HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR
Bilaspur, the 8th January 2026
NOTIFICATION
No. 392/Rules/2026.⸺ In exercise of the powers conferred under Articles 225 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the High Court of Chhattisgarh hereby makes the following amendment in the High Court of Chhattisgarh Rules, 2007, which shall come into force with immediate effect :-
AMENDMENT
1. After the sub-rule (10) of Rules 126, the following shall be inserted:
(11) Memo of appearance of the litigant shall be filed in the cases only when the litigant is in custody. The petition shall accompany by an authorisation letter and an affidavit of the authorized person or next friend, affirming that the litigant is in custody and unable to execute a Vakalatnama; and that the counsel has been duly authorized to represent litigant and the statements made in the petition and the documents annexed thereto are true and correct to the best of the litigant's knowledge and belief.
Provided that in those cases where the High Court Legal Services Committee is handling the case of litigants in judicial custody, the petition shall be accompanied by an authorization letter issued by the High Court Legal Services Committee.
(12) In all other cases, a proper Vakalatnama and Affidavit duly executed by the litigant authorizing the counsel shall mandatorily be filed.
2. In S.No. (b) of the format of affidavit of Application for Regular Bail u/s 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, after the words, "by the applicant", the words, "as he/she is in incarceration" shall be inserted.
3. The existing proviso after sub-rule (10) be omitte.
By order of Hon'ble the High Court
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(Rajnish Shrivastava)
Registrar General.