LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: July 13 to July 19, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 264 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 283

Nominal Index

• Dharmendra Lodhi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 264
• Amit Kumar Singh Raghuvanshi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 265
• S v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 266
• UJ v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 267
• Priyanka Goswami v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 268
• Abhishek Yadav v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 269
• Ganga Singh v Devi Singh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 270
• Municipal Corporation Gwalior v Smt Padma Bansal 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 271
• Bablu Sen v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 272
• Virendra Kumar v Anurag Mishra 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 273
• B v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 274
• DK Kamthan v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 275
• LY v RY 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 276
• Chandrapal Singh Parihar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 277
• PS Mandeliya v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 278
• P Dakshinamurthy v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 279
• Ram Kailash Gupta v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 280
• Santosh Solanki v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 281
• Khizar Khan v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 282
• Kalyan Singh Pawar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 283

'Alarming': MP High Court Says Police May Be Deliberately Ignoring Arrest Procedure To Help Accused Secure Release

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Director General of Police to issue a circular warning all investigating officers over strict compliance with Section 47 BNSS requirement and Supreme Court guidelines in the Pankaj Bansal case, which mandates that grounds of arrest must be communicated in writing. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 264]

Case Title: Dharmendra Lodhi v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-25312-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 264

One Time Adverse Remarks Cannot Permanently Debar Lawyer From Future Appointment: MP High Court Upholds Law Officer's Selection

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the appointment of a government law officer, observing that a single instance of adverse remarks in the past cannot permanently disqualify the advocate from future appointments. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 265]

Case Title: Amit Kumar Singh Raghuvanshi v State of Madhya Pradesh

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 265

MP High Court Allows Minor Girl To Live With Father Facing POCSO Charges After She Claims He Was Falsely Implicated

The Madhya Pradesh High Court permitted a minor girl to live with her father and elder sister, after noting that the daughter in her statement had said that he was falsely accused of sexually harassing her at the instance of her mother. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 266]

Case Title: S v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-20029-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 266

Major Woman Free To Live Wherever She Wishes; Courts Can't Issue Directions Contrary To Her Free Will: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a mother's habeas corpus plea seeking that her daughter be traced, observing that the daughter is an adult woman who cannot be forced to reside at home with her parents merely because they disagree with her choice of partner. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 267]

Case Title: UJ v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-25504-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 267

Newly-Recruited Bank Employee May Have Deviated From Procedure Under Superiors' Influence: MP High Court Grants Bail In Embezzlement FIR

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the Teller of ESAF Small Finance Bank in an embezzlement FIR, observing that she was newly appointed and was susceptible to the influence or commands of superior officers, especially when she did not receive any financial benefit from embezzling. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 268]

Case Title: Priyanka Goswami v State of Madhya Pradesh, MCRC-27687-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 268

'Genesis Of Relationship Doubtful': After Woman Admits She's Not Practising Advocate, MP High Court Quashes Her Rape FIR Against 'Client'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a rape FIR lodged by a woman against her alleged client after she admitted before the Court that she was not, in fact, a practising advocate. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 269]

Holding that the complainant-respondent's earlier claim that she had met the accused while professionally assisting him in a child custody dispute constituted the foundation of the prosecution case, the Court observed that the very genesis of the relationship between the parties had become doubtful.

Case Title: Abhishek Yadav v State of Madhya Pradesh, MCRC-7186-2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 269

HAMA | Major Unmarried Daughter Need Not Show Disability To Claim Maintenance If Unable To Maintain Herself From Own Earnings: MP High Court

Upholding a family court order granting maintenance pendente lite of ₹2,000 to an unmarried adult daughter, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that Section 20(3) of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAM Act) clearly states that the daughter needs to show that she is unable to maintain herself with her earnings or other property and does not need to prove any disability. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 270]

Case Title: Ganga Singh v Devi Singh, CRR No-4968-2024

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 270

'Financial Considerations Can't Override Human Life': MP High Court Upholds Extension Of Building Permission That Expired During COVID

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the extension of a building permission that had expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, observing that financial considerations cannot take precedence over life of a person. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 271]

Case Title: Municipal Corporation Gwalior v Smt Padma Bansal WA-93-2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 271

MP High Court Upholds FIR Against 'Journalist' Accused Of Kidnapping Minor Girl, Says Child's Statement Supports Prosecution Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash an FIR lodged against a man stated to be a journalist, accused of kidnapping a minor girl observing that the case prima facie disclosed the commission of a cognizable offence and that the child's statement supported the prosecution's case. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 272]

