Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, retires
Justice Prakash Shrivastava retires today after being the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court for one and half years.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court directs DRT to register case against Tata Motors Finance Ltd.
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that no document needs to be provided for registering an application under S. 17 of the SARFAESI Act, when the same is not a condition precedent required under the said Section.
“Every ‘FILE’ carries a ‘LIFE’”; Tahsildar cannot decide question of Will in mutation proceeding: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court held that all authorities while discharging public duties or performing judicial/quasi-judicial functions must be think about Justice and that every “FILE” carries a “LIFE”.
Juvenile Justice| Supreme Court directs release of death row convict in minor’s kidnap, rape, and murder case; holds incarceration for more than 3 years illegal
In the case at hand, the juvenile had already undergone incarceration of more than 5 years which was against Section 18 of the J.J. Act, 2015. The Supreme Court noted that the intention of the legislature was to give benefit to a person who is declared to be a child on the date of the offence only with respect to its sentence part.
Availability of Alternative Remedy is not an absolute Bar to challenge re-opening of assessment: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that alternative remedy is not absolute bar for examining conditions to issue reassessment notice and admitted the petitions for the final hearing.
Land Acquisition| In public purpose schemes, Authority should be given the time allotted to it by the Statute for doing certain things: Supreme Court
Supreme Court held that Madhya Pradesh High Court was not justified in quashing the entire Scheme providing for other connected land use, on the ground that the same has lapsed under Section 54 of the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973.
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Every Panch, Sarpanch, other village officer of any description and landholder are duty bound to immediately furnish information of illegal cultivation
Dismissing the revision petition filed by the petitioner for quashing of the impugned order passed by the Special Judge (NDPS) thereby framing charges under NDPS Act, the Court held that the role of the petitioner is prima facie found in the present case therefore the case appears to be triable and cannot be interfered with at this stage.
Madhya Pradesh High Court dismisses petition challenging BJP leader Pragya Thakur’s 2019 Lok Sabha Election
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Vishal Dhagat, J., dismissed the election petition filed by the petitioner, after giving repeated opportunities
Call for Papers | NLIU Journal of Business Laws, Vol. IV
The Journal of Business Laws (“JBL”) is an annual peer-reviewed journal of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal (“NLIU”). It is a
“Glorification of an accused can never be in the interest of society as well as the justice dispensation system”; Madhya Pradesh High Court cancels bail of the man projecting himself as warrior after his release from jail
Madhya Pradesh High Court | While deciding an application filed for cancellation of bail of the accused who booked for
“He was kind enough to leave the prosecutrix alive”: Madhya Pradesh High Court observes while reducing rape convict’s sentence
Madhya Pradesh High Court | The Division Bench comprising of Subodh Abhyankar* and Satyendra Kumar Singh, JJ., reduces life imprisonment awarded to
Threatening Judges with Contempt Pleas is unacceptable; Madhya Pradesh High Court warned litigants to desist from such adventurism
“Every order that is passed by a superior court, is liable to be followed by the lower court. Even assuming the case of the petitioners is to be accepted of certain misapplication of the law, that does not amount to contempt.”
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Conversion for marriage – “A serious threat to sanctity attached to marriages recognised under personal laws”
“…converting people from one religion to another without any authority of law, are not only detrimental to the social fabric and public order but also have potential to trigger mass unrest which may result into communal tension and riotous activities affecting ease of life and communal harmony.”
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Minor Differences of opinion between the Husband and Wife does not amount to Cruelty
“The minor differences cannot be termed as cruelty between husband and wife. There should be no expectation of overnight change in the husband and wife. Time should be given by both of them to each other to transpose as a wife and as a husband in married life.”
Madhya Pradesh High Court| Charge of Murder added at the time of framing of charge based on Hospital’s MLC can be altered only after further examination
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Sanjay Dwivedi, J. dismissed a revision petition filed questioning the validity of the order passed by the Sessions
Madhya Pradesh High Court directs State to pay 3 lacs as compensation for illegal detention; Registrar to conduct an inquiry
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J. allowed a petition which was filed seeking direction to the respondents to pay him
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Review of an order passed in a review petition under Order XLVII Rule 9 held not maintainable; Petition dismissed
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Malimath, CJ. and Vishal Mishra, J. dismissed a second review petition holding that
Madhya Pradesh High Court | Irregular grant of bail may reflect upon competency of the Judge but does not mean that he is corrupt; Compulsory retirement set aside
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Malimath, CJ. and Vishal Mishra, J. allowed a writ petition and issued several
Are LR’s eligible for insurance claim, even WHEN the policy was purchased after death? Madhya Pradesh HC answers
Madhya Pradesh High Court: While dismissing an appeal filed under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 challenging award passed by
Madhya Pradesh High Court to examine Arya Samaj Vivah Mandir Trust’s authority to solemnize marriage between a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Rohit Arya and Milind Ramesh Phadke, JJ., admitted a petition which was filed to