Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking High Level Enquiry In Patwari Recruitment Scam; Imposes ₹10K Costs

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which sought high-level enquiry into an alleged scam in recruitment of Patwari by the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board, with rupees ten thousand costs.While finding the petition unmerited, the Division Bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Hirdesh observed,“In the facts and...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Proposes To Impose ₹10 Lakh Cost On Litigant For Filing Repetitive Petition

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has proposed to impose a cost of Rs 10 Lakhs on a litigant for filing a petition seeking the same relief, which had already been resolved earlier.“This is a clear case of abuse of the process of Court. The parties are the same, the lands are the same and the prayers are also the same. In spite of which, it appears that the petitioner has filed this...

'Can't Curtail Citizens' Right To Protest Peacefully': Madhya Pradesh High Court Junks PIL To Curb 'Hatred' Against Movie Adipurush

On Wednesday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur Bench) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking to curb 'hatred' being spread against the recently released movie Adipurush. The bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra said that the right to a peaceful opposition cannot be curtailed."So far as the plea of the petitioner that there is a lot of...

'More Than A Year Is Sufficient For A Prudent Woman To Realize If Marriage Promise Is False': MP High Court Quashes Rape Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior bench) has quashed an FIR as well as criminal proceedings against a man who was accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, observing that more than one year time is sufficient time for a "prudent woman" to realize as to whether the promise of marriage made by the accused is "false from its very inception or there is a possibility of breach...

‘Capable Of Making Conscious Decision’: Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Class XII Student's POCSO Case Against 30-Yr-Old Man

Observing that a person in the age group of 17-18 would be capable of making conscious decisions regarding his or her well-being, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a rape case against a 30-year-old. The case was filed by a class XII student, aged 17 years and 10 months, last year.“As per prosecution story, she is minor. This Court looking into the physical and mental development of...

Sidhi Urination Case: MP High Court Seeks State Govt's Reply In Plea Challenging NSA Detention Of Pravesh Shukla

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought the state government's response in a plea challenging the invocation of the National Security Act to detain Pravesh Shukla, who allegedly urinated on a tribal man in the Sidhi district of the state.A notice was issued to the State Government on July 17 by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra seeking its...

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...