Stressful Service Conditions Of CRPF Personnel In Naxal Area Can't Justify Murder Of Colleagues: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Conviction

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Constable who, nursing a grudge over duty allotment that deprived him of leave, opened fire on his colleagues, resulting in the death of four and injury to one.Commenting that long working hours without leave in a strenuous naxal infested environment does not warrant murder of fellow comrades,...

Chhattisgarh HC Launches Digitization Centre In 4 District Courts, E-Summons Facility For Criminal Cases

In a significant step towards the modernisation of the State judiciary in Chhattisgarh, Digitization Centres at the District & Sessions Courts of Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba and Bemetara were ceremonially inaugurated via virtual mode on 25th June 2025. The event also marked the formal launch of e-Summons for Criminal Cases and Video Conferencing Facility at District...

Reliefs Similar To Those Sought Before Arbitrator & Commercial Court Can't Be Claimed Before Writ Court: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru has held that reliefs similar to those already sought before the Arbitrator and subsequently before the Commercial Court cannot be claimed before the writ court, especially when alternative efficacious remedies are available before the same forums for seeking such reliefs. Brief...

'Threat To Financial Health Of Country': Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused In ₹411 Crore Medical Procurement Scam

The Chhattisgarh High Court has denied bail to Shashank Chopda, accused of masterminding a large-scale criminal conspiracy involving fraudulent procurement of medical equipment and reagents under the "Hamar-Lab" scheme, causing a colossal loss worth Rs.411 crores to the State.Noting that an economic offence of such a magnitude poses a threat to the financial health of the country, Chief...

Secondary Evidence Of Document Can't Be Accepted During Cross-Examination If Suppressed At Earlier Stages: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that secondary evidence in respect of a document can be accepted only if it is established that the original document is lost or destroyed or is being deliberately withheld by the party against whom such document is sought to be proved. It was also held that a trial Court cannot accept a secondary evidence at the instance of a party during...

Chhattisgarh HC Bars Litigants, Parties From Carrying Mobile Phones, Electronic Devices Inside Courtrooms

In a notification issued earlier today, the Chhattisgarh High Court has barred litigants and parties from carrying mobile phones or any electronic devices inside the courtrooms, even in switched-off mode. The Court has also categorically prohibited any form of audio or video recording of the proceedings. The notification, issued by the orders of the Chief Justice, further warns that...

Chhattisgarh High Court Orders ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Woman For Custodial Death Of Son Labelled By Authorities As 'Fall On Railway Line'

The Chhattisgarh High Court has ordered the State to pay rupees two lakhs compensation to a woman whose son died while in police custody. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru reiterated that the State is liable to pay compensation in case infringement of right to life is established.“The Courts have time and again deprecated such conduct on the part...

Korba Gangrape-Murder | 'Shocks Conscience But Not Rarest Of Rare Case': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Death Penalty Of 5 Men

The Chhattisgarh High Court last week commuted the death sentence of five accused who were convicted in January this year for gangraping and killing a 16-year-old girl and the murder of her two family members in 2021. While upholding their conviction, a bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru noted that the trial Court had failed to take into...

Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Assistant Professors Accused Of Compelling Hindu Students To Offer Namaz

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently denied to quash FIR against seven Assistant Professors accused of compelling Hindu students to offer Namaz at a National Service Scheme (NSS) camp organized by their University at Kota in Bilaspur district. The petitioners, while working as Assistant Professors at Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, were deputed to supervise the NSS camp held...

Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Externment Order Against Habitual Offender, Says His Free Movement Is 'Too Dangerous To Public'

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the validity of an externment order passed by the District Magistrate of Mahasamund against a habitual offender, barring him from entering the boundaries of multiple districts of the state.Through a writ petition, the petitioner, who had a long history of criminal conduct, marked by multiple cases and preventive actions between 1995 and 2023, with...

State Duty-Bound To Timely Lift Paddy Stock From Procurement Centers To Avert Financial Loss And Natural Hazards: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State to lift paddy stored at Adim Jaati Sewa Sahkari Samiti Marayadit Kulhariya (petitioner Society) to avoid financial loss to the Society due to prolonged storage and non-payment of commission.In this regard, Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad held,“…it appears that the quantity of paddy is being lifted from the concerned procurement centers...

Court Cannot Interfere When Alternative Remedy Under CGST Act Is Available, Unless Extraordinary Circumstances Arise: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that while writ petitions can be entertained even when alternative statutory remedies are available, the same should only be done under extraordinary circumstances involving a breach of the principles of natural justice or when the procedure required for a decision has not been adopted.In this regard, a Single-Judge Bench of Justice Ravindra...