Does a “victim” under Section 138 NI Act have a statutory right to appeal an acquittal under the proviso to Section 372 CrPC?

The Chhattisgarh High Court applies the Supreme Court’s Celestium Financial ruling (2025 INSC 804), affirming that complainants can appeal acquittals

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a Complainant Under Section 138 NI Act Appeal as a “Victim” and Be Excused From Delay Under the Proviso to Section 372 CrPC?

High Court Applies Celestium Financial to Extend Appellate Rights to NI Act Complainants, Affirms Victim-Centric Interpretation, and Waives Limitation if

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a High Court refuse to interfere with an acquittal under Section 138 NI Act when the complainant fails to prove enforceable debt and the statutory presumption is rebutted?

Clarifying that non-production of transaction records or ledger accounts and a plausible defence of cheque misuse can successfully rebut the

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a Complainant in a Section 138 NI Act Case Challenge an Acquittal Under the Proviso to Section 372 CrPC?

Clarifying the Right of Appeal Post–Celestium Financial: High Court Upholds Complainant’s Liberty to File Acquittal Appeals Within Relaxed Limitation Period

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can work-charged employees with over a decade of service be retrospectively regularized for pensionary benefits despite being on fixed pay and lacking sanctioned posts?

Division Bench affirms Supreme Court precedents and legislative intent under the Nagaland Work-Charged and Casual Employees Regulation Act 2001, overrules

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September 4, 2025 | Gauhati High Court

Can gang rape convictions under Section 376(d) IPC be upheld despite delayed FIR, TIP irregularities, hostile witnesses, and lack of DNA testing?

Chhattisgarh High Court affirms established precedents on hostile-witness evidence, excuses delay in rape FIRs, and holds FSL and medical findings

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Is a Complainant in a Section 138 NI Act Proceeding a ‘Victim’ Under BNSS and Entitled to Appeal Despite Time Bar?

High Court of Chhattisgarh reaffirms Supreme Court’s Celestium Financial precedent, upholding appellate remedy under Section 413 BNSS (proviso to Section

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can additions under Section 68 on unexplained cash credits and under Section 145(3) on estimated production yield stand on mere suspicion when the assessee furnishes comprehensive documentary evidence?

Court reaffirms existing precedents on burden‐shifting in unexplained cash credits and limits on conjectural additions under income‐tax assessments   Summary

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a State’s Technical Education Authority Fix an Earlier Admission Cut-off Despite the AICTE Academic Calendar?

Clarifying That the AICTE’s Admission Timeline Applies Only to Newly Affiliated Institutes, Upholding State-Fixed Counseling Schedules as Binding Authority  

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can Established Technical Institutes Invoke AICTE Academic Calendar to Extend Admission Counselling Schedule?

The High Court rejects extension, holding AICTE’s calendar applicability limited to newly affiliated institutes—upholding state’s counselling timeline in technical education

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Can a Complainant in a Cheque-Bounce Case Be a “Victim” Entitled to Appeal an Acquittal under the Proviso to Section 372 CrPC?

High Court Upholds Supreme Court in Celestium Financial (2025 INSC 804), Confirming That Complainants under Section 138 NI Act Are

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh

Should minimum wage rates govern monthly income computation in motor accident death claims?

High Court of Chhattisgarh affirms Sarla Verma, Pranay Sethi and Magma guidelines; holds that, in absence of conclusive proof, minimum

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September 4, 2025 | High Court Of Chhattisgarh