Dinesh Singh Dhruw v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), WPC No. 3422 of 2022, Dinesh Singh Dhruw v. State of Chhattisgarh and others (incl. D. B. Power Private Limited Company), single bench of Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, order dated 12.01.2026. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alleging acquisition of the petitioner's land without consent via consent fraudulently given by another person, depriving him of compensation. Held: petition not maintainable in present form (non-impleading of the alleged consenter; allegations disclose a criminal offence); disposed of with liberty to pursue criminal-law or civil-law remedies. No precedents cited; no monetary quantum determined.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to take recourse available to him under the criminal law or civil law. ¶21