Finding the police “totally helpless” during last year’s festive season, the MP High Court Directs Indore Police To Appoint Ward Volunteers who can promptly report persons and vehicles causing noise pollution. Indore: Two volunteers from every ward of the city are to tell the Indore Police at once about people and vehicles causing noise pollution, […]
MP High Court Quashes NSA Detention Order passed against an Indore man, holding that a detention order under the National Security Act that does not specify the period of detention is unsustainable in law. Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has quashed a detention order passed by the District Magistrate, Indore, under Section […]
Indore Metro tree felling at Rani Sarai can go ahead, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled, but only in phases and with at least two bird experts supervising, so that the roosting parrots have time to settle elsewhere. Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has declined to stop work on an underground […]
After a court-appointed Medical Board found no gross psychopathology in him, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a private de-addiction centre cannot detain an adult on a spouse’s consent form alone, and ordered the release of a man kept at a rehabilitation facility. Indore: Ordering the immediate release of a man held at a […]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a pollution control board can order immediate closure of a factory running without valid consent under the Air Act, with no show-cause notice, and dismissed Mudra Steel Industries’ petitions.
Any action taken against a lodge owner for Ujjain road widening will remain subject to the outcome of his petition, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed while issuing notice on a challenge to Section 305 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956. Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has issued notice […]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a District Collector has no authority under the Code of Criminal Procedure to direct police to recall a closure report or reopen a concluded investigation. It held that such executive interference unlawfully encroaches upon powers reserved exclusively for the judiciary.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered immediate restoration of custody of a seven-year-old girl to her mother, holding that the father could not retain custody without a court order. The Court noted the child’s wish to live with her mother.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that Aadhaar and voter ID cards cannot serve as conclusive proof of date of birth in job matters. Justice Jai Kumar Pillai said service records maintained from the start of employment are generally more reliable.
