LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: July 06 to July 12, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 250 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 263Nominal Index:G v S 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 250Munna Ram v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 251Bablu @ Arvind Dubey v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 252Ram Kripal Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 253Prosecutrix X v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 254V v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP)...
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 250 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 263
Nominal Index:
- G v S 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 250
- Munna Ram v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 251
- Bablu @ Arvind Dubey v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 252
- Ram Kripal Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 253
- Prosecutrix X v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 254
- V v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 255
- Dr Rahul Patidar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 256
- Gaurav Ahlawat v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 257
- L v A 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 258
- Dr Mandavi v Anish Khan 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 259
- Ameena v Badri Mishra 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 260
- Parth Kumar Tiwari v State of MP 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 261
- Ravi Prajapati v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 262
- Raghvendra Tomar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 263
While granting maintenance to the wife and enhancing the maintenance amount of the minor child, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the trial court had wrongly placed the entire burden of proving the husband's income.
Emphasizing that Section 125 CrPC is a social welfare proceeding, the bench of Justice Gajendra Singh held that the husband ought to have been asked to disclose all material facts regarding his income.
Case Title: G v S, CRR-512-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 250
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a conviction order under POCSO Act based merely on a positive DNA report is not sustainable, especially when the age of the complainant/prosecutrix remains unproven.
The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Singh observed that father of the prosecutrix had stated that his marriage was performed nineteen years prior to the date of incident and after one year of his marriage, his first child i.e. the prosecutrix was born. However the mother had said that her marriage was solemnized twenty years prior to the date of the incident and that the prosecutrix was born two years thereafter.
Case Title: Munna Ram v State of Madhya Pradesh, CRA-1920-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 251
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that where a chargesheet has already been filed against an accused while he was absconding, there is no requirement for filing a supplementary chargesheet after his arrest.
Case Title: Bablu @ Arvind Dubey v State of Madhya Pradesh, CRR No.1443-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 252
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a Hindu Marriage can neither be legally solemnised nor dissolved through a notarised agreement.
Case Title: Ram Kripal Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh, WA-1624-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 253
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought an explanation from Civil Surgeon, Assistant Chief Superintendent of a Hospital in Madla district as to why medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) cases are being referred to court where the foetus is less than 24 weeks—when the MTP Act provides that two medical practitioners can carry out procedure with the consent of the victim or her guardian.
Case Title: Prosecutrix X v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-25213-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 254
MP High Court Refuses Relief To Judge Accused Of Preparing Acquittal Judgment Before Trial Concluded
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash disciplinary proceedings against a civil judge, after allegations surfaced claiming that he prepared an acquittal judgment for the accused back in October 2020, even though the trial was pending.
The judge allegedly prepared the judgment in furtherance of a conspiracy to confer undue advantage upon the accused Santosh Verma, whose IAS award was held up due to the pendency of a criminal case.
Case Title: V v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-18568-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 255
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the University Grants Commission and its Regulations cannot restrict the State Government from prescribing essential educational qualifications for public services.
In doing so the court refused to interfere with the rejection of a candidate for not possessing a post graduate degree in Zoology as he was seeking appointment as Assistant Professor (Zoology), despite having M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Entomology which he claimed was an allied subject recognized by University Grants Commission Regulations 2018.
Case Title: Dr Rahul Patidar v State of Madhya Pradesh, W.P. No. 42965/2025
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 256
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed a Russian citizen, facing charges of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy in India, to travel abroad for his disabled son's treatment.
Case Title: Gaurav Ahlawat v State of Madhya Pradesh, MCRC-24830-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 257
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a husband's attention towards his parents or other family members cannot, by itself, constitute a legally sufficient ground for a wife to live separately and claim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 258]
Case Title: L v A, CRR No.1229/2022
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 258
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a doctor's plea against an order taking cognizance of a complaint filed by deceased woman's husband, over allegations that despite being informed of the patient's critical condition she failed to provide medical assistance and instead demanded money. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 259]
Case Title: Dr Mandavi v Anish Khan
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 259
Dismissing a family's appeal against rejection of their claim petition under the Employees' Compensation Act due to inordinate delay of 4 years, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that mere poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance of law do not automatically constitute 'sufficient cause' under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, which allows condonation of delay. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 260]
Case Title: Ameena v Badri Mishra, MA-6468-2024
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 260
Accused Has No Statutory Right To File Protest Petition Against Charge Sheet: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while dismissing a man's revision against the framing of charges for sexual intercourse on a false promise of marriage and obscenity, has held that an accused has no statutory right to file a protest petition against a charge sheet and seek a mini-trial before charges are framed. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 261]
Case Title: Parth Kumar Tiwari v State of MP, Cr.R. No.2569/2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 261
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Director General of Police to decide whether any action should be taken against a cop and the Principal of a school for allegedly creating doubt over the age of a minor girl, which helped the accused who had eloped with the girl to secure an acquittal in a criminal case. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 262]
Case Title: Ravi Prajapati v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP-23395-2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 262
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while directing the appointment of a candidate to the post of Constable, held that the grant of a compassionate appointment cannot be denied solely because the candidate was tried and acquitted after settlement was reached between parties in a cruelty case.
The bench of Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat noted that the alleged offence occurred between 2015-2021 and the petitioner was acquitted in 2025 after the candidate's brother and his sister-in-law reached a settlement.
Case Title: Raghvendra Tomar v State of Madhya Pradesh, WP. No. 41182 of 2025
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 263