MP High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused Of Abetting Borrower's Suicide Despite Video Note Naming Them

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted anticipatory bail to 3 persons and regular bail to one, accused of abetting suicide of a borrower despite the latter's video suicide note alleging that they had threatened the deceased to pay more towards interest despite payment of principal amount. The court granted relief citing disputed facts, lack of criminal antecedents and observing that the...

Habeas Corpus Maintainable In Illegal Detention Of Child By Parent, Can't Be Used To Enforce Foreign Court's Order: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the extraordinary power of the writ of Habeas Corpus can be availed in exceptional circumstances where the detention of a child by a parent or other person is found to be illegal but it cannot be used for mere enforcement of a foreign court's order. The petitioner father, approached the court alleging that his wife unlawfully and wrongfully...

'Election Petition Takes 5 Yrs Only When Ruling Party Involved': MP High Court On State's Alleged Refusal To Send Info On Minister To ECI

In a petition alleging State's inaction in providing information to Election Commission on a complaint claiming suppression of properties by a sitting state minister in his 2023 election nominations, the Madhya Pradesh High Court orally cautioned the State against justifying delay by claiming that election petitions usually take 5 years to be decided. The court orally remarked that...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Round Up: September 22 - September 28, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 194 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 199Nominal IndexM/s Aaratrika Traders v the State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 194LSB v SK 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 195Ku Alka Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 196M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd. v. Commercial Taxes Department 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 197Sangita v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 198Ashok Kumar Tripathi v...

'Social Media Intoxication' Among Police : MP High Court Says Use Of Mobile/Social Media By Police Guards On Duty Must Be Curbed

In a police personnel's plea against compulsory retirement given for sleeping under influence while on guard duty, the Madhya Pradesh High Court flagged growing mobile/social media 'intoxication' among the 'uniform clad departments' suggesting that presence of police personnel on social media be checked while they are on duty. The bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Pushpendra...

'Wholly Impermissible In Democracy': MP High Court Directs State To Ensure That Sonam Raghuwanshi's Effigy Is Not Burnt On Dusshera

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (September 26), directed the State Authorities to ensure that any person or any organization does not burn an effigy of Sonam Raghuwanshi, accused of murdering her husband during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, on Dusshera/Vijaydashmi in place of Ravana. Remarking that such an act is wholly impermissible Justice Pranay Verma, said:"From the pamphlet and...

White Petroleum Jelly Classified As 'Drug', Not Cosmetic; Higher VAT & Entry Tax Not Leviable: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court stated that White Petroleum Jelly is classified as a 'Drug', not 'Cosmetic', and therefore is not liable to higher VAT and Entry Tax. Justices Vivek Rusia and Jai Kumar Pillai stated that a White Petroleum Jelly of IP grade manufactured and sold by appellant under a valid drug licence is liable to be classified as a category of drug and medicine under...

'We Take It With A Pinch Of Salt': MP High Court On Online Comments On Judiciary In PIL Over Misuse Of Live-Streamed Proceedings

While hearing a PIL claiming misuse of live-streamed court proceedings via reels and memes, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (September 25) orally remarked that it took social media comments about the judiciary with a "with a pinch of salt". During the hearing the petitioner advocate Arihant Tiwari contended that such videos and memes derived from live-streamed court proceedings...

You Want To Curb Intelligence?: MP High Court Seeks Centre's Policy On Child Prodigies In CBSE Appeal Against 10-Yr-Old's Admission To Class 9

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while issuing notice on CBSE's appeal against provisional admission granted to a 10-year-old child in Class 9, sought explanation from the Central government regarding their policies on child prodigies. A single bench had directed CBSE to consider provisional admission on a father's plea claiming that his son was allowed to study from class 1 to class 8 but...

MP High Court Directs Litigant To Implead Organisers Of Durga Puja Pandal Allegedly Erected On Railway Land

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (September 24), directed the petitioner to implead the organizers of the Durga Pandal allegedly illegally erected on railway land, after the litigant raised suspicions over legality of approvals granted to the organizers.The court was hearing a PIL filed by a Senior Citizen seeking action against the erection of illegal structures on public and...

MP High Court Calls For Police Commissioner's Response On Why FIR Was Not Registered Over Death Of Infants Due To Rat Bite In Govt Hospital

Taking suo motu cognizance of a news report about the death of two infant babies in the ICU of government-run M.Y. Hospital due to rat bites, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Police Commissioner of Indore to file a reply explaining why no FIR was registered. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi observed; "The respondent No. 5 is also directed...

Indore Truck Rampage: MP High Court Seeks CCTV Footage From Entry Points; Keeps Status Report In Sealed Cover

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (September 23) directed the state government to submit CCTV footage of cameras installed at the entry point of a residential area in Indore wherein a truck had reportedly entered during peak evening hours ploughing into several pedestrians resulting in the death of three persons. The court further directed its registry to keep the status report filed...