‘Judicial forum not for harassing a person, but to protect rights of parties’; MP High Court quashes JMFC order for FIR registration
“It is expected from a litigant to approach the court with all bonafides and without any ill-motive.”
Justice Sanjay Dwivedi
Internal Complaints Committee obligated to attempt Conciliation to settle sexual harassment case before starting inquiry: MP High Court
“The enquiry is nothing but an eye wash because the same was conducted without following any procedure which had to be mandatorily followed.”
MP High Court refuses to quash MP Vivek Tankha’s defamation case against Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
“Indisputably, the public good is a question of fact. Good faith has also to be established as a fact. Ergo, to prove good faith so as to constitute offence of Section 499 of IPC, trial is necessary.”
MP High Court quashes FIR under Section 370 IPC and JJ Act against Christian Missionary over Adoption of Children
The Court held that “the prosecution of the petitioner is sugarcoated with ill-intention and made to belittle his image in the society.”
MP High Court quashes Rape case lodged by Honey trap racket operator
The Court held that while delay in reporting rape is not always material, in the present case, it is crucial due to the complainant’s history and the timing of her allegations.
Failed Long-term relationships not ground for filing Rape FIRs: Madhya Pradesh High Court
‘In a young age when relationship develops, they naturally carry impression that they will get married. However, sometimes it fails, and the girl, considering herself to be betrayed and deceived, cannot lodge the FIR saying that rape has been committed with her.”
MP High Court stays Som Distilleries’ licence suspension in Child Labour case
The petitioner’s license was suspended based on inspection by the National Child Protection Commission disclosing employment of 59 minor children.
Waqf Tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide pre-Waqf Act suits pending before civil courts: MP High Court
Section 7(5) of the Waqf Act, 1995 states that the Wakf Tribunal does not have jurisdiction over matters that were already the subject of a suit or proceeding in a civil court before the commencement of the Act.
MP/MLA Court’s bailable warrants against former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP State President, stayed
Madhya Pradesh High Court noted petitioners’ contentions that they were busy with election-related responsibilities and thus couldn’t submit the personal undertaking for permanent exemption.
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes FIR in contractual dispute due to ‘lack of specific allegations and delay in lodging complaint’
Madhya Pradesh High Court emphasised that a purely civil dispute should not be converted into a criminal prosecution.
Temporary Appointees cannot claim regularization based on past performance or long service: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that “in the terms and conditions of the appointment it is clearly mentioned that the employee would not be having any right to claim regularization”.
Madhya Pradesh High Court quashes FIR lodged under Section 377 IPC against Former Minister Raghavji
The present case is “nothing but the assimilation of personal and political antipathies, more precisely, a politically oriented-animosity, which makes the petitioner’s prosecution malicious.”