Governor signs the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022 | Chhattisgarh | 27 Apr 2022

On 26 April 2022, Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey signed the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022, a bill introduced to amend the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code 1959.

According to the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022, amendments have been made in 12 sections of the original Act, 48 sections of Chapter 7 and 16 sections of Chapter 14 of the Land Revenue Code.
In the amended Bill, in sub-section 01 of section 50 of the principal Act, for the Settlement Commissioner, 'Commissioner of Land Records' has been substituted. Similarly, 'District Survey Officer' has been substituted in place of Settlement Officer.
In Chapter 7 of the principal Act, for the title 'Revenue survey and settlement in non-urban areas', the words 'Land survey and land revenue assessment' have been substituted.
A new section 178B has been inserted in the amended Bill. According to this, the Tehsildar will first issue the information to the interested parties by entering the applications received for account division in the e-namantran portal and will publish the general information or advertisement.
On receipt of objection in any case or the Tehsildar finds the matter to be disputed due to any reason, he will register the case by transferring the case from online e-namantaran portal to his e-revenue court, otherwise all proceedings in the case will be done through online e-namantaran portal.

11 soldiers of Chhattisgarh Police honored with Shoorveer Samman | Chhattisgarh | 27 Apr 2022

On April 26, 2022, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu honored 11 policemen from constable to TI rank with Shoorveer Samman in a program organized to honor brave police personnel who have done excellent work in the state.

Among those who received the honor were Sub-Inspector Zakir Ali, Lady Constable Manisha Yadav, Assistant Sub-Inspector Bhupesh Singh, Principal Constable Sandeep Dixit, Principal Constable Sarfaraz Chishti, Inspector Raman Usendi, Sub-Inspector Deepika Nirmalkar, Assistant Sub-Inspector Manoj Rathor, Principal Constable Sushil Pandey, Inspector Vijay Chelak and Inspector Sumatram Sahu.
The Home Minister said on this occasion that the police should do their work honestly, so that the general public shows respect for them and there is fear of the police in the minds of criminals.
Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, while referring to the motto 'Trust, Development, Security' given by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for Naxalite areas, said that in the last 3 years, about 2 thousand Maoists surrendered after being influenced by the rehabilitation policy of the state government. accepted to join the mainstream.

Recently, the Chhattisgarh High Court held in the habeas corpus case that missing persons cases cannot be brought under the provision of Habeas Corpus petition.

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice N.K. With reference to such cases, Chandravanshi said that "cases of missing persons are to be registered under the regular provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the concerned police officers are bound to investigate the same in the manner prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure."
The High Court held that what remains relevant is that establishing grounds for 'illegal detention' and a strong doubt about any such 'illegal detention' is a condition for moving the habeas corpus petition and Constitutional Courts will not entertain habeas corpus petitions where there is no allegation of doubt about 'illegal detention'.
The Supreme Court in its judgment in Union of India v Yumnam Anand M and others has observed that "Article 21 of the Constitution declares that no person shall be deprived of life and liberty except according to procedure established by law". Besides, there is definitely a need for a machinery to investigate the question of illegal detention with utmost urgency. A writ of habeas corpus is an instrument of this nature."
It is noteworthy that under the Right to Constitutional Remedies mentioned in Article 32 of the Constitution, 5 writs - Habeas Corpus, Mandate, Prohibition, Abetment and Right to Question have been mentioned.