Dependent Can Challenge Termination & Claim Service Benefits Of Missing Employee Who Is Presumed Dead After Seven Years: Chhattisgarh HC

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Radhakishan Agrawal held that dependent wife of a missing government employee can challenge his ex-parte termination and claim the service benefits of the missing employee who is presumed dead after seven years. Background Facts The husband of Respondent was employed as a Senior Technician (Electrical) at the Rajhara Mines of the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP). He was suffering from a mental...

Pendency Of Criminal Case Doesn't Automatically Bar Continuation Or Conclusion Of Departmental Proceedings : Chhattisgarh HC

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru held that pendency of a criminal case does not automatically bar the continuation or conclusion of departmental proceedings. Further the stay on disciplinary proceedings pending a criminal trial should only be for a reasonable period, and that the prolonged duration of...

Chhattisgarh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Blocking Of Bridge Pathway, Says Encroachers' Posing Direct Challenge To State

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo-motu cognisance of a news item published in a Hindi daily which reported that the Dayalband Bridge— under which 15 families were living for 40 years, along with a demarcated footpath, was blocked by few people, who, having failed to initially purchase the land, erected an iron gate and boundary wall with a threatening note stating that those...

Input Tax Credit Not Admissible On Electricity Supplied To Township Maintained By Bharat Aluminium: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has stated that the ITC is not admissible on electricity supplied to a township maintained by Bharat Aluminium. The bench, consisting of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Ravindra Kumar Agrawal stated that Input Tax Credit (ITC) is not admissible on the electricity supplied to the township maintained by Bharat Aluminium/appellant. This is because such...

Daughter Not Entitled To Inherit Property Of Mitakshara Hindu Father Who Died Before 1956 If Son Is Alive: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that as per the Mitakshara school of law, a daughter is not entitled to inherit the properties of her deceased Hindu father, who died prior to the year 1956 i.e. year of enactment of Hindu Succession Act, if son is alive.A Single Bench of Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas also clarified that a daughter can claim her right over such property in absence of son. In...

SIT Probe Into 'Anti-Naxal Operations' By Police Undermines Federal Structure, Permitted Only In Exceptional Cases: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that anti-naxal operations, being part of regular counter-insurgency measures undertaken by State or Central Security forces, cannot be subjected to investigation by SIT, unless exceptional circumstances warrant such intervention. Permitting a SIT probe into regular field operations would not only undermine the federal structure of policing powers but also...

Examiners Of Electronic Evidence Are Crucial In Cyber Offence Probes, Delay In Appointment Affects Law Enforcement: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has expressed concern over the absence of Examiners of Electronic Evidence for the State of Chhattisgarh, which is hampering the ability of law enforcement and judicial authorities to promptly address cyber offences.While dealing with a Public Interest Litigation seeking appointment of adequate number of Examiners of Electronic Evidence for the State, a Division...

“Experience Gives Wisdom, But Structured Training Refines And Channels That Wisdom Into Effective Leadership ” - Justice Ramesh Sinha

The inaugural session of two weeks Orientation Course for the newly promoted District Judge (Entry Level) 2025, from 06th October 2025 to 17th October 2025 was held today at Vivekananda Auditorium of Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy, Bilaspur, under the esteemed presence of Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice High Court of Chhattisgarh & Patron-In-Chief Chhattisgarh State Judicial...

Non-Payment Of Overtime Allowance Constitutes Continuing Wrong, Not Barred By Delay & Laches: Chhattisgarh HC

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Radhakishan Agrawal held that non-payment of overtime allowance is a continuing wrong, and a fresh cause of action arises each time it is denied, therefore it overrides pleas of delay and laches. Background Facts The respondents were railway employees. They performed overtime duties...

Conditional Promotion Due To Financial Objections Serves State Interest : Chhattisgarh High Court

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru held that a promotion can be validly granted subject to conditions, such as being contingent on the outcome of pending inquiries involving serious financial objections, to protect the state's interest. Background Facts The appellant/ writ petitioner was serving as an...

Calling Husband 'Paaltu Chooha', Asking Him To Leave Parents Is Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Divorce

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a Family Court's decision of granting divorce to a man whose wife called him a paaltoo chooha (pet rat) for obeying his parents and refusing to comply with her persistent demands of living separately from her in-laws.In the present case— the appellant wife had deserted the respondent husband and the Family Court had accepted a plea of divorce intimated...

Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Chaitanya Baghel In Alleged Liquor Scam Worth ₹2161 Crores

The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected anticipatory bail to Chaitanya Baghel (son of former CM Bhupesh Baghel), who was alleged to be one of the "top leaders" of a syndicate involved in the Chhattisgarh Excise Department scam between 2019 and 2023.The Economic Offences Wing (EOW/ACB) had registered offences under Section 7 (Offence relating to public servant being bribed) and Section...