1999 Industrial Court award that had directed reinstatement with 66% back wages for hundreds of workers of a public limited company operating a potable alcohol unit at Khapri, Kumhari in Durg district. Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha allowed the company’s writ petition,…
Citation : 2004 Local Law (CG) 13 The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a writ petition from a student who sought admission to the first year MBBS course after failing to deposit a required payment seat fee during the scheduled counselling. The court’s order, focused on the university’s published rules and the wording of the…
Citation ; 2003 Local Law (CG) 71 The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a member of the Zila Panchayat, Durg, who had challenged a show cause notice issued under Section 40(1) of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993. Justice L.C. Bhadoo delivered the order, holding that the petition was premature…
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 29 The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the state to pay enhanced compensation to two families whose relatives were killed in the anti-Sikh violence of 1984. Delivering the order, Justice Fakhruddin allowed the writ petition in part and said the victims’ families should receive ₹2,00,000 for each death, with…