The Madhya Pradesh High Court declined to rule on whether allegedly edited videos were genuine or defamatory. It directed the police, cyber authorities and the Commissioner of Police to act on the complaints. This note explains the order, what it leaves open and the records the Court mentioned.
A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a nomination form omitting a criminal case pending on the filing date was liable to be rejected. A later acquittal, silence at scrutiny and a 502-vote margin did not save the election. An analysis of the order.
On 1 October 2026 the Supreme Court acquitted the appellant in Santosh Gurung v. State of Sikkim (2026 INSC 1073). This analysis of a circumstantial evidence murder case explains the last seen theory, Section 27 recovery, DNA evidence and Section 313, and what the ruling means for criminal appeals in the MP High Court.
On 30 September 2026 the Supreme Court set aside a SARFAESI auction sale of a hill resort at Ooty. A bid taken during a tribunal restraint, a premature sale, a certificate issued to a non-bidder nominee and a missing sale record defeated the process. Read the five infirmities and the lessons for borrowers, bidders and lenders.
Ram Naresh Rawat v. Ashwini Ray is one of the most quoted and least understood Supreme Court rulings in MP service law. This analysis separates what the Court actually held, permanency gets minimum pay scale, not increments, from the myths built around it, and maps out the regularisation route the judgment itself points to.
The MP High Court's Gwalior Bench resolves a long-standing drafting gap in the MP Municipalities Act, 1961, holding that limitation for an election petition against a Municipal President runs from the date of election at the Council's first meeting, not from any Gazette notification. The Court also imposed costs of Rs. 1,00,000 on a party for raising a maintainability objection it knew to be baseless.
A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reduced a murder conviction to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and acquitted three co-accused, applying the Stalin totality of circumstances test and the strict evidentiary standard for common intention under Section 34 IPC.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal award that dismissed a genuine compensation claim over a guardian-appointment technicality involving a minor driver, and restored the claim for fresh adjudication at Sidhi.
The MP High Court, