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S.164 Electricity Act | Landowner Consent Not Required To Lay Power Transmission Lines, Compensation Remedy Survives: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a landowner's prior consent is not required for laying an electricity transmission line where the electrical company has been vested with the powers of the Telegraph Authority under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 366]The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal clarified that once...

25 Tribal Children Allegedly Died From Diseases, Malnutrition In MPs Balaghat: High Court Seeks States Response

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought the State Government's reply in an advocate's public interest litigation seeking urgent intervention over the deaths of 25 children belonging to the Baiga Community, allegedly due to infectious disease and poor healthcare infrastructure.Previously, on September 3, the division bench of the Acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal...

Good Bar Is First Requirement Of Good Court: Chief Justice AY Kogje In His Welcome Ceremony At MP High Court

The newly appointed Chief Justice Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in his welcoming ovation address, empahsized the importance of an independent Bar, judicial fairness, institutional cooperation and a litigant-centred justice delivery system.The Chief Justice stressed on the value of the Bar, stating,"I have always believed that a good bar is the first requirement of...

MP High Court Protects Adult Woman Who Married Against Familys Wishes From Unnecessary Travel For Police Statement

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed police authorities not to compel an adult woman to travel to Ghazipur merely for the purpose of recording her statement, after she expressed apprehension of danger to her life and liberty following her marriage against her family's wishes. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 364]Directing the petitioner to "cooperate with the inquiry/investigation", the bench of...

Judicial Time Wasted Due To Incompetence Of IT Staff: MP High Court Takes Serious View Of Glitches In New HC Website, Orders Audit

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken a serious view of the glitches in its newly launched website, including not supporting e-hearing and observed that judicial time was wasted due to the incompetence of the IT staff. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 362]The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh in its order said: "That the High Court Website is not support...

Damoh School Hijab Row: MP High Court Upholds Conversion FIR Against Staff, Ex-Office Bearers; Says Allegations Not Inherently Absurd

The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to quash an FIR against former office bearers, teacher and peon of a school in Damoh accused of imposing compulsory hijab and certain religious practices on school students, observing that the allegations cannot be termed inherently absurd or improbable of being offences. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 361]In doing so the court ruled that the veracity of the...