Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: April 20 - April 26, 2026

MP High Court Reinstates Election Of BJP Municipal Council President, Rejects Claim Of 'Unlawful' Votes From Congress Councillors

The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the Election Tribunal's decision which had annulled the returning candidate's election–who belongs to the BJP–as Multai Municipal Council's President on the allegation that there was cross voting wherein the successful candidate got votes from Councillors of Congress party.

Case Title: Neetu Parmar v Varshagadekar, Civil Revision Nos. 464 of 2023, 497 of 2023 & 499 of 2023

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 115

State Excluding Long-Term Contract, Outsourced Workers From Regularisation Policy For Daily Wagers Irrational: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the State's exclusion of long term contractual and outsourced employees from its regularisation policy for daily wage workers is irrational, directing the authorities to appropriately classify such workers and extend corresponding pay and service benefits to them.

Case Title: Radheshyam Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh [WP-3641-2020]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 116

MP High Court Refuses To Enforce US Court Custody Order; Says Child's Welfare Prevails Over Foreign Decree

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to enforce an order passed by a Texas Court granting custody of two minor children to their father, holding that the welfare of the children is paramount and outweighs the binding force of a foreign decree.

Case Title: Ankur Joshi v State of Madhya Pradesh [WP-23561-2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 117

Presence Of Deceased's Relative As Court Staff Or Lawyer Not Ground To Transfer Criminal Trial: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld an order refusing to transfer a criminal trial from a Magistrate's court, merely because a son of the deceased was on the Magistrate's ministerial staff and another son was a practising advocate.

Case Title: Himanshu Katare v State of Madhya Pradesh [MCRC-54491-2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 118

Acquittal In Section 498A IPC Case Not Ground To Deny Maintenance To Wife: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the acquittal of a husband in a cruelty case under Section 498A of the IPC cannot be a valid ground for him to deny maintenance to the wife and minor child, if they are unable to maintain themselves.

Case Title: H v W and S [2026:MPHC-IND: 10487]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 119

MP High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Private School Officials Over Unauthorised Fee Hike, Book Supply Irregularities

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash FIRs against the authorities of private unaided schools in Jabalpur, who are accused of steeply increasing fees and compelling parents to purchase books with fake or duplicate ISBNs from selected vendors at inflated prices.

Case Title: Atul Anupam Abraham v State of Madhya Pradesh [2026:MPHC-JBP:26548]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 120

MP High Court Orders State To Restore Check Posts To Curb Overloading, Says Breach Of Undertakings Given In PIL Amounts To Contempt

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State government to reinstate check posts aimed at preventing vehicle overloading, observing that the State's failure to honour its undertakings on the subject previously submitted in a Public Interest Litigation raises serious concerns and that such a breach may amount to contempt of court.

Case Title: Rajneesh Tripathi v Manish Singh IAS [CONC-5447-2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 121

MP High Court Recalls Order Asking Registrar General To Approach SC Against Own Judge's Remarks On Sessions Judge

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recalled its direction asking the Registrar General to file a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the 'disparaging' remarks made by a single judge against a sessions judge, ultimately deciding to address the issue through its in-house administrative mechanism.

Case Title: Court in its own motion v High Court of Madhya Pradesh, WP-38432-2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 122

Conviction For Trivial Offence As Juvenile No Bar To Employment In Defence Services: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court empahsizing the beneficial nature of the Juvenile Justice Act, has held that trivial juvenile offences would not bar the candidate from securing employment in the Military force.

Case Title: Union of India v Pushpraj Singh, WA-3076-2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 123

MP High Court Asks Scrutiny Committee To Decide Congress Leader's Plea Against Raigaon BJP MLA's Caste Certificate

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted the High Level Caste Scrutiny Committee time till June 30 to decide representation of Congress Leader Pradeep Ahirwar challenging the validity of the Schedule Caste Certificate issued to BJP MLA Pratima Bagri from Raigaon Constituency.

Case Title: Pradeep Ahirwar v State of Madhya Pradesh [WP-8658-2026]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 124

Alleged Unsatisfactory Record Of Deceased Employee Cannot Be Used To Deny Son's Compassionate Appointment Claim: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an alleged unsatisfactory service record of the deceased government employee cannot be a valid ground to deny a claim of compassionate appointment.

Case Title: Nikhil Kol v Union Bank of India, WP 794 of 2019