Madhya Pradesh High Court Asks State To Not Impose New Conditions For Recognizing Nursing Colleges For 2024-25 Session

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh MP High Court has directed the State authorities to grant recognition to Nursing Colleges on the basis of existing requirements under the Madhya Pradesh Nursing Institutions Recognition Rules, 2018 and not to alter or impose any new condition with any additional requirement for Session 2024-25.The division bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi and Justice Achal Kumar Paliwal observed, “...the CBI had also conducted inspection of the colleges so as to categorize...

Irretrievable Breakdown Of Relationship, Can't Compel Couple To Live Together Via Judicial Separation: Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Woman Divorce

Finding a woman entitled to a divorce decree, the Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court said that once the relationship between the couple had "reached irretrievable breakdown" along with desertion of over five yers, then compelling them to live together won't serve any purpose by granting a "judicial separation" decree. In doing so the high court also noted the "erroneous" approach of...

Student Files Plea Against Rs 30 Lakh Seat Leaving Bond Rule, Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice, Directs College To Return Original Documents

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought the state government's stand on a medical student's plea against the Rs 30 Lakh seat leaving bond he had signed while taking admission in a medical college, which would be charged if he left the seat without completing the course or his original documents will not be returned. Issuing notice to the respondents including the...

'No Criminal History': Madhya Pradesh High Court Commutes Death Penalty Imposed On Man Convicted For Rape And Murder Of Minor

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent ruling commuted the death sentence of a man convicted for rape and murder of a minor girl. The court altered the sentence from death penalty to life imprisonment for remainder of the life of the appellant.In doing so, the division bench comprising Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Devnarayan Mishra referred to Mohinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab (2013)...

Missing Records Don't Invalidate Previously Verified Caste Certificate; Dismissal For Not Providing Digital Certificate Arbitrary: MP HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla quashed Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) dismissal order of a Development Officer for failing to submit a fresh digital caste certificate. The Court held that the mere unavailability of old records cannot invalidate a certificate that was already verified at the time of his appointment. The Court emphasized...

Husband Forcing Wife To Leave Job And Live As Per His Wish, Style Amounts To Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court In Divorce Case

Allowing a woman's plea for dissolving her marriage to a man, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that in the case at hand the the husband compelling his wife to leave her government job till he gets the job, and to "live as per his wish and style" amounts to cruelty. In doing so the court underscored that whether husband or wife want to live together or not is their...

Award Can Be Set Aside U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act If Arbitrator Travels Beyond Arbitration Agreement: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar affirmed that if arbitrator travels beyond the terms of the arbitration agreement while passing an award, such an award is liable to be set aside under section 34 of the Arbitration Act.Brief FactsThis Arbitration Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been filed by the appellant-United...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: October 2024

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 228 to 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 281Nominal IndexRohan Naik And Others Versus The State Of Madhya Pradesh 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 228Smt. Sunita Jatav Versus The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 229Deepak Kumar Jain And Others Versus The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 230Juvenile X Vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh 2024 LiveLaw...

School Girls Allegedly Forced To Remove Clothes For Phone Search: HC Issues Contempt Notice To Indore Police Commissioner For Not Filing Report

In a case concerning a government school teacher allegedly forcing minor girls to remove their clothes to search for a mobile phone, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a show-cause notice to the city Police Commissioner to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for not complying with its order. A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar...

Reusing Another Brand's Embossed Beer Bottles To Sell One's Own Beer Product Is Trademark Infringement: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has made it clear that reusing old beer bottles, which are embossed with the brand name/ logo of another company, to sell one's own beer product- constitutes trademark infringement.A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Pranay Verma thus restrained the sale of two beer companies in old bottles of Mount Everest Breweries Ltd., which are embossed with...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State Bar Council For Allegedly Keeping Enrolment Of About 6K Law Graduates Pending

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (November 11) issued notice to the State Bar Council on a PIL alleging non-enrolment of lawyers since four months.As per the plea filed by Rakesh Singh Bhadoria, former Joint Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association at Indore, there is an administrative backlog with approximately 6,000 law graduates awaiting enrolment.A division bench...

Order Passed U/S 148A(d) Income Tax Act Is Not Appealable, Writ Jurisdiction Can Be Invoked: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an order passed under Section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act 1961 is not an appealable order, therefore, the only remedy with an aggrieved party is to invoke writ jurisdiction of the High Court. Proceedings under Section 148A are initiated when Income Tax officers suspect that a taxpayer may have concealed income during...