Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging CLAT-PG 2025 Answer Key, "Exorbitant Fees" For Raising Objections

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (December 23) issued notice to Consortium of National Law Universities asking them to expeditious respond to a plea challenging the answer key of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) PG 2025 exam. The plea seeks a direction to the respondent to reconsider the hefty fee of Rs. 1000 (per objection) for raising objections to provisional answer key of the exam. It also seeks that the errors in the final answer key be rectified...

"Contractor Couldn't Collect Market Fee Due To COVID-19": Madhya Pradesh HC Upholds Order Directing Municipality To Refund Bid Money

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld a Collector's order directing a municipal council to refund the first instalment of the bid amount to a Contractor–engaged for recovering weekly market charges, after noting that the money could not be recovered on account of second wave of Covid-19 terming it as "force majeure". Justice Vivek Agarwal in his order observed, “The controversy is that whether the contract could not be executed and given effect to due to force...

MP HC Gives Go-Ahead For Conducting Competency-Based Evaluation Test Under Prohibition Of Sex Selection (Six Months Training) Rules

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Public Health and Family Welfare authorities to conduct the Competency Based Evaluation test in confirmation with the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) (Six Months Training) Rules, 2014. The test had been previously stalled by earlier interim orders of the High Court because of...

[Custodial Death] Madhya Pradesh HC Directs Shifting Of Eye-Witness To Gwalior Central Jail After Allegations Of Harassment By Police

While hearing a case claiming police brutality inside jail premises, the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the shifting of a man to another jail, who is stated to be the "eye witness" to the alleged custodial death of another person, during the pendency of his case.A single-judge bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke in his order observed, “Looking to the...

Wife's Patience & Silence To Save Marital Life Reflects Her Sincerity, Not Weakness: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that if a wife maintains patience and silence with the sole intention of saving her matrimonial life, it cannot be said that it is her weakness; on the contrary, it shows her sincerity towards her marital life. A bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia added that if, after realising that her in-laws have gone to such an extent...

Denial For Slaughterhouse Permit On Ground That A City Is A 'Religious' One Is 'Wholly Unacceptable': MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently stated that denying a permit for the establishment of a slaughterhouse on the grounds that a city is religious—in the instant case, Mandsaur city—is wholly unacceptable. A bench of Justice Pranay Verma further said that the State Government's notification under the MP Municipalities Act, 1961, declaring a 100-meter radius a sacred area does...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Aids Interfaith Couple, Says There's No Bar On Muslim Boy Marrying Hindu Girl U/S 4 Of Special Marriage Act

Coming to the aid of an interfaith couple, the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state to facilitate the marriage of a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy before the marriage officer. In doing so, the court said that there is no prohibition to inter-faith marriage under Section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954.A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice...

Madhya Pradesh HC Permits Wife To Terminate Pregnancy Due To Matrimonial Dispute, Alleged Domestic Violence By Husband And His Family

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent ruling allowed the medical termination of a woman's pregnancy on account of matrimonial dispute and alleged domestic violence by her husband and his family members.Taking note of the submissions as well as Supreme Court's decision in X vs. Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Department Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Justice...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Filling Of NRI Quota Seats In NEET-PG 2024 Counselling Till Final Verdict Is Passed

In an interim order on Wednesday (December 18) the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court stayed the filling up of seats under the NRI Quota in the NEET-PG 2024 counselling, till the final judgment is passed. The division bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Anuradha Shukla observed, "Taking into consideration the fact that the matter has been heard and reserved...

Madhya Pradesh HC Orally Questions Air India, Indigo For Lack Of Connectivity To Jabalpur In PIL For Increasing Flights To The City

While hearing a PIL for increasing flights to Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (December 17) orally questioned Air India that if it has a short flight commuting from Delhi to Chandigarh then why cant there be a flight to Jabalpur, emphasizing on increasing the connectivity on this route noting the demand. During the hearing the court also orally questioned Indigo airlines...

Rise In Sexual Offences Against Children Serious: Madhya Pradesh HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL, Questions Centre/State On POCSO Act Implementation

Taking into account the "substantial growth of sexual offences against children below the age of 18 years" in the state, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh has initiated a suo-moto PIL to enquire from the Central as well as the State Governments as to what steps have been taken on the implementation of the POCSO Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice...

Continued Detention Of Saudi Born "Rohingya Refugee" In Jail Despite Completion Of Sentence Violates Article 21: Madhya Pradesh High Court

While considering the case of a man–born in Saudi Arabia and claiming to be a Rohingya refugee–the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court said that his detention in the city's Central jail after completion of his sentence for allegedly having a foreign passport violated his right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.It further directed that till the man's nationality...