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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMadhya Pradesh High Court

Topic: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Fatal fall from crowded train, why Madhya Pradesh HC asked Railways to pay compensation to passenger

Court held Railways liable for 'contributory negligence', saying its failure to control ticketless travel created conditions that led to the fatal fall from a crowded train.

In rare move, MP HC takes suo motu note of own judge’s ‘disparaging remarks’ against sessions judge

Court directs state to move SC within 10 days against Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta’s order suggesting disciplinary action against first ASJ of Shivpuri, Vivek Sharma.

Who is an ‘ideal Indian wife’? Madhya Pradesh High Court’s answer

Petty quibbles, trifling differences shouldn't be magnified to destroy what is said to have been 'made in heaven', HC observes.

‘Judiciary failed me’: MP judge resigns after senior she accused of caste discrimination elevated to HC

Read Shahdol civil judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma's full resignation letter, submitted day after Centre notified district judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta’s appointment as MP HC judge for 2 years.

Uneasy gavel of the district judiciary—opacity in dismissal, ‘perpetual fear’ of high courts

Judge Jagat Mohan Chaturvedi, who was dismissed from service in 2015, is a case in point. Madhya Pradesh HC while reinstating him has pointed to the judiciary’s ‘colonial mindset’.

Modi-RSS caricature: Madhya Pradesh HC’s rap to Indore cartoonist for ‘misuse of freedom of speech’

A bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar last week denied anticipatory bail to Hemant Malviya, saying his custodial interrogation is deemed necessary by the court.

MP cop didn’t serve notice as asked. HC tells him to plant 1,000 fruit trees as punishment

MP High Court justices Vivek Agarwal & Avanindra Kumar Singh issued the order to Ravendra Dwivedi, the station house officer of the Kotwali Police Station in Satna, on 24 June.

Congress’s 3-day campaign for Ambedkar statue in Gwalior, MP chief shares meal with Dalit family

Jitu Patwari & other senior party leaders are scheduled to hold a fast Wednesday, demanding the installation of an Ambedkar statue on HC premises.

MP police face HC’s wrath for sketchy FIR against minister who made remark on Col Sofiya Qureshi

Two-judge bench observed that contents of FIR would allow Madhya Pradesh Tribal Affairs Minister, booked for remarks on Col Qureshi, to be have it quashed on a later date.

‘Disparaging, dangerous’: HC orders FIR against BJP minister Vijay Shah for remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi

HC gives 4-hour deadline to DGP for lodging FIR failing which he would face contempt of court proceedings. Language of gutter, it says, slamming MP minister.

On Camera

The Supreme Court is losing its credibility. It should frighten us all—Maneka Gandhi

The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.