Investigation 'Swayed' By Farmers Plight, Not Evidence: MP High Court Quashes FIR Against Traders For Alleged Failure To Pay Farmers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR against two traders accused of cheating farmers in Rajgarh District, observing that the investigative agency was apparently swayed by the plight of the farmers rather than proving a prima facie case for the offences alleged. Justice Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar observed:"Apparently, both the parties consensually agreed for the sale and purchase of crops...

Relationship Began Before She Took Admission: MP High Court Reinstates Professor Accused Of Sexually Harassing Student

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside the termination of a professor from the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University accused of sexually harassing and exploiting a female student, after noting that the relationship between the two was going on prior to her admission in 2021. Quashing the charges of sexual harassment, the court directed his reinstatement into service "forthwith"....

MP High Court Seeks Report On Service Of Notices To Newspapers, Social Media Platforms Over OBC Youth Foot-Washing Video

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (October 31) directed its Registry to clarify whether notices were issued to the newspapers, YouTube channels and other social media platforms that are stated to have published a video and news reports showing an OCB Youth allegedly compelled to wash the feet of another person. The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar...

Railways Failure To Halt Overcrowding By Ticketless Persons Is Contributory Negligence, Liable For Genuine Passenger's Death: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Railway's failure to prevent ticketless and unauthorised persons from boarding a train amounts to contributory negligence, rendering it liable to compensate the dependents of a bona fide passenger who died due to overcrowding. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed; "The Railways is obligated under Sections 123(c) and 124A of the Railways...

'Shocking': MP High Court Takes Suo-Motu Cognizance Of News Report On Felling Of 488 Trees Near Bhopal Without Permission

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (October 29), took suo motu cognizance of a news report published in the Times of India, as which the Public Works Department (PWD) had felled 488 trees near Bhopal without taking requisite permissions. The court also restrained any further felling or pruning of trees in the area except through permission granted by the state appointed committee...

Private Parts Blurred, No Obscenity: MP High Court Dismisses Plea Against Dainik Bhaskar For Allegedly Publishing Photo Of Naked Woman

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed against the Chief Editor of Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper for allegedly running an ad featuring a photo of a nude woman.Justice Achal Kumar Paliwal noted that though the body of the lady shown in the advertisement did not have any clothes, the breast and genital parts were sufficiently blurred, and some words were also written on...

State Becomes Repository Of Public Faith When Inviting Tenders, Must Act With Utmost Fairness & Transparency: MP High Court

In a tender dispute relating to the construction of a residential-cum-commercial project in Gwalior, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the State, while inviting tenders, acts as a repository of public faith and must therefore conduct the process with the highest standard of fairness and transparency.The court emphasized that cancelling a tender after its completion and restarting...

MP High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Tobacco Company For Stalling GST Proceedings

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed ₹2 lakh costs on an Indore-based tobacco company for attempting to stall the proceedings initiated against it by the GST authorities.The company came came under the scanner of the Director General of GST Intelligence back in May 2020, following an investigation into large-scale tax evasion in the pan masala and tobacco industry in Indore.The...

MP High Court Grants Divorce To Husband After Wife Makes False Allegations Of Alcohol Addiction

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted a decree of divorce to a man on the grounds of cruelty, observing that the wife made false allegations of alcohol addiction against him. In doing so, the court set aside the judgment and decree of the Family Court of Mandla, which rejected the husband's divorce petition on grounds of desertion and cruelty. The division bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash Forgery FIR Against Government Officer Following Journalist's Complaint

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the plea of a government officer who sought to quash an FIR accusing him and his driver of forgery, after a journalist filed a complaint stating that forged complaints in his name were sent to the Transport Minister and the Transport Commissioner.The bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke observed, "Upon careful scrutiny of the FIR and...

Govt School Teachers Challenge App-Based Attendance System, MP High Court Directs State To Verify Training And Infrastructure Claims

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State and government teachers to file their affidavits on whether any training was provided to the teachers to mark their attendance on the "Humare Shikshak" app, and if so, whether the teachers participated in the same or not. The bench also directed the teachers to file individual affidavits indicating whether they attempted to mark...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: October 13 - October 19, 2025

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 219 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 226Nominal IndexX v Y 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 219Prosecutrix X v State P 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 220Public Works Department v Panna 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 221Shivram Chaudhary v Verendra Kumar Mishra 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 222Smt Saroj v Rajendra Prasad Patel 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 223V v SS 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 224Rambhuvan Gautam v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 225Karan...