Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 26 to February 01, 2026

Prosecutrix v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 41

MPPSC Can't Reject Doctors For PG Additional Registration Not Prescribed In Recruitment Advertisement: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (January 27), allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by qualified medical practitioners challenging the rejection of their candidature in the recruitment process conducted by the MP Public Service Commission for the post of Medical Officer (Grade-I) and Specialist Doctors under the Public Health and Medical Education Department.

Case Title: Dr Vijay v MPPCS [W.P. No.12337/2025

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 33

'Barbarity Dripping From Every Ounce': MP High Court Confirms Death Penalty For Rape, Murder Of 5-Yr-Old

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has affirmed the order of a Special Court convicting a man and sentencing him to death penalty for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl.

The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed that the accused used a knife inside the victim's vagina to enlarge it, making it easier for penetration on an infant girl. Further, the accused murdered the girl and put her dead body in a plastic tank in the bathroom for 2-3 days awaiting a chance to dispose of the dead body somewhere.

Case Title: Atul Nihale v State of MP [Cr. A. No.3732/2025 & CRRFC-2/2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 34

'Invasion Of Privacy': MP High Court Rejects Husband's Plea For Wife's Virginity Test

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently dismissed a husband's petition seeking a virginity or two-finger test on the wife because she refused to enter into a physical relationship with him.

The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed that a virginity test could not be ordered as it violates the privacy of an individual and that the husband could produce other evidence to show that the wife was uninterested in establishing physical relationship.

Case Title: BK v PK [M.P. No.109 of 2026]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 35

Decree Holder Can't Defeat Compromise Or Trigger Execution By Refusing To Accept Judgment Debtor's Cheque: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a decree holder cannot frustrate the terms of a compromise decree or trigger execution proceedings by deliberately refusing to accept or encash a cheque tendered by the judgment debtor in lawful satisfaction of the decree.

Case Title: Partha Credit and Capital Market v Ideal Electronics [MP-2145-2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 36

High Courts Flooded With Service Matters: Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests State To Create In-House Employee Dispute Resolution System

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System to internally resolve the complaints of its employees.

Case Title: Chaukhi Lal Yadav v State of MP (WP 1733/2026)

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 37

Spouse's Independent Income Can't Be Clubbed With Public Servant's Income To Launch Disproportionate Assets Case: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed a sanction order issued by tax authorities to prosecute a woman's husband–a public servant–under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by including the wife's independent income as an advocate in her husband's income.

Case Title: Meenakshi Khare v State of Madhya Pradesh [WRIT PETITION NO.33484 of 2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 38

Demand For Repayment Of Loan Doesn't Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: MP High Court Reiterates

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed abetment to suicide charge under Section 306 IPC, observing that a person demanding his money back or in lieu keeping the deceased's motorcycle can't be deemed to be an overt act that left the deceased with no option but to commit suicide.

Case Title: Rinku Lodha v State of Madhya Pradesh [CRR-13-2023]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 39

MP High Court Rejects Ex-Chairman's Plea Against ED Search In ₹1400-Crore SKNL Fraud Case, Directs Him To PMLA Authority

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), dismissed the plea of Nitin Shambhukumar Kasliwal, the former Chairman and Managing Director of M/s S Kumar's Nationwide Limited, challenging the search and seizure operations carried out by the ED under the PMLA, in connection with an alleged Rs 1,400 crore bank fraud case.

Case Title: Nitin Shambhukumar Kasliwal v Union of India [WP-1527-2026]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 40

'Can't Remain Silent Spectator': MP High Court Orders Disciplinary Proceedings Against Police Officer For 'Shielding' Accused

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (January 30), directed the Competent Authority to initiate departmental disciplinary proceedings against a police officer for shielding an accused.

Case Title: Prosecutrix v State of Madhya Pradesh [WP-50649-2025]

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 41