MP High Court Directs Public Hearing Before Finalising Jabalpur Drainage Plan; Says No Private Land To Be Acquired

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation's High Level Technical Committee to grant an opportunity of hearing to residents and stakeholders before finalising its report on measures to address waterlogging in the city, while clarifying that no private land will be acquired or used for the proposed drainage (nala) project.A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Vivek Jain was dealing with an interlocutory application filed by an intervenor in a...

“Marriage Or Pregnancy Cannot Obstruct Education”: MP High Court Directs College To Grant Attendance Relaxation To Student

In a significant ruling, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that marriage and pregnancy cannot become barriers to a woman's pursuit of higher education, and directed educational institutions to accommodate female students by granting maternity/child care leave and relaxing attendance requirements.A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal observed that the benefits of maternity protection available in workplaces must equally extend to women pursuing studies.“During...

Registration Of Offence Under Repealed Foreigners Act 'Ex Facie Illegal': MP High Court Sets Aside FIR Over Delay In Form-C Filing

The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR registered against a private house owner for allegedly failing to submit Form-C within 24 hours regarding the stay of a foreign national, holding that prosecution under the repealed Foreigners Act, 1946 is legally unsustainable after the coming into force of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.Justice Himanshu Joshi observed that once the 1946...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Alleging Discharge Of Untreated Sewage Into Narmada River At Jabalpur, High Levels Of Bacteria

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation raising serious concerns over the large-scale pollution of the River Narmada (formerly Nerbudda) due to the discharge of untreated sewage in Jabalpur city. The PIL alleges that nearly 98 million litres of untreated sewage water is being discharged ежедневно into the River Narmada, resulting in the presence...

MP High Court Allows Consideration Of Subsequent Compassionate Appointment Application After Cancellation Of Family Member's Appointment

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, quashed an order rejecting the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment and directed the competent authority to reconsider her application in accordance with the Compassionate Appointment Policy, 2008. The petitioner challenged the communication dated 30.10.2023, which had denied her claim on the grounds of alleged ineligibility under Clauses...

MP High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Congress Councillor Anwar Kadri Accused In Alleged Forced Conversion Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, granted bail to Anwar Kadri, who was in custody since August 2025 in connection with allegations of facilitating the conversion of a prosecutrix to Islam, and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.Counsel for the applicant argued that the prosecutrix had not named him in the complaint and that there...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds DNA Test Of Child In Divorce Petition Alleging Adultery By Wife

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur has dismissed the petition filed by the wife challenging the Family Court's order directing a DNA test of her child. The Family Court had allowed the husband's application under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act to verify whether the child was biologically his, in the context of a divorce petition filed on the ground of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Holds Senior Govt Official Guilty Of Contempt For Re-imposing TET Condition, Violating Court's Earlier Directions

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held a senior education department official guilty of willful and deliberate contempt for re-imposing a Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) requirement on a woman appointed on compassionate grounds, despite a categorical judicial finding that such qualification was not mandatory in her case.Justice Pranay Verma, while deciding a batch of contempt petitions,...

MP High Court Quashes Termination Of District Court Staff After Over 22 Years Service, Says 'Irregular' Appointments Not Illegal

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed the termination of several Class-III employees of District Court establishments, holding that their removal from service after more than two decades on the ground of alleged illegality in appointment was unsustainable in law. The Division Bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal ruled that the appointments made in the years 1994–1995...

SARFAESI Act Does Not Mandate Secured Creditor To Approach DM For Taking Physical Possession: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a secured creditor is not mandatorily required to invoke Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 for taking physical possession of secured assets, and may do so directly under Section 13(4) read with Rule 8 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, provided there is no resistance from the borrower.Allowing a writ petition filed by UCO Bank,...

Labour Legislations Are Beneficial Laws, Hyper-Technical View On Limitation Must Be Avoided: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that claims raised by workmen should not be dismissed on hyper-technical grounds of limitation, particularly when delays are attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of legal awareness. Emphasising the beneficial nature of labour welfare legislations, the Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Medicaps Limited challenging the remand order passed...

MP High Court Stays Cutting Of Trees In Indore Upon Permission Granted By 'Tree Officer' Appointed By Collector, Says Only State Can Appoint

A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, comprising Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi has restrained the cutting of trees in Indore on the basis of permissions granted by a Tree Officer appointed by the Collector, holding that such appointment is without authority of law under the Madhya Pradesh Vrikshon Ka Parirakshan (Nagariya Kshetra) Adhiniyam, 2001.The Court...