Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Five Judicial Officers As Judges Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, has recommended the names of five Judicial Officers for appointment as Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.In its resolution dated October 17, 2023, the Collegium stated that the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in consultation with...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Four Advocates As Judges Of Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, has recommended the names of four advocates for appointment as Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.In its resolution dated October 17, 2023, the Collegium stated that the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court made the recommendation...

Order 22 Rule 4 CPC | Suit Filed Against Dead Person A Nullity, Substitution By LRs Not Permissible: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that when a suit is instituted against a dead person, it falls within the category of a ‘formal defect’ and the plaintiffs can be allowed to withdraw the suit with liberty to file a fresh suit. When the suit itself is a nullity owing to the fact that it has been instituted against dead persons, further substitution of them by legal...

S.167(2) CrPC | Non-Production Of Accused For Extension Of Judicial Custody Alone Wouldn’t Entitle Them To Default Bail: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently clarified that mere non-production of the accused at the time of extension of judicial custody does not automatically make them entitled to the grant of default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC. A single-judge bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Paliwal further explained that when the accused has not moved any application for grant of default bail before...

Trial Court Not Empowered Under CrPC To Stay Its Own Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has underscored that a trial court cannot stay its own proceedings in a criminal case and the adjudication of a connected civil case has no bearing on the proceedings in a criminal case.The single-judge bench of Justice Vivek Rusia held that the Criminal Procedure Code does not confer any authority on the trial court to stay its own proceedings in...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Asks Lawyer To Do 1-Hour Community Service For Restoration Of Case Dismissed For Non-Appearance

Observing that litigants shouldn’t be made to suffer for the fault of the lawyer engaged by them, the Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed the restoration of a criminal case filed in 2013 subject to the lawyer performing ‘one-hour community service’ at a Mercy Home.Justice Anand Pathak sitting at Gwalior also directed the applicant's counsel to submit an ‘experience report’ regarding...

Derogatory Remarks Against Judges: Madhya Pradesh High Court Convicts Octogenarian Law Journal Editor For Criminal Contempt Of Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently found an octogenarian law journal editor guilty of criminal contempt for making certain remarks against the judiciary through his publication. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra deemed it fit to impose a fine of Rs 4,000/- on Dr N.S. Poonia, the 85-year-old founder, editor and publisher of ‘Lost Justice’, citing...

‘Really Shocking, Trying To Harass Eligible Candidates’, High Court Pulls Up MP Public Service Commission For Misdirected Recruitment Process

In a significant order that has alleviated the concerns of eligible candidates, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has given strict directions to the State Public Service Commission (MPPSC) to comply with the High Court’s judgment in Vaishali Wadhwani and Others v. The State of Madhya Pradesh. While disposing the petition filed by one of the candidates, the high court observed that the conduct...

CCS Rules | Borrowing Institute And Not Parent Institute Can Initiate Disciplinary Action Against Employee On Deputation: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Clearing the air about the authority of a lending institute to conduct an enquiry on allegations pertaining to the period when the employee was on deputation, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the authority lies solely with the borrowing department as per Rule 20 of Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965.A single judge bench of Justice Maninder S....

Contracts Of Employment Not Specifically Enforceable When There Is No Element Of Statutory Governance: Madhya Pradesh High Court Reiterates

Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently made an observation that when contracts of employment are governed purely by the terms of the contract without any element of statutory governance, such contracts that determine the relationship between the master and the servant are not specifically enforceable.“This Court in WP No.29/2023 (Purushottam Suryabanshi Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh and...

Sidhi Urination Case: MP High Court Upholds Accused's NSA Detention, Says His One Act Threatened Peace & Tranquility In Entire State

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus plea filed by the wife of the accused detenu in Sidhi urination case, challenging his preventive detention. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra said the authorities have rightly complied with the provisions of the National Security Act, 1980 while initiating proceedings against Pravesh Shukla...

Wife Having A Degree Of Higher Education Can't Be Basis To Disentitle Her To Maintenance: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court last week observed that if a wife has a degree of higher education, it cannot be the basis of disentitling her to maintenance. A bench of Justice Prem Narayan Singh held so while upholding an order of the Family Court awarding maintenance of Rs.10,000/- per month to a wife. In its order, the Court pointed out that Section 125 of CrPC is a piece...