April 20, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of Ram Bai, who was found guilty of killing her sister-in-law, Vidya Bai, by setting her on fire during a domestic quarrel in 1998. Justice R.S. Garg, delivering Read more…
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April 12, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside an executing court’s dismissal of objections by third parties who claimed ownership of land that a decree-holder sought to recover. In clear, measured reasoning, Justice R.S. Garg found that the execution court wrongly Read more…
April 04, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court rebuked a lower court for arbitrarily denying bail to an accused who was not named in either the First Information Report (FIR) or the dying declaration of the victim. Justice R.S. Garg described the lower court’s decision as “whimsical” and “capricious,” emphasizing Read more…
April 04, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has granted partial relief to a liquor contractor who challenged the state’s demand for full licence fees despite several days of forced shop closures due to political agitations and elections. Justice R.S. Garg delivered the judgment Read more…
March 13, 2001 : 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, Read more…
March 09, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has clarified how the 60-day bail provision in Section 437(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure should be calculated, ruling that the statutory period runs from the first date fixed for actually taking evidence, not from the earlier Read more…
March 09, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a misc. criminal petition seeking bail under Section 437(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, but left the door open for the applicant to renew the plea once the statutory period has clearly elapsed. The Read more…
February 28, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has set aside the death sentence of a man convicted for the murder and dismemberment of his mother, holding that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The court described the Read more…
February 14, 2001 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a public interest petition that questioned the constitutional validity of an MLA’s resignation and its acceptance by the Speaker. The Division Bench of Justice W.A. Shishak and Justice R.S. Garg held that a member of the Read more…
December 29, 2000 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has ordered the recall of a police witness and quashed a trial court’s refusal to allow further cross-examination after fresh contradictions emerged in the complainant’s testimony. Justice R.S. Garg examined the record in a criminal matter Read more…