'Listed 22 Times, Yet No Compliance': MP High Court Orders Imprisonment Of Govt Officials For Contempt In Service Matter

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sentenced the Medical and Health Department officials for failing to comply with its orders, observing that the matter had been listed as many as 22 times without compliance with the previous court order. The bench of Justice Pranay Verma observed; "The petition has been listed for the 22 nd time, and still the order has not been complied with. As per...

Liquor Business Is Not A Fundamental Right: MP High Court Upholds License Suspension Of Distilleries

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the suspension of multiple licenses held by Som Distilleries, observing that the liquor trade is not a fundamental right and is subject to strict statutory regulations. The bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal observed; "Firstly, liquor business is not a fundamental right and secondly, when the test of proportionality is applied, then on that touchstone...

Quashing Of Subsequent FIR Doesn't Extinguish PMLA Proceedings If Earlier FIR Subsists: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while quashing a petition filed by a milk manufacturer and exporter, has held that proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act can continue even if a subsequent FIR is quashed, provided an earlier FIR forming the basis of the alleged offence is subsisting. The bench of Justice BP Sharma observed; "In view of the foregoing analysis, this Court holds...

MP High Court Halts Rewa District Bar Association Election Over Non-Compliance With SC Order On 30% Women Representation In Bar Bodies

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (March 25) restrained the District Bar Association Rewa from conducting elections till further orders, citing non-compliance with the Supreme Court's January decision mandating 30% women's reservation in the executive committee of the Bar Association. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: March 16 - March 22, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 78 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 83Nominal IndexHemant Yogi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 78Dayashankar Pandey v His Excellency, the President of India 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 79Ram Swaroop v Harimohan Singh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 80Rameshchandra v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 81Ashok Gurjar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 82Sarang Raghuwanshi...

'Complete Absurdity': MP High Court Questions Sparse Wildlife Passage Under Proposed NH-46 Tiger Corridor, Summons Officials

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (March 23), summoned the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the National Board for Wildlife to explain the integrated landscape management plan proposed for the NH-46 Highway widening project, which crosses a critical wildlife corridor connecting Satpura and Melghat Tiger Reserves. The bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...

Exclusion In Section 2(2) HMA Not A License For Tribals To Practice Or Justify Polygamy Without Proven Tradition: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that the statotory exclusions provided to Scheduled Tribes under Section 2(2) of the Hindu Marraige Act, 1955 cannot be used to justify polygamy in absence of proven customary practices. The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed;"The purpose of Section 2(2) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 is to protect the tribal traditions and beliefs. However, it cannot...

MP High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Flaws In Driving License Issuance Process, Road Safety Failure

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice on a petition alleging systemic failures in road safety, including alleged irregularities in issuance of driving licenses, faulty road construction and lack of accountability among authorities. The petition states that the RTO issues hundreds of driving licenses each day. Assuming that each test takes approximately 15 minutes, the petition...

'Unfortunate': MP High Court Laments IAS Officer Blindly Passing Order In Illegal Mining Case Without Verifying Facts, Imposes Costs

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a penalty order passed by the Chhindwara Collector, holding that the authority acted mechanically by blindly accepting the Mining Officer's report without verifying the underlying facts, thereby wrongly fastening the liability on an unrelated person. The division bench of Justice Viviek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal observed; "The petitioner has...

Compliance With S.41A CrPC Notice Ordinarily Bars Arrest: MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In Police Constable Recruitment Scam

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of acting as a middleman between Police Constable Recruitment candidates and impersonators to facilitate the illegal selection, observing that compliance with the notice under Section 41A CrPC generally operates as a bar to arrest. For context, Section 41A of the CrPC mandates a police officer to issue a notice...

Assurance Of Jobs For Money Amounts To Cheating, Not Criminal Breach Of Trust: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (March 18), upheld a conviction of cheating (Section 420 of IPC) against a man who impersonated as the former Collector of Neemuch and fraudulently convinced job aspirants to pay him ₹2 lakh each with false assurances of securing public employment, observing that his conduct amounted to cheating and not criminal breach of trust. The bench of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: March 09 - March 15, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 72 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 77Nominal IndexRamniwas Rawat v. Mukesh Malhotra 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 72Ramniwas Rawat v Mukesh Mahotra 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 73Bansh Mani Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 74Rakesh Pandey v Rishiraj Mishra 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 75Dinesh Dixit v Rakesh Singh Baghel 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 76X v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 77MP...