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Motor Accident | Dependants Pecuniary Loss Cant Be Denied Merely Because Family Business Continued After Death: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that dependants cannot be denied pecuniary loss suffered by them due to the demise of the earning member in a motor accident, merely because the pathology establishment the deceased was associated with was continued by another family member. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 401]The bench of Justice Ramkumar Choubey further rejected the presumption that the dependants...

Elected Panchayat Member Has No Enforceable Right To Seek Departmental Action Against Employee: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an elected member of the Panchayat has no enforceable right to seek a writ of mandamus for initiating departmental action against an employee. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 400]Emphasizing that a writ of mandamus is used for the enforcement of a legal right and corresponding statutory/public duty, the bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed:"The fact that...

Consensual Relationship Not Conclusive Entitlement To Anticipatory Bail In False Promise To Marry Case U/S 69 BNS: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the accused's assertion that the relationship between the parties was consensual cannot, by itself, be treated as a conclusive entitlement to seek anticipatory bail under Section 69 BNS (sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means or false promise to marry). [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 399]The bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari...

Mahakumbh Fame Woman Gets Relief as MP High Court Quashes Birth Certificate Correction Order

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted relief to a young woman who rose to prominence during the 2025 Mahakumbh, setting aside the order by which authorities had cancelled her earlier birth certificate and altered her date of birth from January 1, 2008, to December 30, 2009. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 398]Directing the authority to reconsider her father's plea seeking correction of birth record...

Court Not A Mouthpiece Of Prosecution, Has To Consider Board Probabilities Of Case At Charge Framing Stage: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that while considering the framing of charges, a court cannot merely act as the 'mouthpiece of the prosecution' and must consider the broad probabilities of the case. Dismissing a criminal appeal filed by the State against the order of the Special Judge (SC/ST Act) discharging the accused, the bench of Justice Alok Awasthi observed:"considering the matter...

Borrowing Department Cant Take Disciplinary Action After Employee Is Repatriated To Parent Department: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a borrowing department can exercise disciplinary powers against a government employee deputed to it only so long as the employee-employer relationship between the borrowing department and the deputed employee subsists. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 395]Observing that disciplinary action cannot be taken against the employee once the employee is repatriated to...

Budget Constraints Cant Justify Indefinite Withholding Of Admitted Dues: MP High Court Orders ₹5 Lakh Payment

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that administrative or budgetary difficulties cannot justify withholding payment of completed work to a contractor. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 394]Directing the State to release ₹5 lakhs to the contractor along with 6% annual interest, the bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke observed,"It is well settled that a person who has completed the work entrusted to...

Twisha Sharma Case: MP High Court Directs Giribala Singh To Amend Bail Plea After CBI Drops Dowry Death Charge, Adds Suicide Abetment

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed retired judge Giribala Singh to amend her regular bail plea in the case relating to unnatural death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma, after the CBI dropped the dowry death charge against her and instead charged her with abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).33-year-old Twisha was found dead at her matrimonial...

Repatriation Of Deputationist Without Prior Hearing Valid If No Stigma Or Adverse Civil Consequence: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a deputationist can be repatriated to his parent department without prior notice or an opportunity of hearing where the order does not cast any stigma or impose any adverse civil consequence. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 393]The bench of Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat observed,"A deputationist can be repatriated to his parent Department, particularly when...