MP High Court: Advocate’s Duty Of Client Confidentiality Is Perpetual, Dismisses Former Legal Head’s Plea

An advocate’s duty of client confidentiality does not end when the engagement ends, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held, calling a former company legal head’s plea over a rehabilitation list “highly objectionable and reprehensible”. Jabalpur: A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed, with costs of Rs 20,000, a writ petition […]

MP High Court Chief Justice Tells Children With Hearing Impairment A Limitation Does Not Define Potential

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.

Courts Are Often Intimidating, Can Scar A Child Emotionally: Madhya Pradesh HC While Revising Visitation Terms

The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that children should not be required to attend courtrooms merely for visitation purposes, stressing that such environments can be intimidating and emotionally distressing for minors. The Court remarked, “The Courts should be the last resort for a child to visit because courts are often seen as intimidating, sterile, and stressful environments that can scar a child emotionally.”