Supreme Court Questions FIR registered over a social media post in Chhattisgarh and extends interim protection from coercive steps to the accused, Rupnarayan Ekka, till the next hearing on December 4. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) questioned the registration of an FIR against Rupnarayan Ekka over a social media post, with […]
Disputed WhatsApp Message Cannot Sustain Conviction, the Supreme Court has held, acquitting a Chhattisgarh man of murder in a case resting wholly on circumstantial evidence. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the murder conviction of a Chhattisgarh man, holding that a WhatsApp message whose author and basis were never established by evidence could […]
“Just see the pathetic condition of the High Court,” the Bench remarked as the Supreme Court issues notice on a Chhattisgarh High Court judgment that converted a murder conviction into culpable homicide not amounting to murder. New Delhi: A murder conviction that the Chhattisgarh High Court reduced in November 2024 is back under scrutiny, with […]
The Supreme Court has quashed a Chhattisgarh rural roads agency’s order deducting Rs 84.17 lakh from a contractor’s three ongoing PMGSY contracts to recover alleged overpayments on earlier works, holding that no contractual clause authorised the deduction and that it was made without notice, and directed refund with 6 per cent interest.
