Certificate Issued By Private University Based On Off-Campus Course Run By Its Franchisee Not Legally Valid: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court while dismissing a petition relating to recruitment for post of accountant held that any certificate issued by a private university on the basis of an off-campus course run by its franchisee cannot be said to be legally valid.A single-judge bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia observed, “…since the Maharshi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024

Citation 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 282 to 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 313Nominal IndexVijay Singh Yadav v. Bhopal Development Authority & Another 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 282Shivraj Singh Chouhan And Others v/s Vivek Krishna Tankha 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 283Dharamdas Bhalekar versus The State Of Madhya Pradesh And Others 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 284Vikram Sharma versus State Bank of India 2024 LiveLaw (MP) 285Saroj...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Accepts Man's Unconditional Apology In Contempt Case, Directs Him To Plant 50 Trees Of Indigenous Species

While closing contempt proceedings initiated against a man after he expressed his remorse and submitted an "unconditional apology", the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (December 2) directed him to plant 50 trees of indigenous species in Sambalgarh. A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf in its order took note of the man's contention in...

Jumping To Conclusions About Age Of 'Juvenile' Sans Inquiry Contemplated U/S 94 Of JJ Act Not Valid: MP High Court

The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent ruling has reiterated that while deciding the age of a child in conflict with law, a comprehensive inquiry as stipulated under Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act, 2015 must be done.In doing so the court also underscored that a "hyper technical approach" should not be adopted while considering the...

Can't Allow Conversion Of Appeal Into Election Petition Through Amendment If Compliance With Panchayat Rules Not Established: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in a recent ruling held that an appeal cannot be converted into an election petition by way of an application for amendment, if compliance with provisions under M.P. Panchayat (Election Petitions Corrupt Practices & Disqualification For Membership) Rules, 1995 is not established.In doing so, the court said that an election can only be challenged in an...

Swarnrekha River Revival Project: Madhya Pradesh HC Says Synergy Between State And Gwalior Municipal Corporation 'Need Of The Hour'

In the case concerning revival of the Swarnrekha River, the Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the city Municipal Corporation to requisition the Detailed Project Report–on laying down of sewer lines–sent for vetting to Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, within a month so that the court can scrutinize it.The court further emphasized that the concept of...

Benefit Should Be Given To Candidate And Not Employer, If Advertisement Stipulates Vague Qualification Criteria: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that if an advertisement gives vague and ambiguous meaning with a possibility of varying interpretations about the qualification criteria of a post, the benefit should always be given to the candidate and not the employer.The single-judge bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi observed, “Any advertisement creating ambiguity in regard to the qualification...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Discharges Contempt Proceedings Against State Bar Council After Its Unconditional Apology For 2023 Lawyers' Strike

While deciding a suo-moto PIL, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court discharged the contempt proceedings against the State Bar Council for calling a strike last year. The court did so after taking on record the affidavit filed by the Chairman of State Bar Council as per which the state bar council took responsibility for the strike and also accepted their unconditional...

6K Law Graduates Awaiting Enrolment: Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State Bar Council To Enrol Them Provisionally Within Two-Weeks

In what comes as a relief to around six thousand law graduates, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (November 27) directed the State Bar Council to provisionally enrol lawyers within a two-week time, subject to the verification to be done by the Council. The process was halted for almost 4 months.On November 11, a PIL was filed by Rakesh Singh Bhadoria, former Joint Secretary of the...

Advocates' Enrolment Will Be Done As Soon As Verification Of Applications Is Complete: Says Madhya Pradesh Bar Council, HC Seeks Instructions

The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (November 26) orally questioned the State Bar Council for "unnecessary delay" in enrolment of lawyers since the last four months. During the hearing the court asked the State Bar Council to "take instructions" in the matter and inform the court regarding the same on Wednesday as to whether the enrolments are being...

In Acquittal Due To Compromise/Hostile Witness, Unjustified For Authorities To Put Honourable Acquittal Test In False Cases: Madhya Pradesh HC

In a case concerning acquittal of an individual in a criminal case on account of witnesses turning hostile, the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed it is unjustified for the authorities to apply the test of honourable acquittal especially when the initial case was itself false.In doing so the court said that the respondent authorities had not justified how the acquittal of...

S.50 PMLA Statement Given In ED Custody Inadmissible: Madhya Pradesh HC Gives Bail To Man Booked For Importing Poppy Seeds Worth Rs 140 Cr

While allowing a man's bail plea booked for money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that statements of the accused recorded by the investigating agency under Section 50 PMLA while he was in custody shall be inadmissible against him.In doing so it also observed that in the present case the opinion formed by...