Madhya Pradesh High Court Quarterly Digest: January to March, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 1 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 93Nominal Index: R v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 1Ramakrishna Soni v Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 2Rakesh Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3Vickramh Kkalmady v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 4Naresh Chandra Agrawal v. Income Tax Department & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 5Anil Kumar Mishra v State...

No Proof Of Harassment Over Demand For 'Radio': Allahabad High Court Acquits Husband In 1982 Abetment To Suicide Case

The Allahabad High Court recently acquitted a man in connection with a 1982 abetment to suicide case of his wife. The Court noted that it was not proven that the husband caused any harassment of the victim-wife over the demand for a radio, due to which she allegedly died by suicide."...prosecution has miserably failed to prove that the appellant caused any harassment of the deceased and...

Uttarakhand High Court Directs Bank To Pay ₹25 Lakh Insurance To Widow Of Deceased Constable; Says Administrative Lapse Cannot Defeat Claim

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a bank cannot deny the benefit of an accidental death insurance scheme to the widow of a deceased police constable solely on the ground that his name was not included in the list of covered employees, where such omission is attributable to administrative lapse. The case arose from the death of a constable of the Uttarakhand Police, who died in a...

Industries Cannot Use Public Roads Disproportionately For Gain: Jharkhand HC Orders Parking Compliance, Trauma Care Near Steel Plant

The Jharkhand High Court has held that industries cannot disproportionately use public roads for their commercial operations at the cost of ordinary commuters, directing strict enforcement of statutory parking norms and development of adequate trauma care facilities near a steel plant.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing a public...

Allahabad HC Directs Basti SP To Remain In Courtroom 'Till Its Rising' For Filing False Affidavit In A Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Superintendent of Police, Basti, Dr Yesh Veer Singh, to remain in Court till the rising of the Court for placing incorrect facts in his personal Affidavit filed regarding a Murder case. HC warns him to be careful in future.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal noted that the affidavit filed by him sought to save his subordinate police...

PIL In Allahabad High Court Seeks Ban On 'Dhurandhar 2' For Allegedly Depicting 'R&AW' Plotting Atiq Ahmad's Killing

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking a ban on the recently released Hindi movie 'Dhurandhar The Revenge' across the state of Uttar Pradesh. The plea alleges that the move 'illegally' portrays the murder of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad as a sovereign act orchestrated by Indian intelligence.The PIL plea, filed by the NGO Kaya Mati...

Executing Court Cannot Issue Levy Warrants While S.47 CPC Challenge To Decree Remains Pending: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that an Executing Court cannot proceed with coercive steps such as issuing levy warrants while an application under Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging the executability of a decree, remains pending.The Court clarified that the Executing Court is under a mandatory duty to first adjudicate such objections,...

Lok Adalats Can Settle Disputes Of Any Pecuniary Value Within Its Territorial Jurisdiction: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that Lok Adalats can settle disputes of any pecuniary value if the same falls within its territorial jurisdiction since Section 19(5) of the Legal Services Authority Act does not prescribe pecuniary jurisdiction for Lok Adalats.Justice Harisankar V. Menon was considering a writ petition challenging an award passed by the Adoor Taluk Legal...

CAPF Personnel Who Crossed 60 Years Age Before Jan 31, 2019 Not Entitled To Enhanced Retirement Benefits: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by retired personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), holding that those who had already crossed the age of 60 years as on January 31, 2019 are not entitled to consequential pensionary benefits arising from the enhancement of retirement age.A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Amit...

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 | Reference Court Can't Set Aside Collector's Award Or Order Fresh Determination: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Reference Court under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is not empowered to set aside the award of compensation by the Collector or order for fresh determination to be made by the Collector. It held that the same can only be done by an appellate Court. Observing that the Land Acquisition Act 1894 is a complete code in itself, Justice Sandeep...

Remarriage Of Widow Not Ground To Deny Motor Accident Compensation For Husband's Death: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that a widow's right to claim compensation for the death of her husband in a motor accident does not stand extinguished merely because she remarried during the pendency of the claim proceedings.The court was hearing a woman's plea challenging a portion of the compensation granted by the Motor Accident Tribunal to her daughter-in-law (who had...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : April 06 – April 12, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 37- 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 43Nominal Index Sri Azmeera Kailas v. State of Telangana & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 37CH. Muralidhar v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 38Justice G. Sri Devi v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 39Jangati Vijay v. State of Telangana & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 40Gade Ramana Reddy v. State of Telangana...