Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 05 - January 11, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 8Nominal Index Rakesh Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3Vickramh Kkalmady v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 4Naresh Chandra Agrawal v. Income Tax Department & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 5Anil Kumar Mishra v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 6SM v State 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 7Maharaj Singh Yadav v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 8Court Stenos, Readers Who Underwent Computer Training Between 2006–2014 Entitled To Advance Increment: MP High CourtThe Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (January 5), held that the benefit of one advance increment must be extended to all Class III judicial employees who had undergone computer knowledge training between February 6, 2006, to September 29, 2014, as a right has been accrued in their favour.Case Title: Rakesh Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh [WP-16081-2020]Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3MP High Court Directs School To Include Father's Name In Child's Records, Says Marital Dispute Can't Undermine His Parental RightsThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Little Angels High School in Gwalior to update a child's school records to include the name of his biological father, observing that marital dispute between parents cannot undermine the parental rights of the biological father.Case Title: Vickramh Kkalmady v State of Madhya Pradesh [Writ Appeal No.2559/2025]Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 4Income Declared Under VDIS Can Still Be Scrutinised If Higher Income Is Found: Madhya Pradesh High CourtThe High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur recently held that declaring income under the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme, 1997 does not stop the income tax department from checking whether the correct income was disclosed, even though the scheme protects the assessee from being questioned about the source of that income.A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal said that VDIS gives only limited immunity. “The assessee is only protected from disclosing the source of income, but as per the Scheme, the correct income is also liable to be disclosed,” it observed.Case Title: Naresh Chandra Agrawal v. Income Tax Department & Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 5, 2025 LLBiz HC(MP) 1MP High Court Grants Bail To Former Bar President Over Protest Against Installation Of Ambedkar Statue In HC Premises At GwaliorThe Madhya Pradesh High Court (at Gwalior) on Wednesday (January 7) granted bail to former President of the High Court Bar Association Anil Mishra, who was arrested in connection with a protest held in the city, allegedly against installation of a statue of BR Ambedkar within the high court premises at Gwalior.Case Title: Anil Kumar Mishra v State of Madhya Pradesh [W.P. No. 2 of 2026]Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 6Forced Unnatural Sex By Husband Is Cruelty U/S 498A IPC, But Not Rape Due To Marital Exception: MP High CourtThe Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a husband's petition seeking quashment of FIR, observed that while forced unnatural sex by a husband upon his adult wife cannot be prosecuted as rape under Section 376, it would amount to cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.Case Title: SM v State [MCRC-54650-2023]Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 7Long Possession Of Public Land Without Title Doesn't Confer Right To Seek Injunction: Madhya Pradesh High CourtThe Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (January 9), dismissed Public Health Engineering Department official's plea claiming possession over public land, holding that mere long possession over land without any lawful authority does not confer any enforceable rights or entitle the person to protection orders.Case Title: Maharaj Singh Yadav v State of Madhya Pradesh [MP-7495-2025]Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 8

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