CJI Surya Kant called for greater use of technology and artificial intelligence in courts, stating the judiciary should function like hospitals operating “24×7” to provide faster relief, while emphasising that justice delivery systems must respond immediately to citizens’ grievances and concerns.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said that “technology is the most effective way to address the judiciary’s time wastage” while speaking at the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s programme on “Fragmentation to Fusion: Empowering Justice via United Digital Platform Integration” in the city.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court declined to interfere with an appellate order that partly lifted an injunction preventing a 90-year-old father from dealing with his property. The court said children cannot block elderly parents’ assets, calling it unjust.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the Bhojshala Complex a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati, struck down the 2003 ASI arrangement permitting namaz, and held historical, archaeological and literary evidence established its religious character as Bhojshala.
A Hindu party has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, urging that no order be passed without hearing it first. The caveat concerns any future appeal challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision in the Bhojshala complex dispute case.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to recognise an alleged triple talaq divorce, observing that courts cannot validate a practice declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in Shayara Bano v. Union of India, while calling the husband’s plea “vexatious and frivolous”.
Justice Dwarka Dhish Bansal cycled to the Madhya Pradesh High Court after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged fuel conservation amid global tensions. He said cycling is easy, adding, “Just because we are High Court judges doesn’t mean we are special… everyone should cycle.”
Two sisters urged the Madhya Pradesh High Court to swap husbands, leaving judges stunned and everyone shocked. The rare case before the Gwalior Bench exposed an unexpected twist as both women openly admitted their wish to exchange partners.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that information related to an employee’s ACRs cannot be denied under the RTI Act only on privacy grounds. It said fairness and transparency require that such records should normally be disclosed to the concerned person.
The Supreme Court of India has issued a contempt notice on a petition filed by the Bar Council of India against Dhanya Kumar Jain after allegations that his criminal complaint made to police contained derogatory and contemptuous statements.
