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Charged in Bhopal, and charged again in Indore over the same children, the petitioner said he was being prosecuted twice. The Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that each incident of penetrative sexual assault is a distinct offence.
An urgency clause in 2002, an award in 2004, no compensation ever paid, and the landowners still in possession. The Madhya Pradesh High Court holds the acquisition lapsed under both the old Act and the new.
The revenue record showed a well and the department's own witness admitted the land was irrigated. The Madhya Pradesh High Court revalues it at Rs 10.5 lakh a hectare and removes the 20% development deduction.
Fifty trees felled, a pathway blocked, an assault unregistered — three unrelated grievances, one bench, one day, and the same answer about a remedy nobody had tried.
An anti-corruption agency lost its case, took a certified copy, and then spent more than a year routing a proposal through its own hierarchy. The High Court refuses to condone the delay, and with it the appeal.
A suo motu reference for a survivor of sexual assault reached the Indore Bench, was examined, and was decided inside two days. On the one fact that decides everything, the Court took the Board's figure over the file's.
Applying the protocol a Division Bench laid down in February, the Court clears a termination beyond the statutory ceiling after fresh verification of the survivor's fitness.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur ordered arrest warrants against two respondents in a contempt petition after they acknowledged notices but refused to engage counsel or file any compliance report.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore held that a 20-year-old woman's decision to renounce the world and live as a Jain Sadhvi cannot be obstructed even by her parents.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur set aside a life sentence under IPC Section 302 and the SC/ST Atrocities Act, finding the trial court had erroneously recorded blood evidence and relied on broken circumstantial links.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur refused anticipatory bail to a Chief Booking Supervisor facing conspiracy and embezzlement charges, holding that her leave on the relevant date could not conclusively rule out involvement.
A Division Bench at Jabalpur directed notice to Madhya Pradesh and the Union of India, returnable within four weeks, in a writ petition filed by Saurabh Tripathi in person.
The Gwalior bench confirmed guilt under Sections 366, 376(2)(i) and (m), and 307 IPC, while reducing the rape sentence from life till natural death to 20 years rigorous imprisonment.
The Jabalpur bench acquitted Munna Ram, convicted under POCSO and IPC, after finding contradictions in parental testimony and school records created reasonable doubt about the prosecutrix's age.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore directed Bombay Hospital to immediately admit a four-year-old acid attack survivor and her family, invoking Supreme Court guidelines from Laxmi v. Union of India.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the termination of a BSF Constable (GD) who honestly disclosed a pending criminal case, only to be acquitted six days after his dismissal.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur closed criminal defamation proceedings against Rahul Gandhi after he expressed regret for a 2018 campaign speech that wrongly named Kartikey Singh Chauhan.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior directed the Board to issue a fresh Class X mark-sheet correcting a date of birth wrongly entered due to an inadvertent clerical error, overriding a three-year limitation bar.
The Jabalpur Bench restored a dismissed criminal miscellaneous case but declined to continue the stay on an arrest warrant, citing repeated non-appearance by the petitioner's counsel.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore applied its earlier ruling in Malcolm Murrays to direct that only the disputed cyber-fraud amount be ring-fenced in a fixed deposit, freeing the rest of the account.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur listed WP No. 19436 of 2026 after two weeks after State counsel sought time to obtain instructions.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that women who migrate to MP after marriage must obtain a fresh caste certificate from MP authorities to claim OBC reservation in State services.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur held that COTPA's prohibition on smoking in public places does not extend to herbal, tobacco-free and nicotine-free hookah, and restrained authorities from taking coercive action against a Rewa restaurant.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a criminal revision by two police constables and an inspector seeking prior sanction protection under Section 197 CrPC in a custodial death case from Indore.
