At an MPSLSA programme for children with hearing and speech impairment in Jabalpur during Sign Language Week, Chief Justice Alpesh Y. Kogje urged them not to let an apparent limitation define their ability, while Justices Vivek Rusia and Vivek Agarwal spoke on sign-language interpreters, early intervention and skill development.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside a National Security Act detention order, holding that it was vitiated by non-application of mind, as the District Magistrate had relied on stale cases and on cases in which the detenu had actually been acquitted, but which were shown as pending or ending in conviction. The Court reiterated that preventive detention requires a live and proximate link between past conduct and the apprehended breach of public order, and that a measure curtailing personal liberty demands strict adherence to its safeguards.
Madhya Pradesh: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently changed the punishment of Lalla Yadav, who was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a mentally underdeveloped minor. His sentence has now been reduced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. A division bench consisting of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Devnarayan Mishra from the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the judgment. The court considered some mitigating factors, including the fact that the accused is married and has four children to support.
Madhya Pradesh: The Pataudi family’s historic properties, valued at Rs 15,000 crore and associated with Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, are now closer to being taken under government control. The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently ruled to lift a stay placed on these properties in 2015. This decision brings the properties one step closer to possible acquisition under the Enemy Property Act of 1968.
