Elderly Parents Can't Be Casually Restrained From Alienating Property; Children Must Show Prima Facie Coparcenary Rights: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that children cannot casually approach courts to prevent their aged parents from enjoying or dealing with their property.It thus affirmed an Appellate Court order, declaring two out of four properties of a father as coparcenary and vacating the injunction restraining his right to deal with or alienate the properties.The bench of Justice Vivek Jain held...

Disputes Over Financial Settlements, Plot Transfers Are Matters For Civil Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes FIR

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR for cheating and criminal breach of trust, observing that disputes arising out of commercial transactions, including financial settlements and plot transfers, are matters that should be adjudicated in a civil court.The bench of Justice BP Sharma observed; "In the present matter, the relationship between the parties was admittedly that of...

MP High Court Orders Probe Into Coal India Rehabilitation Jobs Allegedly Secured Through 'Marriage' With Landowners' Daughters

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered an inquiry into appointments secured under the land acquisition rehabilitation scheme of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (subsidiary of Coal India), noting that certain individuals have allegedly secured employment by marrying daughters of tribal landowners (who were entitled to jobs in lieu of acquisition) and later abandoned the marriage after...

MP High Court Slams Police For 'Casual Investigation' In Road Accident Which Claimed 5 Lives, Grants Bail To Driver For Lack Of Evidence

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted bail to a man accused of driving a vehicle which claimed the lives of 5 labourers and injured 11 at a construction site, observing that the investigation was carried out in a "casual manner" and that no direct incriminating material prima facie implicated the man. The bench of Justice Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar observed;"It is unfortunate that a...

Blackbucks Death Case | Habeas Corpus Plea Not Maintainable After Bail Rejection: MP High Court Reiterates

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a man alleging illegal detention in the case concerning the death of two Blackbucks, holding that such a plea is not maintainable when the petitioner's bail application was already rejected by this court. The division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi observed; "In the case at hand also,...

Bhojshala Case | Intervenor Tells MP High Court Dhar State Was Competent Authority To Grant Namaz Rights In 1935; Verdict Reserved

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (May 12) reserved orders in the batch of petitions concerning the Bhojshala Temple Kamal Maula Mosque dispute.During the hearing, one of the intervenors submitted before the Division Bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi that the Dhar State was a competent authority at the time and therefore, the arrangement passed by it...

Govt Employee Entitled To Seek Own ACR Under RTI, State Cannot Deny Information On Privacy Grounds: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an employee is entitled to seek copies of their own Annual Confidential Reports under the Right to Information Act, if no other alternative remedy is left and the State cannot deny such information by invoking the privacy exemption under the Act. The bench of Justice Deepak Khot observed; "the applicant has no option except to apply under RTI and in...

Access To Potable Water Is Part Of Article 21, State Can't Evade Responsibility: MP High Court Directs Pipeline Connectivity For Gwalior Colony

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the State authorities cannot avoid their obligation to provide basic civic amenities by shifting the burden among themselves, especially in matters concerning access to potable drinking water which is an integral part of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution. The court thus directed the MP Jal Nigam to ensure pipeline connectivity for...

MP High Court Accepts Apology Of Lawyer Who Said Only Clients Of Senior Advocates Get Bail; Issues Caution

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has cautioned an Advocate who had claimed that the court only grants bail to accused persons represented by Senior Advocates and not Junior Advocates, while accepting his apology. The bench of Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed; "Considering the aforesaid, when Shri Saini tendered his apology, this Court is not inclined to initiate contempt proceeding against...

Public Shaming Of Accused Violates Article 21: MP High Court Orders Inquiry Into Alleged 'Deliberate And Malicious' Parading By Cops

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Raisen's Superintendent of Police to conduct a preliminary enquiry into allegations that police personnel 'deliberately and maliciously' subjected the petitioner and other co-accused persons to a public parade.The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed that to establish a violation under Article 21, the petitioner ought to have proved that...

MP High Court Judge Cycles To Court Following PM Modi's Appeal To Cut Down Fuel Consumption

Justice Dwarka Dhish Bansal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was recently seen cycling, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for fuel conservation amid the rising global energy crisis linked to ongoing tensions between the US and Iran.An Instagram reel posted by Free Press Journal captured the judge riding a bicycle and sharing his thoughts on the initiative. Justice Bansal said that...

No 'Concrete Proof' Of Temple At Bhojshala Site, 1935 Notification Permitting Namaz Valid: Muslim Side Tells MP High Court

In the ongoing proceedings over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute, Qazi Zakullah— one of the petitioners from the Muslim community, argued that there was no concrete proof that a temple existed at the disputed site. The petitioner further argued that the Alaan of August 1935 issued by the Dhar Ruler granting the right to offer Namaz at the site was a valid document, as...