Madhya Pradesh High Court
SC Collegium Proposes Appointment Of 5 Advocates & 5 Judicial Officers As MP High Court Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 01st July, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Advocates, as Judges of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh:(i) Shri Pushpendra Yadav,(ii) Shri Anand Singh Bahrawat,(iii) Shri Ajay Kumar Nirankari,(iv) Shri Jai Kumar Pillai, and(v) Shri Himanshu Joshi.On July 2, the Collegium proposed the appointment of following...
MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Ramps In All Public And Private Buildings In Indore For Access To Persons With Disabilities
The Madhya High Court recently issued notice on a PIL seeking proper enforcement of provisions under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, particularly construction of ramps and related accessibility measures in public and private buildings in Indore.A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi issued notices to the to the Centre, State and the...
MP High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Claiming No Fire Brigade In Jabalpur Cantonment, Lack Of Amenities For Sanitation Staff
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (July 01) refused to entertain a PIL which among other issues claimed that Jabalpur Cantonment Board does not have a fire brigade and does not provide basic amenities to contractual sanitation workers which were stated to belong to a particular community. In doing so the court said that if the petitioner who is also a sanitation worker and belongs to...
'No Substitute For Physical Classes': MP High Court Remarks In Debarred NLU Bhopal Student's Plea Challenging BCI's Attendance Rules
While hearing a writ petition filed by a student of the National Law Institute University Bhopal who was debarred due to shortage of attendance, the Madhya Pradesh High Court orally said that "there is no substitute for physical classes" adding that video conferencing must be an exception rather than the rule. The student, in the petition, challenged the validity of the attendance...
Section 25F, Industrial Disputes Act; Actual Acceptance Of Compensation Not Required For Compliance: MP HC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of justice Maninder Bhatti dismissed two writ petitions filed by daily wage workers (gardeners) challenging their termination. The workers argued that their employer had not followed the procedure mentioned under Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, before terminating their services. However, the court held that...
Advocate-Client Relationship Is Contractual, Writ Petition For Recovery Of Fees Not Maintainable: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, dismissed a writ petition filed by an advocate under Article 226 of the Constitution, seeking directions for the clearance of his professional bills pending since 2017. The petitioner had appeared as counsel in various petitions on behalf of the State Agricultural Marketing Board and Mandi Samiti and claimed that despite repeated reminders, the respondents failed to release his payments, especially during the pandemic period. The bench of...
'Closure Of One Gate Is Not Obstruction': MP High Court Junks PIL For Access To Religious Sites In Khandwa District Hospital
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (July 02) dismissed a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Government District Hospital in Khandwa to allow open access to the general public to visit Hazrat Syed Chand Shah Wali Mazad and a Shiv Temple, which are situated within the hospital premises. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...
NEET-UG 2025: Madhya Pradesh HC (DB) Stays Single Judge's Re-Test Order For Candidates Affected By Power Outage
A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (July 1) STAYED the operation of an order of the single judge, passed on June 23, directing the National Testing Agency (NTA) to hold a re-test of the NEET-UG 2025 exam for the candidates who were affected by a power outage at the centres in Indore and Ujjain.A Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi passed...
Taxpayers With Pending Appeals Eligible For 50% Relief Under 2020 Samadhan Scheme: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court stated that taxpayers with pending appeals are eligible for 50% relief under the 2020 Samadhan Scheme (The Madhya Pradesh Karadhan Adhiniyamon Ki Puranee Bakaya Rashi Ka Samadhan Adhyadesh, 2020). Justices Vivek Rusia and Binod Kumar Dwivedi observed that the assessee's case is pending before the appellate authority, and the department wrongly considered...
MP High Court Expects Joint Meeting Between State Officials & Airlines In Bid To Increase Flights To Jabalpur
During the hearing of a PIL for increasing flights to Jabalpur, the State government informed the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (July 1) that a proposed joint meeting which was to be conducted between state government officials with officers of various airlines could not take place. Meanwhile the state government's counsel sought four weeks time to file current status and...
'Had No Intention To Kill': MP High Court Converts Murder Conviction Of Man Who Assaulted Wife With Brick To Culpable Homicide
The Madhya Pradesh High Court modified a man's murder conviction–who was accused of assaulting his wife with a brick pursuant to which she died–to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, observing that he did not have the intention to kill the deceased. The case pertained to the death of a woman allegedly caused by her husband during a domestic altercation. The husband (the appellant)...
