MP High Court Quashes Labour Court Order Allowing PWD Employee To Continue Service Post Retirement

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 7) set aside an order of the Labour court allowing a Public Works Department employee to continue service after his retirement. The court observed that the employee's claim of an alternate date of birth post-retirement could not be permitted as the employee had, with open eyes, signed various service documents which contained the disputed date...

MP High Court Denies Termination Of Rape Survivor's 9-Month Pregnancy; Directs CWC To Take Custody Of Child After 15 Days

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied permission to terminate a 9-month pregnancy of a rape survivor, noting that the fetus is in a live condition and would endanger the life of the survivor. The court also directed the Child Welfare Committee to take custody of the child within 15 days of its birth and to take every care and caution for the upbringing of the child. The bench of Justice...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: October 6 - October 12, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 210 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 218Nominal IndexManoj Kumar Ahuja v Gurmej Singh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 210Sandeep Singh Parihar v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 211Ashish Jain v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 212Rohit Pathak v Bar Council of India 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 213Babita Mor v Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 214M/s APS Enterprises v State of MP...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Pension Schemes For Advocates Practising For Over 35 Years

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently issued notices to the State Government, State Bar Council and the Bar Council of India on a public interest litigation plea seeking enactment of a welfare scheme for advocates who have completed 35 to 40 years of practice.The petitioner, Advocate Rajendra Shrivastava, claimed that while advocates contribute substantially to the legal profession, many...

Wife's Anger Doesn't Entitle Her To Tarnish Husband's Reputation With False Allegations Of Infidelity: MP High Court Grants Divorce

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that making baseless and false allegations of moral turpitude against one's spouse amounts to cruelty and can be a ground for divorce. The court also said that wife's anger does not entitle her to tarnish her husband's image by making baseless allegations and thus granted divorce to the husband, setting aside trial court decree which had granted...

Why Spend ₹500 Crore If No Flights? MP High Court Questions State For Neglecting Jabalpur Airport

The Madhya Pradesh High Court today slammed the state government for 'second-handed treatment' of Jabalpur, in respect of its flight connectivity to other major cities.The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf was hearing a petition filed by Nagrik Upbhokta Margdarshak Manch, highlighting that despite spending nearly ₹500 crores on upgrading the...

'Police Can't Test Veracity Of Witness Statements': MP High Court Slams IO For Trying To Discredit Testimonies, Summons SP

In a tragic accident that led to the death of a 3-year-old boy, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reprimanded the police over the conduct of the IO who instead of conducting an investigation, questioned the complainant and witnesses in a manner trying to discredit their testimonies. Directing the Superintendent of Police to be personally present on the next date of hearing, the high court stayed...

'Right To Practice Religion Has No Nexus With Particular Place': MP High Court Rejects Plea To Rebuild Ujjain's Takiya Masjid

Dismissing a plea seeking reconstruction of Ujjain's Takiya Masjid by litigants who used to offer namaaz there, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reiterated that right to practice religion has no nexus with a particular place and this right is not infringed by acquisition of a land having a mosque. The high court referred to Allahabad High Court's decision in Mohammad Ali Khan v Special...

Collector Can't Reopen Land Ownership After Decades Without Inquiry: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that in the absence of a specific limitation period under Section 50 of the MP Land Revenue Code, 1959, the mutation and ownership records cannot be reopened after decades under the guise of revisional power, that too without conducting any full-fledged enquiry.The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi held; "This Court has no hesitation to say that even if...

MP High Court Stays Coercive Action Against School Peon Transferred Over Allegations Of Religious Conversion

The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed authorities not to take any coercive action against a school peon who was transferred to a school 40 km away for allegedly converting to another faith and for influencing others to convert religion. Accordingly to the facts, the petitioner was appointed as a clerk in Madhyamik Vidyalaya Sultanpur by the Dhar District Collector on January 19, 2004. It...

Indore Truck Rampage: MP High Court Asks State About Road Safety & Traffic Regulation Measures Adopted After SC Directions

Taking note of Supreme Court's comprehensive directions regarding road safety and traffic regulation, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (October 10) directed the State Government to file an affidavit listing what measures are being taken to comply with the apex court's order. The court passed the order while hearing a suo-motu plea initiated regarding an incident where reportedly a...

MP High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Ujjain Municipal Commissioner For Failing To Explain Delay In Releasing Contractor's Security Deposit

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 7) summoned the Commissioner of Ujjain Municipal Corporation to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for failure to explain the delay in releasing a contractor's security deposit, despite explicit orders.The court was hearing a petition filed by CMM infrastructures seeking the release of security deposit that...