MP High Court Grants Interim Protection To Christian Missionary Allegedly Involved In Illegal Religious Conversion

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has issued an interim order protecting Dr Ajai Lall, the operator of a hospital in Damoh, from any further coercive action until the next hearing. This order comes amidst ongoing investigations and legal proceedings against Dr Lall, who has been charged with inter alia human trafficking, and illegal religious conversion.Dr. Ajai Lall, a...

Coparceners Cannot Alienate Any Specific Share Of Land Belonging To Hindu Joint Family Property Other Than Their Own Share: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has discussed the issue of the sale of a part of land belonging to a Hindu joint family property. The court adjudicated on the question of whether a specific piece of land, not being the share of a coparcener, can be alienated. In answering the question in the negative, Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia held that:“Although a coparcener or co-sharer can alienate to...

Legal Profession Not Commerical Activity, Lawyers Cannot Pressurise Court To Pass Favourable Orders To Recover Fees From Client: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has condemned a lawyer for making inappropriate comments and allegedly pressurising the court to pass favourable orders in order to recover legal fees from his clients. A single bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia held:The profession of an Advocate is not a business or commercial activity. They are supposed to put forward the case of their client by...

Trivial Domestic Matters Such As Not Preparing Food On Time, Making Husband Do Household Chores Is Not Abetment To Suicide: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore in a recent case on abetment of suicide observed that the allegations against the petitioner, such as not preparing food on time, compelling her husband to do household chores, and attending her brother's wedding, were trivial domestic issues which did not meet the threshold of "instigation" as defined under Section 107 of the IPC.Justice Hirdesh...

Accused Doesn't Have Right Of "Pre-Audience" To Dictate Manner Of Investigation: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has held that suspects or accused individuals cannot be given a pre-audience to determine the manner or agency of their investigation.Justice G. S. Ahluwalia passed the order in a plea by the petitioner seeking directions on the police to conduct a 'free and fair' investigation, even before an FIR was registered against him. The legal question...

[Prevention Of Corruption Act] Ability Of Accused To Influence Bribe Giver More Important Than His Competency To Do Favour: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that for conviction of an accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the major test is the ability of accused to induce the bribe giver to give illegal gratification by making demand and the impression in the mind of the bribe giver; not the competency of the accused to do a favour.Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia observed,"...whether the accused...

Breach Of Privacy: Madhya Pradesh High Court Declines Admission Of Unauthorised Recordings Of Wife's Conversations In Matrimonial Dispute

The Madhya Pradesh High Court bench has addressed the issue of the admissibility of electronic evidence recorded illegally in matrimonial disputes. Justice Gajendra Singh set aside a previous order by the Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Indore, which allowed the inclusion of an illegally recorded conversation as evidence. It was held that unauthorized recording breaches...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Replacement Of Contractual Vocational Trainers In Higher Secondary Schools

In an interim order passed recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court restrained the State government from appointing any new Vocational Trainers in place of already employed contractual employees in higher secondary schools. A single judge bench of Justice Vivek Jain in its August 2 order took note of a July 17 interim order passed by a coordinate bench of the high court which had in...

MP High Court Upholds Removal Of Additional District Judge Accused Of Taking Money To Grant Bail

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently upheld the removal of an Additional District Judge in connection with allegations of corruption. The decision, rendered by the bench of the Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf, affirms that there is no need to judicially review the findings of departmental enquiry, when due process followed and no perversity found.The...

High Court Orders State Govt To Convene Stakeholders' Meeting On Region & Industry-Wise Minimum Wage Classification In Madhya Pradesh

In a significant development, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to discuss the classification of minimum wages according to different regions and industries. This directive comes amidst ongoing deliberations about the fairness and applicability of a uniform minimum wage across diverse industrial zones...

Wife Cannot Be Denied Maintenance Merely Because She Is Educated: Madhya Pradesh High Court

In a recent decision, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, presided over by Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi has held that being educated does not disqualify an individual from receiving maintenance.The petitioner husband sought a revision under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, challenging the order by the Principal Judge of the Family Court in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. The...

MP High Court Dismisses Private Schools' Plea Against Fee Regulation By District Committee, Asks Parties To Appeal Before Committee

In a recent judgement on 30th of July, 2024, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur, directed private schools to seek alternative remedy regarding the regulation of fees by the district committee under the Madhya Pradesh Niji Vidyalaya (Fees Tatha Sambandhit Vishayon Ka Viniyaman) Adhiniyam 2017 (2017 Act).The single-judge bench of Justice Maninder S. Bhatti dismissed a series of...