Madhya Pradesh High Court Imposes Rs 50,000 Cost On State For Taking Almost 10 years To Search Doctor’s ACRs For Deciding Higher Pay-Scale

Observing that serious efforts should have been made to search the missing Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs), the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore directed the State Government to consider the case of a retired doctor for grant of higher pay scale which was rejected earlier due to non-availability of ACRs.Justice Vivek Rusia further imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000/- on the State Government...

Sidhi Urination Case: Accused Pravesh Shukla's Wife Moves Madhya Pradesh High Court Challenging His NSA Detention

The wife of the Accused in the Sidhi Urination Case has moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the detention order passed against him under the National Security Act.Kanchan Shukla, wife of Accused-Pravesh Shukla, has averred in the Habeas Corpus plea that the detention order, passed by Sidhi District Collector doesn't indicate the right to make a representation against the order. It...

Damoh School Hijab Row: MP High Court Gives 4 Weeks To State Govt To Decide On School's Reply To Its Suspension Order

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur bench) recently directed the Competent authorities of the State Government to decide on the representation filed by Ganga Jamuna School (Damoh) in response to the Government's order suspending its recognition last month.The Damoh-based school is presently facing a probe by the state government on the allegations that the school management was forcing...

‘Works Contract’ Under Bhopal Municipal Corporation, Comes Under Madhya Pradesh Arbitration Tribunal . Court Cant Appoint An Arbitrator Under Section 11 Of A&C Act, 1996

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that the court cannot appoint an Arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) when an overriding remedy is available to the party under the Madhya Pradesh Madhyastam Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983.The bench of Justice Anand Pathak was dealing with an application filed under Section 11 of the A&C Act...

New Claim For Enhancement Of Compensation From NHAI Based On Subsequent Change Of Land Use ; Barred By Limitation : Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the cause of action for referring the dispute to arbitrator under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 arises on the date of the determination of the amount of compensation by the competent authority under Section 3G(1) of the Act. The bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke held that though there is no period of limitation provided...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction To CM To Not Make Any Promises To Public Due To State's 'Shabby' Financial Condition

Observing that it is a settled position that a PIL on the basis of newspaper reports is not maintainable, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the petition seeking a direction to the Chief Minister of the state to stop making any promises to the public due to alleged shabby financial condition of the State exchequer.The division bench of Justice S.A Dharmadhikari and Justice Hirdesh...

S. 375 IPC| '2013 Amendment Increasing Consent Age To 18 Years Has Disturbed Society's Fabric': MP HC Asks UOI To Consider Lowering It Back To 16

On Tuesday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court requested the Government of India to consider reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 in rape cases (as per Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code) to redress the injustice being caused to adolescent boys.The bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal made this appeal to the Central Govt as it opined that due to social media awareness and easy accessibility...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Married Woman To Terminate 16-Week-Old Pregnancy On Account Of ‘Irreconcilable’ Marital Discord

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently allowed a petition filed by a married woman seeking medical termination of pregnancy on the ground that she has lodged a criminal complaint against her husband for demand of dowry and cruelty and therefore, continuance of pregnancy would be averse to her physical and mental health.While granting relief to the lady, the Single Judge Bench of...

No Newly Married Wife Would Like To Ruin Her Matrimonial Home Until & Unless She Is Harassed: Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses To Quash 498A FIR

Observing that no newly married wife would like to ruin her matrimonial home unless she is harassed, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash an FIR filed by a woman against her husband and in-laws.“It is pertinent to mention that FIR has been lodged only within 08 months of marriage and no newly married wife would like to ruin her matrimonial home until and unless she is harassed...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death In 2019 For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has overturned the death penalty awarded by a trial court in a case involving the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl. The court observed that the investigation conducted by the authorities was carried out in an "extremely casual and cryptic manner".The bench of Justices Sujay Paul and A.K. Paliwal set aside the death sentence given to Vijay alias Pintiya,...

Manual Scavenging: Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Recent Death Of 2 Contract Workers Inside Sewer Hole

Observing that it is unfortunate that the persons employed to do the work in a sewer hole lost their lives, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the continuing manual scavenging in the state after the recent death of two workers in Gwalior.While issuing notice to the State, the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra said:“Even though there...

MP High Court Denies Relief To Ex-CM Digvijay Singh In Defamation Complaint Over His Alleged 'RSS/BJP-Pakistan's Detectives' Remark

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently refused to quash an order of the MP/MLA Court, Gwalior taking cognizance of a Defamation complaint filed against former state Chief Minister Digvijay Singh for his alleged remark that the BJP/RSS people are the detectives (jasoos) of Pakistan.The case in brief Essentially, a private complaint was filed by the respondent/Awdhesh Singh under Sections...