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The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Division Bench at Jabalpur held that an enabling constitutional provision under Articles 15(6) and 16(6) does not automatically entitle EWS candidates to age relaxation absent a state statutory framework.
Jabalpur bench quashes 2012 screening committee order, holds that rewarding bravery with cash while calling the same act routine duty is legally perverse under Regulation 70-A.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore held that a 20-year-old woman, being a major, has the right to reside with a partner of her choice, and directed police to protect the couple from family interference.
The Jabalpur bench directed the State to hand over custody of a seven-year-old girl to her mother the same day, after the child unequivocally stated she wished to live with her mother.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside two orders rejecting bail to a juvenile, holding that seriousness of the alleged offence is not a statutory ground under Section 12 of the JJ Act, 2015.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur allowed anticipatory bail to a government servant accused under the SC/ST Act, after the State twice failed to produce a CCTV verification report.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore enhanced maintenance by directing a father to pay over Rs 46 lakh in educational expenses for two daughters pursuing medicine and engineering abroad and in India.
The Indore Bench granted anticipatory bail to a partner of Sugar and Spice Production firm accused of cheating a financier of Rs 52 lakh for the Hindi film "Koka Kola", now titled "Lucky".
The Jabalpur bench refused bail to Dr. S.S. Thakur, a child specialist accused of prescribing Coldriff cough syrup containing Diethylene Glycol to children below four years, causing multiple deaths in Chhindwara.
The Indore Bench declined to interfere with Central TB Division guidelines and a state NHM order deploying handheld X-ray devices for community tuberculosis screening, rejecting safety and pay grievances.
The Indore Bench granted bail to an accused arrested six months after the incident solely on the basis of an unverified sale agreement, and directed an inquiry against the investigating officer.
The Jabalpur Bench dismissed a transfer application filed without prior notice to the plaintiffs, holding that notice is a statutory prerequisite under Section 22 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The Gwalior Bench found the corpus was never in illegal detention and that the petition was filed to pressure police into halting their search for a murder accused.
The President appointed Justice Vivek Rusia to perform the duties of Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court after Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva's elevation to the Supreme Court.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur has directed Union and State respondents to file specific averments on preventive and curative steps taken following tiger deaths in Kanha National Park.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore dismissed bail in a custodial death case under the SC/ST Act, citing prosecution's failure to serve summons even on a Sub-Inspector witness.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior dismissed a writ petition by Kangaroo Kids International Preschool seeking to quash an FIR and show-cause notice over non-disclosure of book details.
The Jabalpur bench set aside a magistrate's order that dismissed a private complaint for non-supply of documentary and electronic evidence at the pre-cognizance stage.
The Gwalior Bench held that a blanket freeze on a serving Special Armed Force personnel's salary account, without any material showing criminal involvement, violated Article 21.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur held that detention in maintenance execution proceedings is coercive, not punitive, and ordered Laxmikant Soni's release after over five months in custody.
