Courts Aren't For Adjourning Cases: MP High Court Fines Municipality ₹25K Over Failure To Seek Substituted Service Despite Grant Of Time

The Madhya Pradesh High Court imposed a cost of ₹ 25,000 on Gwalior Municipal Corporation for failing to file an application for substituted mode service to the respondent through publication despite time granted a month ago.The court in its August 21 order had observed that the notice issued by the corporation to M/s Gleg Engineers Pvt Ltd in their review petition was received back without...

MP High Court Orders Release Of Gratuity To Widow Of Bank Employee Terminated For Misappropriating Money, Says No Forfeiture Sans Conviction

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (October 6), ordered the release of gratuity to the widow of a bank employee who was terminated for misappropriating ₹1 lakh from the branch cash chest, noting that since there was no criminal prosecution, the bank cannot forfeit gratuity. Per the facts of the case, the employee had filed a departmental appeal post-termination, which was...

Your Roads Can't Stand One Monsoon But Toxic Waste Facility Won't Leak? MP High Court Slams State

While hearing a 2004 PIL for cleaning up of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site, the Madhya Pradesh High Court today strongly criticised the State's decision to build a toxic waste containment site merely 500 meters away from a habitable zone.Expressing scepticism about the containment site's structural integrity to withstand any natural disasters, the court orally expressed;...

MP High Court Inquires State About Action Taken Against Alleged Encroachment Of 'Ancient' Temple

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (October 6) directed the State to file an affidavit disclosing the current status of the Shri Vishnu Barah Mandir temple located in Majhauli. The court further directed the state to inform regarding alleged encroachment on the said land and if any action has been taken or is proposed to be taken against encroachment. The court was hearing a PIL...

How Can You Demand Fee For Transferring Lawyer's Enrolment When Advocates Act Bars It? MP High Court To State Bar Council

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 7) orally questioned the State Bar Council for demanding fee from an advocate for transferring his enrolment to the state when the Advocates Act bars such fee demand. For context, Section 18(1) of the Act states that a person whose name is entered as an advocate on the roll of any State Bar Council may make an application in the prescribed form...

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...

MP High Court Issues Notice On NEET-UG Students' Plea For Refund Of ₹10 Lakh Each Forfeited After Seat Cancellation

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (October 6) issued notice on a petition by certain 2024 NEET-UG medical aspirants seeking refund of ₹10 Lakh each deposited by them during counselling, after applying for cancellation of seats allotted by private college. The plea also challenges the vires of Rule 12(7)(ga) of the Madhya Pradesh Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation...

'Youngest Surgeon At 7, IIT At 12': MP High Court Cites Child Prodigies While Considering CBSE Plea On Age Bar For Class 9 Admission

In CBSE's appeal against the provisional admission granted to a 10-year-old child in class 9, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (October 6) took note of exceptional child prodigies, citing examples of a child who became the youngest surgeon at the age of 7 and a child who studied in IIT at 12. It thus questioned the rationale behind imposing rigid age restrictions in cases of...

MP High Court Slams State For Approving 'Illegal' Detention Order Having Factual Errors, Warns Of Exemplary Cost

While hearing a father's petition alleging illegal detention of his son, the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressed its displeasure with the State Government for approving the order under the National Security Act despite it containing factual errors observing that it showed non-application of mind. The petitioner had in an earlier hearing produced a copy of the September 9 detention order,...

'Prima Facie' Observation By Magistrate While Directing Registration Of FIR Under Section 156(3) CrPC Not Cognizance: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that a prima facie observation made by the Magistrate that a cognizable offence is made out while directing registration of an FIR on a private complaint under Section 156(3) would not amount to taking cognizance of the offence. It said that the magistrate merely recording that a "prima facie" cognizable offence is made out without recording statements...

MP High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Eating Sambar Deer, Says No Link Between Him & Meat Recovered From Spot

Granting bail to a man accused of cooking and eating the meat of Sambar deer in the PWD guesthouse at Nagod, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the forest officials failed to establish a link between the applicant with the recovered meat as the FSL report was still awaited.The court also observed that no body part of Sambar deer was found from which it can be inferred that the...

MP High Court Upholds Order Rejecting Specific Performance Suit Noting That Plaintiff Was Never 'Ready & Willing' To Perform His Part

The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld a trial court order which dismissed the plaintiff's suit for specific performance with respect to sale of a property after finding that he was never ready and willing to perform his part of the contract with respect to purchasing the property. The high court remarked that there was a distinction between readiness and willingness; while Readiness means that...