Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Round Up: September 15 - September 21, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 188 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 193Nominal Index: Roop Singh Parihar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 188PU v State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 189Anil Patidar v Central Bureau of Investigation 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 190Subhas Sharma and Others v State of M.P. 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 191Sushil Verma v Madhya Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 192Parameshwari Developers Pvt Ltd v Suresh and Others 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 193MP High Court Calls For Disciplinary Inquiry Against Sessions Judge For Unduly Dropping Charges Against Govt Employee In Corruption CaseThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has called for inquiry and disciplinary action against a Sessions Judge for dropping charges invoked against a government employee— computer operator working in the land acquisition office, accused of embezzling ₹5 crores of public money.Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta observed that the Sessions Judge had discharged the accused from offences under Sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants), 467 (forgery of valuable securities), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (using forged documents as genuine), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 107 (abetment of offence) of IPC and Section 13 (1)(A)(criminal misconduct by a public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, without considering the facts of the case and to give him "undue advantage".Case Title: Roop Singh Parihar v State of Madhya Pradesh (MCRC-27465-2025)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 188MP High Court Orders Penal Action Against Woman For Falsely Accusing Senior Advocate Of Rape, Says She Snatched His Right To DignityThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered penal action against a woman, who falsely accused a Senior Advocate, having a standing of 20 years at the Bar, of committing rape upon her two year old daughter by breaking into their house at night.Justice Vishal Mishra was irked at the woman, who "did not care for the future of her own daughter", and was more interested in "settling her personal scores" with the senior counsel who refused to pursue her matter over moral grounds.Case Title: PU v State of Madhya Pradesh (2025:MPHC-JBP:44212)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 189MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Two Cops Accused Of Shielding Wanted Criminal By Staging His Fake Encounter In 2009The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to two cops booked for allegedly conspiring to shield a man by staging his fake encounter in 2009, after the man was found to be alive in 2012.Justice Subodh Abhyankar noted that Anil Patidar, one of the accused-cops, was not named by the witnesses as the person who forced them or persuaded them to wrongly identify the dead body as that of the criminal— Bansilal Gurjar.Case Title: Anil Patidar v Central Bureau of Investigation (M.CR.C. No.24925-2025)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 190MP High Court Suspends Life Sentence Of Man Convicted For Murder, Directs Him To Plant & Nurture 10 SaplingsThe Madhya Pradesh High Court suspended the life sentence of man convicted in a murder case, after noting that he had spent over 10 years in custody and two of his co-accused having spent similar time in custody had already been enlarged on bail.The court further directed the appellant to plant and nurture 10 fruit bearing/neem or peepal saplings.Case Title: Subhas Sharma and Others v State of M.P. (Cr.A. No.6089/2021)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 191MP High Court Urges Responsible Citizens & Professionals In Key Fields To Conduct Social Audit Of Orphanages, Old Age HomesThe Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (September 19), advocated for evolution and effective implementation of the concept of social audit calling it the need of the hour.The court was hearing an appeal challenging dismissal of a writ petition, where the appellant had sought promotion, due to non-appearance of his advocate.Case Title: Sushil Verma v Madhya Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (WA-2566-2025)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 192'Classic Instance Of Abdication Of Judicial Duty': Madhya Pradesh High Court Pulls Up Trial Court For Passing Non-Speaking OrderThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has strongly criticized the Trial Court for passing a non-speaking order while dismissing multiple applications by a party including those for substitution of parties (under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC) on the ground of absence of the party and its counsel.In doing so the high court observed that the trial court had "prima facie committed an illegality" by passing a non-speaking order demonstrating a classic instance of abdication of judicial duty.Case Title: Parameshwari Developers Pvt Ltd v Suresh and Others (MP-5129-2025)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 193

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Round Up: September 15 - September 21, 2025

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