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...

MP High Court Directs Advocate Objecting To Song 'Bhai Vakeel Hai' From Jolly LLB 3 To Implead Film's Director & Producer

While hearing a PIL objecting to the depiction of lawyers and the judiciary in the song 'Bhai Vakeel Hai' from the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (September 9) directed the petitioner to implead the producer and director of the movie.The film starring actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi is scheduled for release on September 19. Thus a division bench of...

Medical Boards Formed Under MTP Act Must Provide Complete, Cogent & Clear Opinion On Termination Of Pregnancy: MP High Court

Noting that opinions of medical boards on termination of pregnancy did not contain complete information in several cases, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed that the board formed under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act must provide "complete, cogent and clear opinions" on MTP cases. The High Court made these observations in a suo moto petition initiated after it took cognizance of...

Wife Blaming Husband's Family After Setting Herself Ablaze Amounts To Cruelty: MP High Court Grants Divorce

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a man sought on the grounds of cruelty under Hindu Marriage Act(HMA), observing that his wife had "in a moment of despair" set herself ablaze and later blamed his relatives for the same without being able to provide any reliable evidence. In doing so the high court, while setting aside the family court order, observed that the wife also...

'Threat To Public': MP High Court Upholds Detention Of Man Who Allegedly Fired Pistol In Residential Area, Uploaded Video Online

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a man's plea challenging his detention, who was seen in a social media video uploaded by him, allegedly open firing his pistol in a residential area.In doing so the court observed that the order passed by the District Magistrate Gwalior under National Security Act detaining him for three months, was justified as the man was threat to public order and...

PIL Filed In MP High Court Against Song 'Bhai Wakeel Hai' From Jolly LLB 3, Says It Ridicules Legal Profession

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, raising objections to the depiction of lawyers and the judiciary in the teaser and song 'Bhai Wakeel Hai' from the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3.The petition states that the song depicts actors, playing Advocates in the film, dancing in a manner that trivializes and ridicules the legal fraternity while wearing...

'Presiding Officer Has No Basic Knowledge Of Law': MP High Court Orders Training Of Civil Judge

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, ordered the training of a 6th Civil Judge, Sr. Division, District Gwalior, noting that the 'Presiding Officer of Trial Court... has no basic knowledge of law and she needs training in JOTRI regarding procedural law'. These observations were made in a petition challenging the order of the Civil Judge, wherein the petitioner's application under Order 22...

MP High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Seeking To Exempt 'Fantasy Sports' From New Law Regulating Online Money Games

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (September 3) issued notice on a plea challenging Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 claiming that it puts a blanket prohibition on "online money games" including judicially recognised skill-based games, infringing Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. The court was hearing a writ petition filed by Clubboom 11 Sports &...