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MP High Court Orders State To Restore Check Posts To Curb Overloading, Says Breach Of Undertakings Given In PIL Amounts To Contempt

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State government to reinstate check posts aimed at preventing vehicle overloading, observing that the State's failure to honour its undertakings on the subject previously submitted in a Public Interest Litigation raises serious concerns and that such a breach may amount to contempt of court. Thus, the bench of Justice Vishal Mishra...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Private School Officials Over Unauthorised Fee Hike, Book Supply Irregularities

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash FIRs against the authorities of private unaided schools in Jabalpur, who are accused of steeply increasing fees and compelling parents to purchase books with fake or duplicate ISBNs from selected vendors at inflated prices. The bench of Justice BP Sharma observed; "Such conduct, when viewed in conjunction with the exclusive supply mechanism...

MP High Court Refuses To Enforce US Court Custody Order; Says Childs Welfare Prevails Over Foreign Decree

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to enforce an order passed by a Texas Court granting custody of two minor children to their father, holding that the welfare of the children is paramount and outweighs the binding force of a foreign decree. The division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi observed, "In relation to the impact of an order of a Foreign...

State Excluding Long-Term Contract, Outsourced Workers From Regularisation Policy For Daily Wagers Irrational: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the State's exclusion of long term contractual and outsourced employees from its regularisation policy for daily wage workers is irrational, directing the authorities to appropriately classify such workers and extend corresponding pay and service benefits to them. The bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat directed; "...since petitioners are being...

MP High Court Reinstates Election Of BJP Municipal Council President, Rejects Claim Of Unlawful Votes From Congress Councillors

The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the Election Tribunal's decision which had annulled the returning candidate's election–who belongs to the BJP–as Multai Municipal Council's President on the allegation that there was cross voting wherein the successful candidate got votes from Councillors of Congress party. In doing so the court held that the Tribunal had engaged in "moral policing"...

MP High Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Probe Over Indore Councillors Refusal To Sing Vande Mataram

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Thursday (April 16), issued notice to respondents in a public interest litigation seeking a probe into the conduct of two elected representatives of the Indore Municipal Corporation, who allegedly refused to participate in the singing of the National Song, 'Vande Mataram'. The division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi observed;...

No Sudden Or Immediate Financial Crisis: MP High Court Dismisses Plea For Compassionate Appointment 20 Years After Fathers Death

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied the petition of a son seeking compassionate appointment more than 20 years after his father's death, observing that the family had endured 20 years without the benefit of compassionate appointment and therefore the appointment cannot be said to be in a sudden or immediate financial crisis. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice...

Does Not Promote Enmity: MP High Court Grants Bail To Men Accused Of Posting Instagram Reel Supporting Iran

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to two men accused of posting an Instagram reel supporting Iran, observing that the reel did not promote enmity between different groups but only shows a protest in favour of a country presently at war with the USA. Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed; "The material placed in the case diary shows that the offence has been registered against...

Instagram Chat Encryption Row | Approach Data Protection Board First MP High Court To PIL Petitioner; Seeks Order By May 5

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed a petitioner challenging Meta/Instagram's recent decision to discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging from May 8, to first approach the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI).A bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi further directed the DPBI to pass a "reasoned and speaking order" within 15 days of receiving...