Contractual employment not enforceable when contract lacks statutory governance: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that the petitioner had been absent for an extended period, both before and after the court’s interim orders.
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Explained | Supreme Court’s verdict on evidentiary value of disclosure statements under S.27 of Evidence Act
Supreme Court said that admissibility and credibility are two distinct aspects, and the latter is really a matter of evaluation of other available evidence.
Non-Muslim female students cannot be compelled to wear headscarves/ Hijab in school: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court granted bail with a direction that the order of bail remained effective until the end of the trial, with a provision for its ineffectiveness in the case of bail jump or breach of conditions.
Misuse of Section 498-A IPC| Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes criminal case against in-laws, calls it “a case of reverse cruelty”
“Now a day it is very common for the husband and wife to reside or do jobs outside of India and their parents are made to suffer in India by way of criminal or matrimonial litigation.”
Madhya Pradesh High Court grants Bail on merit and willingness to serve social cause
The applicant offered to serve the environment or national/social causes, such as planting saplings, to make amends.
Rape and murder of 4-year-old girl child: Madhya Pradesh High Court commutes death sentence to life sentence without remission
The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that the test which is to be applied for death sentence are – crime test, i.e., aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances, criminal test and R-R test.
Madhya Pradesh High Court allows fresh adjudication on limitation issue in Arbitration appeal
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the Trial Court failed to properly adjudicate the issue related to calculation of limitation period.
“Solemn duty to protect innocent persons”; Madhya Pradesh High Court issues directions to prevent criminalization of civil disputes
The Court took note of the growing tendency amongst the people to convert civil disputes into criminal prosecution so that accused may succumb to the wrath of procedure involved in the criminal cases and settle the matter which otherwise is the domain of Civil Courts.
Know Thy Judge| Justice Alok Aradhe: 6th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Justice Alok Aradhe was sworn in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 23-07-2023 by the Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. He succeeded Justice Ujjal Bhuyan who has been elevated as a Judge in the Supreme Court of India. Justice Aradhe has formerly served as Judge in Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes POCSO Case after assessing Prosecutrix’s decision-making capacity
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the impugned FIR and its subsequent criminal proceedings by the prosecutrix aged about 17 years 10 months.
“More than one year” is sufficient time for prudent women to uncover false marriage promises: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that held that in the present circumstances, the prosecution of the petitioner for the offences under Sections 376(2)(N), 506 and 34 of IPC will amount to abuse of process of law.
[Sidhi Urination Incident] Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks reply from State in plea against the detention order against the accused
The District Collector passed a detention order under the National Security Act, 1980 against the accused, Pravesh Shukla accused of Sidhi Urination incident.
Madhya Pradesh High Court imposes Rs. 50,000/- cost on State for harassment of retired employees
Madhya Pradesh High Court criticized the Government’s approach while dealing with cases and eventually responsible for filing of number of cases in the High Court.
Temporary Appointees cannot claim regularization based on past performance or long service: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that “in the terms and conditions of the appointment it is clearly mentioned that the employee would not be having any right to claim regularization”.
POCSO| Madhya Pradesh High Court urges Centre to decrease the age of consent of the prosecutrix from 18 years to 16 years for sexual offences
Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside impugned FIR as well as all consequential proceedings arising out of it.
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes FIR lodged under Section 377 IPC against Former Minister Raghavji
The present case is “nothing but the assimilation of personal and political antipathies, more precisely, a politically oriented-animosity, which makes the petitioner’s prosecution malicious.”
Allegations in FIR against rape accused cannot be considered as abetment of suicide: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed the FIR and consequential criminal proceedings arising thereafter.
[Harmonious Construction] Section 529A of Companies Act, 1956 would prevail over Income Tax Act, 1961: Madhya Pradesh High Court
“…the Act of 1956 is a special Act which govern the law regarding companies only whereas IT Act is a general Act which percolates in just about every sphere of life and is applicable to all the citizen of India when it comes to payment of Income Tax.”
[Juvenile Justice] Aadhaar not a valid document for proof of age of Prosecutrix under Juvenile Justice Rules: Madhya Pradesh High Court
JJ Act, 2015 and JJ Rules, 2012 are mandatory and have overreaching effect over any other provision.
4 High Courts to get new Judges and Additional Judges
Chhattisgarh High Court The President has appointed Shri Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, to be an Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, for