Chhattisgarh High Court Dismisses Misconceived Review Petition, Imposes ₹50,000 Costs for Abuse of Process

The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a review petition filed by a government employee. It imposed a cost of ₹50,000, holding that the plea was misconceived and amounted to an abuse of the judicial process.

The review sought reconsideration of an order dismissing a writ appeal arising from disciplinary proceedings imposing stoppage of four annual increments with cumulative effect.

The Court found no apparent error on the face of the record and observed that the petitioner was attempting to reargue the case on its merits.

It also noted that the review was filed through a new counsel after the matter had already attained finality up to the Supreme Court.

[Sanjeev Kumar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh]