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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When lack of material evidence on age requires conversion of Section 376(3) IPC to Section 376(1) — High Court of

High Court of Chhattisgarh reaffirms that charge-sheets cannot be quashed at the initial stage for technical or repetitive defects, permitting