Case Title: Bablu Sen v State of Madhya Pradesh, MCRC-55549-2024

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 272

Inheritance And Long Service Cannot Substitute Valid Appointment Process For Temple Pujari: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that long-term service, subsequent recognition, or administrative correspondence cannot validate the appointment of a pujari. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 273]

Case Title: Virendra Kumar v Anurag Mishra WRIT APPEAL No. 1737 of 2026, Rajkumar Sharma v Anurag Mishra WRIT APPEAL No. 1738 of 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 273

MP High Court Permits 52-Year-Old Woman To Undergo IVF Despite 50 Yrs Age Bar Under ART Act

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed a 52-year-old woman to undergo the in vitro fertilisation process despite the upper age limit of 50 years prescribed under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 274]

Case Title: B v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-1233-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 274

Tahsildar Exercising Quasi Judicial Function Is Entitled To Protection Available To Judges: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while allowing the petition of the retired Joint Collector of Morena against the order that withheld his pension, held that tahsildars performing quasi-judicial functions are entitled to receive additional protection under the Judges Protection Act, 1985. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 275]

Case Title: DK Kamthan v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP. No. 14329 of 2018

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 275

Wife Who Voluntarily Left Matrimonial Home, Engaged In Extramarital Relationship Not Entitled To Divorce: MP High Court

While upholding the dismissal of a wife's divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the wife had left the matrimonial home of her own volition and had engaged in an extramarital affair and therefore was not entitled to divorce. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 276]

Case Title: LY v RY, FA-483-2022

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 276

MP High Court Suspends Notary License For Registering Marriage Despite Express Bar, Seeks Explanation

The Madhya Pradesh High Court suspended the license of a Notary Public for preparing a marriage document, despite a specific bar issued by the Central Government on notary officers' from executing marriage or divorce deeds as they are not marriage officers. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 277]

Case Title: Chandrapal Singh Parihar v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-26269-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 277

MP High Court Restores Appeal, Asks Litigant To Visit Old Age Home And Spend Time With Inmates

Emphaising the importance of integrating Social Audit, the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed an applicant, seeking restoration of his writ appeal due to a peremptory order, to visit a Old Age Home (instead of imposing costs on him). [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 278]

Case Title: PS Mandeliya v State of Madhya Pradesh, MCC-1820-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 278

MP High Court Closes Plea Seeking Probe Into Woman Advocate's Alleged Dowry Death, Directs Expeditious Consideration Of Father's Representation

The Madhya Pradesh High Court closed a plea seeking CBI probe into a lady advocate's alleged unnatural death post marriage, granting the petitioner father liberty to file a representation with the concerned authority to be decided expeditiously in four weeks. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 279]

Case Title: P Dakshinamurthy v State of Madhya Pradesh WP-21807-2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 279

Consensual Relationship Can't Be Treated As Rape Merely Over Failed Promise To Marry: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside a man's conviction for rape (Section 376) and abetment to suicide (Section 306), observing that he and the deceased had a consensual relationship with an unfulfilled promise to marry. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 280]

Case Title: Ram Kailash Gupta v State of Madhya Pradesh, CRA-6575-2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 280

MP High Court Upholds Removal Of Police Constable For Concealing His Acquittal In Riots Case Was Not 'Honourable'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the dismissal of a constable from the police force, observing that he supressed the fact that his acquittal from the case of rioting and brick pelting was not clean and honourable. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 281]

Case Title: Santosh Solanki v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-10511-2019

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 281

MP High Court Closes Habeas Corpus Pleas Over Detention Of Three Accused Of Circulating AI-Video In Congress-Affiliated WhatsApp Groups

The Madhya Pradesh High Court closed a bunch of habeas corpus petitions which alleged that three men were illegally detained by Police and later handed over to Rajasthan Police over allegations of circulating AI-manipulated video, misusing a news channel's identity on Congress affiliated WhatsApp groups. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 282]

Case Title: Khizar Khan v State of Madhya Pradesh and connected petitions WP No. 14955 of 2026, WP No. 14960 of 2026, WP No. 14961 of 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 282

MP High Court Quashes Termination Of Employee After 28 Years Of Service, Orders State To Regularise Him On Direct Recruitment Post

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed the termination of an employee whose services were cancelled after nearly 28 years on the ground that his initial appointment to the post of Daftari was irregular, observing that the State, instead of removing him after such a long period of service, ought to have regularised him against a post meant for direct recruitment. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 283]

Case Title: Kalyan Singh Pawar v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-20363-2017

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 283