'Disclose Social Media Passwords, Provide Body Fluids, Blood Samples If Required By IO': MP High Court Directs Accused Seeking Bail

Granting anticipatory bail to a man booked under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.), the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently imposed some unusual bail conditions on him. A bench of Justice Devnarayan Mishra directed the accused (Murli Manohar Soni) to cooperate with the investigating agency, submit all electronic gadgets,...

Anticipatory Bail Plea Maintainable Even If Chargesheet Shows Accused As Declared Absconder: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court while answering a reference made by a single judge, clarified that an anticipatory bail plea is maintainable even if the chargesheet filed shows the accused as a declared absconder. The court further ruled that an anticipatory bail plea is maintainable even when proceedings under CrPC Section 82 (Proclamation for person absconding) &...

Unregulated Chemicals In Diagnostics: High Court Orders Centre, State To Submit List Of NABL Accredited Path Labs Within Madhya Pradesh

While hearing a PIL concerning use of unregulated chemicals, re-agents, salts for medical diagnostics in pathological labs across the country, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Central and State authorities to provide list of pathological labs accredited to National Accreditation Board For Testing And Calibration Laboratories (NABL) within the State. The court also asked...

'Illegality' In Recognizing Colleges: Madhya Pradesh HC Slams Director CFSL's Casual Response On Missing CCTV/Files Of State Nursing Council

In a PIL claiming irregularities in granting recognition to nursing colleges, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressed its displeasure with the "lethargic and casual response" by Director, Central Forensic Science Laboratory with respect to non-production of a report on missing CCTV footage and the files on enrolment of students in colleges.The court further said the...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Imposes 25K Cost On State Over 'Cryptic' Externment Order

While quashing a 'cryptic' externment order passed by District Magistrate, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State to pay a cost of Rs 25,000 to the petitioner who was externed from the district of Chhindwara and neighbouring districts for a period of three months.The court termed the impugned order as cryptic and that it has been passed in an arbitrary and illegal manner as...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Interim Age Relaxation To EWS Candidates Filling 2025 UPSC CSE Form

In a plea on age limit relaxation for EWS category in UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High court in an interim order permitted EWS candidates to fill the form and directed the UPSC to extend the age relaxation benefit to them, in view of the fact that the form submission window was closing on February 18. The petitioner sought to quash...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Lays Down SOP For Termination Of Pregnancy Upto & Beyond 24 Weeks In Sexual Assault Cases

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a suo motu reference petition, laid down standard procedures for termination of pregnancies up to 24 weeks and for pregnancies exceeding 24 weeks in cases concerning rape and sexual assault.The court took up the matter in view of divergent decisions passed by the single judge benches at Indore concerning termination of pregnancies under...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Orders Trial Runs To Dispose Of Union Carbide's Toxic Waste Material At Pithampur

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (February 18) directed the State to conduct the first trial run to dispose of 10 metric tonne of Union Carbide's waste material, at Pithampur facility on February 27 by taking all protocols into consideration. The court has said that for the trial run, 30 metric ton of waste will be disposed in three lots of 10 metric tonne each.The division bench of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Rebukes Sub Divisional Officer Over Handwritten, Illegible Orders Passed In Election Petition

In a petition challenging concerned Sub-divisional Officer's order which closed the litigant's right to produce witnesses in an election case, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High said that the SDO had taken the judicial proceedings in a "casual manner" after noting that the officer's handwritten order sheets were "absolutely illegible". The court thus directed the SDO not to...

Wife In Love With Someone Else Without Any Physical Relations Is Not Adultery: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that merely because the wife is in love with someone else is not enough to prove adultery on her part to deny her maintenance. The Court categorically held that for sexual intercourse is necessary for adultery.“From Section 144(5) of the BNSS/125(4) of the Cr.P.C. it is clear that only if the wife is proved to be living in adultery, then the...

Burden Of Cases Over Courts Can't Be Ignored: MP High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Nursing College For Filing Frivolous Petition

While dismissing a review petition filed by a Nursing College seeking grant of recognition, the Madhya Pradesh High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000 on the petitioner-college for wasting court's time by filing frivolous petitions and applications.The court also remarked that the petition has been drafted very carelessly and without any sensible approach.The division bench of Justice...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Rape Accused To Handover All Electronic Gadgets, Password Of Social Media Accounts For Investigation

While granting anticipatory bail to a rape accused, the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed him to handover all his electronic gadgets along with the password of his all social media platforms to the investigating agency. The court also directed the applicant to submit all documents and intimate pictures of the victim to the investigating agency and the victim.The single judge bench of...