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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.

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.

Love is not enough, physical relations a prerequisite for ‘adultery’, rules Madhya Pradesh HC

New Delhi: Underlining that physical relations are a prerequisite for adultery, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that merely a wife’s love and...

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.