LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: July 27 to August 2, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 297 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 306Nominal IndexRanjeet Jat v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 297State of Madhya Pradesh v Suresh Bhadoriya 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 298Archana v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 299PK v SM 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 300Ranku v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 301Mazhar Khan v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 302BG v...

Stray Dogs Issue: Delhi High Court Directs Launch Of Pilot Sterilisation Camp, Says Dogs Won't Be Sent To Dog Pounds Or Killed

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to identity one ward each in their area and organize a camp for sterlization and vaccination of stray dogs there, as a pilot project. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 717]A division bench comprising Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Rajnish Kumar Gupta ordered that the initiative...

'Prima Facie' Case Of Harbouring Offender: Kerala High Court Upholds FIR Against Priest For Aiding Woman Impersonating A Lawyer

The Kerala High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a priest charged with aiding a woman who allegedly forged an advocate's enrolment certificate and practised as a lawyer, holding that the materials collected during investigation prima facie make out an offence of 'harboring' under Section 212 IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 421]For context, the allegation against the first...

Minor Procedural Lapses By NCB Can't Justify Anticipatory Bail In Commercial Quantity Drug Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that when dealing with cases emanating from border-centric drug cartels involving commercial quantities of contraband and organised networks, courts are duty-bound to exercise heightened circumspection and strict scrutiny, and that minor procedural lapses on the part of the investigating agency cannot form the basis for granting the...

Gujarat High Court Refuses To Review Order Rejecting Disclosure Of Somnath Temple ASI Survey Documents

The Gujarat High Court refused to review its order dismissing a plea seeking disclosure of archaeological survey report, ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey, maps, structural analysis, photographs, videography and all the related documents concerning the Somnath Temple site. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 210]For context, the court had in June dismissed a PIL seeking such disclosure with Rs. 2 Lakh...

'Advocate General Is Not A Mere Messenger': Orissa High Court Says AG Office Shouldn't Advise Non-Implementation Of Orders Without Stay

The Orissa High Court has expressed disappointment over a letter issued by the office of the Advocate General asking officials to refrain from implementing an authority's order merely because a writ petition was filed and pending against such order. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 88]Clarifying the settled legal position that mere filing of a writ petition does not render the decision of lower...

Husband Cannot Be Directed To Both Maintain Fixed Deposit For Child & Pay Monthly Child Maintenance Separately: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that while a father may voluntarily create a fixed deposit to secure the future of his child, such a deposit cannot be treated as a substitute for monthly maintenance. At the same time, if monthly maintenance is ultimately awarded, the father cannot be compelled to continue the fixed deposit in addition to making periodic maintenance payments.Justice...

Reliable Dying Declaration Alone Can Be Basis For Conviction: Allahabad High Court Affirms Life Sentence Of 2 For Setting Woman Ablaze

The Allahabad High Court last week affirmed the life sentence awarded to 2 women for killing a married woman by setting her ablaze while observing that a dying declaration which is voluntary, truthful and recorded when the maker is in a fit state of mind can, by itself, form the basis of conviction.A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava thus dismissed...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Entertain Appeal Against Stay On Reorganization Of Police Associations In State

The Kerala High Court on Monday (03 August) refused to interfere with a Single Judge's decision staying the operation of a government order that restructures the police personnel associations in the State. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 422]The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K. Jaysankaran Nambiar and Justice Preeta A.K refused to stay the Single Judge's order. The government order dated July 27,...

Cross Border Drug Smuggling Poses Threat To National Security, Destroys Generations Of Youth: P&H High Court Rejects Pre-Arrest Bail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that border-centric drug cartel cases involving commercial quantities pose "existential threat to public health, national security, and the socio-economic fabric of society, destroying entire generations of youth", and in such matters individual liberty must be carefully balanced against the overriding societal interest.Justice Alok Jain said,...

Gujarat Govt Reinstates Special Public Prosecutor In 2019 Vadodara Custodial Death Case After High Court Intervention

The Gujarat High Court was informed on Friday (July 31) that the State government has reinstated the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), who was earlier conducting the trial in the 2019 alleged custodial death of a Telangana man in Vadodara and whose appointment had subsequently been discontinued. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 209]The development came after the High Court had asked the State to take...

Nominating Another Woman As 'Wife' In Records Can't Override Legally Wedded Wife's Right To Family Pension: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that a legally wedded wife of a deceased government employee cannot be denied family pension merely because the employee had nominated another woman as his “wife” in the pension records. A Single Bench of Justice Kaushik Goswami was hearing a writ petition filed by Shibani Dutta, whose husband, late Sankar Dutta, a retired government employee, had...