How Is PIL Maintainable? MP High Court Remarks On Plea Against Legal Service Entity Using Celebrity Promotion, Online Ads

While hearing a PIL filed by certain lawyers challenging the alleged commercialization of legal services by an entity through sponsored online advertisements and celebrity-led promotions, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (September 2) orally asked the petitioners as to how a PIL was maintainable. During the hearing, a division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Binod...

MP High Court Rejects Congress MLA's Plea Against Speaker's Inaction On Disqualification Of BJP MLA For 'Defection'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (September 1), dismissed a plea by Congress MLA Umang Singhar against alleged inaction of the Assembly's Speaker on adjudicating Singhar's plea for disqualification of BJP MLA from Bina constituency Nirmla Sapre "on the ground of committing defection".Justice Pranay Verma, presiding at the high court bench at Indore, in his order noted that the place...

MP High Court Judge Recuses From Illegal Mining Case After BJP MLA Attempts To Contact Him

Justice Vishal Mishra of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (September 01) recused from an illegal mining case, stating that BJP MLA from Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency— Sanjay Pathak, tried to call him to have a discussion regarding the case. Justice Mishra stated,"Mr. Sanjay Pathak has made an attempt to call me to have discussion regarding this particular matter, therefore, I...

MP High Court Rejects PIL Alleging Preferential Treatment To 'VIPs' At Mahakaleshwar Temple

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL alleging that the management committee of Ujjain's Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple permitted entry inside the Garbhagriha (innermost sanctum) only to "so-called VIPs" to offer water to the deity, while denying access to the general public. The petitioner claimed that such conduct by the temple administrator was discriminatory and arbitrary.However,...

Poor Air Connectivity Hampers Lawyers' Access To HC Benches And Supreme Court: Law Student Tells MP High Court

In the ongoing PIL seeking to increase air connectivity to Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (August 28) allowed an intervention application filed by a final year law student highlighting the difficulties faced by lawyers and litigants due to poor flight connectivity from Jabalpur to its benches at Indore and Gwalior, as well as to the Supreme Court in Delhi.In his plea, the...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Warns Advocate For Using 'Indecent Language' Regarding Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court accepted a lawyer's apology for using indecent language during proceedings and further warned him of appropriate action if he uses indecent language again in future in court. The bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal observed; "During the course of arguments, learned counsel for applicant has used indecent language regarding Court for which he tendered...

'Trial Courts Consistently Failing To Perform Judge's Duties Despite Regular Training': MP High Court While Acquitting Rape Convict

The Madhya Pradesh High Court overturned the conviction passed by the Trial Court under the POCSO Act, noting that the trial court had 'committed several irregularities'. The court noted that the trial court failed to take 'cognizance of ossification test report available on record and, secondly, it did not pose questions under Section 313 of Cr.P.C. to the accused/applicant on the basis of...

Can't Curtail Right To Education: MP High Court Allows 'Extraordinary' 11-Yr-Old's Provisional Admission To Class 9 Despite Being 'Underage'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the fundamental right to education envisioned under Article 21 of the Constitution cannot be curtailed merely by imposing conditions regarding age limit. It thus directed provisional admission of an 11-year-old student, who was denied admission to Class IX on the grounds of being underage as per the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The...

MP High Court Directs Release Of PG Medical Student's Original Documents Who Challenged ₹30 Lakh Seat Leaving Penalty

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order permitted release of the original documents to a postgraduate medical student who has challenged the enforcement of Rs. 30 Lakh as a seat leaving penalty by a medical college where he was admitted in MD (Physiology) Course.The student sought to withdraw from the course after receiving an offer to pursue a Ph.D at the University of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 142 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 169Nominal Index:X v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 142M/s Hindustan Equipment Pvt. Ltd. v. State of M.P. 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 143Ayyub Lala v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 144Ashok Airen v Family Welfare and Agriculture Department 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 145Ram Das Sahu v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 146Dileep Mehto v Union of India...

Law Does Not Prevent An Adult Woman From Living With A Married Man: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court said that there is no law which prevents an adult woman to live with married man adding that she has the right to choose with whom she wishes to live with. The court noted that she had 'a mind of her own and the right to make a decision, whether right or wrong, with regard to the person with whom she wants to live', adding that the court cannot "pontificate...

MP High Court Orders FIR Against Congress MLA Arif Masood For Allegedly Forging Documents To Secure Affiliation For College

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed registration of an FIR against Congress MLA Arif Masood, the secretary of the governing body of Aman Education Society which operates Indira Priyadarshani College, for allegedly securing and continuing the affiliation of the college through forged documents for nearly two decades.Noting that 'Arif Masood maybe politically well connected', the high...