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A woman advocate challenged the Rewa Bar Association Elections claiming that there was no reservation of 30 per cent for women candidates in violation of the Supreme Court’s directions.
A petition was filed against widening of NH 46 as it passes through an important tiger and wildlife corridor, and any construction was likely to affect the movement of wild animals.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that to show that consent was vitiated by a misconception of fact based on a promise to marry, it must be proven that the promise was false from the outset, made in bad faith, and directly influenced the woman’s decision to engage in the sexual act.
The present writ petition was filed by an advocate seeking provision of amenities for specially abled persons to access the Court premises.
The petitioner contended that 499 schools were inadequately staffed and 102 schools had no teachers available.
The Court noted that the State’s report did not mention the complete afforestation area and the number of trees that could be accommodated there. Further, a part of that area was adjacent to a city forest, i.e., trees already existed there.
At the outset, the Court remarked that the subject case was one of the most shocking cases in the medical history where as many as 30 children died by alleged consumption of the Coldrif cold syrup.
The Court directed that no tree shall be cut, pruned or transplanted in any manner in Madhya Pradesh except with the prior permission of the Committee constituted by the NGT and the Tree Officer concerned till the next date of hearing.
“Giving institutional preference in the first round would most likely entail filling up all the postgraduate seats from the institutional candidates who have qualified for MBBS from colleges within MP, as the number of postgraduate seats is far less than MBBS seats.”
“Clearly, it appears that respondents are not interested in protecting or transplanting any tree but are, in a rampant manner, cutting and destroying the entire vegetation that is coming in the way of alleged development.”
“The corpus is a bright child and wishes to pursue her studies and even attend civil services examination.”
Upon perusal of the status report filed by the Amicus Curiae, the Court held that despite the order passed by the Court, sufficient action had not been taken by the authorities to prevent recurrence of similar incidents.
Umang Singhar filed the present petition because the disqualification petition was not yet decided by the Speaker since June 2025.
“The photographs placed on record of alleged transplanted trees show that none of the trees have been transplanted, rather the trees have been cut completely.”
The Court remarked that the news article displayed a shocking state of affairs wherein 488 trees were sought to be axed despite the NGT declining such an action and repeated orders by the Court.
The petitioner contended that the live streams of court proceedings were being misused by several private entities in creating reels, clips, and memes, which were derogatory and wrongfully portrayed the legal fraternity.
“The right of personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has held that unmarried woman has right to decide in respect of the pregnancy.”
“The High Court can interfere with the order of punishment only in case of violation of the provisions of rules or principles of natural justice are proved.”
“Cases of missing persons are to be registered under the regular provisions of the Penal Code and the Police officials concerned are bound to investigate the same in the manner prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure.”
When the NGT passed the impugned order, the injured persons were not identified, nature of injuries was not determined and damage to houses and displacement of persons was also not identified or determined.