Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: September 29 - October 5, 2025

Citations: MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 200 to MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 209Nominal IndexJitendra Chawla v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 200Roop Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 201 Anju Murti Upadhyay v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 202Dr Himanshu Dutt Pandey v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 203 YK v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 204Himanshu Sarwan v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw...

Karnataka High Court Urges State To Frame Policy Regulating Sites In Converted Lands Outside Approved Layouts

The Karnataka High Court has suggested to the State Government to devise a comprehensive scheme to regulate transactions regarding purchase of land/site on converted lands which are not part of any sanctioned layouts.A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said,“With increasing instances of purchasers acquiring sites in converted lands which are not part of sanctioned layouts, there is...

Allahabad High Court Asks Judges To Avoid Recording Abusive Words In Witness Testimonies

The Allahabad High Court has directed all judicial officers in the State of U.P. to not record abusive language or filthy words made in evidence/ statements during trial.While dealing with a criminal revision against order of the Special Judge (SC/ST) Act, Varanasi, Justice Harvir Singh observed,“The recording of filthy languages and abusive words in the pleadings are unwarranted...

Kerala High Court Reserves Verdict On PIL Against Sale Of Arundhati Roy's Book Showing Her Smoking On Cover

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 7) reserved its verdict on a PIL challenging Arundhati Roy's book "Mother Mary Comes To Me", the front cover of which shows her smoking a Bidi without any statutory health warning.The Petitioner, an advocate, seeks stay on the book's sale without the statutory label.After hearing the matter for some time, a division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar...

Delhi High Court Warns Against Misuse Of Pleas Over Unauthorized Constructions, Fines Litigant ₹50K For 'Arm Twisting'

The Delhi High Court yesterday warned against the misuse of petitions being filed by unscrupulous persons alleging unauthorized constructions, underscoring that only those directly affected can file such pleas.Justice Mini Pushkarna imposed Rs. 50,000 costs on a litigant since no steps were taken by him to seek possession of the property situated in Jamia Nagar area in which he...

Madras High Court Issues Notice To Union Ministry On Plea To Ensure Petrol, Diesel Bills From Outlets Disclose Tax Levied

A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court calling upon the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to ensure that the bills issued by petrol/diesel outlets and the display board in the outlets contain the details of the tax levied. When the petition came up before the Madurai bench of Justice Anita Sumant and Justice C Kumarappan, the court issued notices to the...

Dismissal Of Divorce Petition Does Not Bar Second Plea For Divorce On Different Grounds: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that dismissal of a divorce petition on one ground does not bar a second divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on any other ground between the same parties.Justice Manish Kumar Nigam held“Decision of a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on one ground will not operate as res judicata for filing divorce...

Petitions Citing BNS, BNSS & BSA Must Also Mention Corresponding IPC, CrPC & IEA Provisions : Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has mandated that in all petitions where provisions or references of the newly promulgated criminal laws [Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)] are mentioned, the corresponding provisions of the repealed Acts [(Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and Indian Evidence...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Stay Maharashtra Govt Resolution Granting OBC Status To Kunbi-Maratha Communities, Seeks State's Response

The Bombay High Court has declined interim relief in pleas seeking a stay on a September 2 Government Resolution (GR) by the Maharashtra Government by which it decided to confer Kunbi, Maratha-Kunbi and Kunbi-Maratha under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, however, ordered the State's Social...

Custody Of Minor Placed Under Child Welfare Committee's Order Can't Be Challenged In Habeas Corpus Plea: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a writ of habeas corpus is not maintainable when the custody of a minor child has been handed over pursuant to a judicial order passed by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi observed thus...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Judicial Officer Vinai Kumar Dwivedi As Allahabad High Court Judge

On Monday, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended to elevate Shri Vinai Kumar Dwivedi, Judicial Officer, as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court.The Collegium recommendation reads as:“The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 06th October 2025, has approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Vinai Kumar Dwivedi, Judicial Officer, as a Judge of the High Court of Judicature...

'Double Jeopardy': Rajasthan High Court Quashes Second Chargesheet Against Retd Govt Employee On Same Facts Despite Closure Of Earlier Case

Rajasthan High Court set aside a charge sheet issued against a retired employee for same charges in relation to which disciplinary proceedings were already dropped against him in 1991, followed by his acquittal from the Court of Special Judge, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“the Act”) in 2000.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that in absence of any specific power to...