Congress leader Rahul Gandhi approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressing regret over alleged defamatory remarks against Kartikeya Singh Chouhan. The application stated that the comments made during an election campaign were not intended to refer to Kartikeya, in a defamation case filed before Bhopal court.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed a Scheduled Tribe rape survivor seeking compensation under the SC/ST Act to file an affidavit before receiving payment. The Court said public funds cannot be misused and required assurance that she would not compromise or turn hostile.
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 CBI arrested former district judge Giribala Singh in the suspicious death case of daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma in Bhopal, while conducting extensive forensic examination using high-intensity 3D imaging technology to reconstruct the alleged incident and examine visibility from neighbouring residential properties surrounding the matrimonial home.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court cancelled anticipatory bail granted to former district judge Giribala Singh in the suspicious death case of Twisha Sharma, observing that the trial court acted hastily without properly assessing medical evidence, case diary materials and surrounding circumstances before granting relief.
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 forest guard in Madhya Pradesh was brutally killed by alleged sand miners while on duty.
The Supreme Court has agreed to urgently hear the plea, raising serious concerns over illegal mining violence.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that practicing religion is not dependent on any particular place while dismissing a plea to reconstruct the 200-year-old Takiya Masjid in Ujjain, demolished for Mahakal Lok expansion. The court held that land acquisition does not infringe Articles 25 and 26 rights.
A video of Advocate Anil Mishra’s comments on Dr B.R. Ambedkar went viral after being shared on Instagram. Mishra said he welcomes the FIR against him and vowed to continue his fight without fear.
29-year-old law graduate Archana Tiwari, missing since August 7 after boarding the Indore-Bilaspur Narmada Express, has been traced alive. Police say they have got “important clues” and are questioning a Gwalior constable linked to her.
