MP High Court Orders Penal Action Against Woman For Falsely Accusing Senior Advocate Of Rape, Says She Snatched His Right To Dignity

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered penal action against a woman, who falsely accused a Senior Advocate, having a standing of 20 years at the Bar, of committing rape upon her two year old daughter by breaking into their house at night.Justice Vishal Mishra was irked at the woman, who "did not care for the future of her own daughter", and was more interested in "settling her personal...

MP High Court Calls For Disciplinary Inquiry Against Sessions Judge For Unduly Dropping Charges Against Govt Employee In Corruption Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has called for inquiry and disciplinary action against a Sessions Judge for dropping charges invoked against a government employee— computer operator working in the land acquisition office, accused of embezzling ₹5 crores of public money. Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta observed that the Sessions Judge had discharged the accused from offences under Sections...

'Can't Keep Matters Pending For 40 Yrs': MP High Court Directs Trial Court To Expeditiously Decide Cases Concerning Bhopal Gas Tragedy

While hearing a PIL by the Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (September 17) directed the trial court, where cases related to the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy are pending, to dispose of the matters as expeditiously as possible. The court further directed competent courts to submit monthly progress reports of the proceedings to the Registrar of...

Indore Truck Rampage: MP High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case, Asks Police Commissioner How Heavy Vehicle Entered Residential Area

Taking suo motu cognizance of news reports about a truck entering a residential area of Indore during peak evening hours and ploughing into several pedestrians, fatal to three, the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought an explanation from the Commissioner of Police while summoning him to appear in virtually. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf directed...

'You're Performing A Public Duty': MP High Court Exhorts Suggestions From IndiGo To Enhance Flight Connectivity To Jabalpur

While hearing a PIL for increasing flights to Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (September 15) granted time to airline IndiGo's parent company to submit suggestions to the state and central governments on enhancement of flight connectivity to various cities in the state to make it commercially or otherwise viable.The bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...

MP High Court Bats For Institution Of 'Corporate Climate Responsibility Fund' Akin To CSR To Aid Waste Management In Gwalior

In a PIL highlighting unhygienic conditions in Gwalior due to accumulation of garbage, the Madhya Pradesh High Court suggested that all stakeholders must contemplate creation of a 'Corporate Climate Responsibility Fund' (CCR Fund) to address problems relating to environment, cleanliness and public hygiene. After perusing compliance report filed by Gwalior's Municipal Corporation,...

MP High Court Temporarily Suspends Live-Streaming Of Benches Hearing Criminal Cases After PIL Claims Misuse Via Reels & Memes

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (September 12), directed its Registry to stop the live streaming of all Benches hearing criminal matters until the next date of hearing in a PIL claiming misuse of live-streamed court proceedings via reels and memes. The order has been directed to be implemented w.e.f. September 15 (Monday). The court was hearing a PIL wherein the petitioner argued...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 170 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 180Nominal Index:Nain Singh Dhurve v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 170Capri Global Housing Finance Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 171Tanishq Patel v NHAI 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 172H v W 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 173Saurabh Nath Sharma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 174A v B 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 175Laxmikant v...

MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Congress Worker Booked For 'Derogatory' FB Comment On Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a former Congress councillor, Mahendra Jain, who has been accused of posting a derogatory comment against Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from his Facebook account. A bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke granted him the relief taking into account the punishment provided for the offences alleged as well the...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Alleging Commercialization Of Legal Services By Use Of Celebrity Promotion, Online Ads

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Thursday (September 11), issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a group of lawyers challenging the alleged commercialization of legal services by an entity through sponsored online advertisements and celebrity-led promotions. The bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Jai Kumar Pillai issued notice to the respondents which includes the...

MP High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Continuous Reservation To SC Community For Municipal Council President Post Since 1999

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently issued notice on a petition challenging the continuous reservation granted to Scheduled Caste (SC) category for election to the post of President of Banmor Nagar Parishad since 1999.The plea states that Banmor was declared a Nagar Parishad in 1999, and the first election for the post of President and ward members was conducted the same year. From...

'Houses Getting Submerged With Water': MP High Court Expresses Concern At PWD Raising Level Of City Roads, Seeks State's Stand

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (September 9) issued notice on a PIL alleging gross irregularities and corruption in construction of Maihar Main Road in Maihar city. The petition alleges that the Public Works Department, along with the local contractor, was merely laying material over the already existing road without proper base work, thereby raising the height of the road by about...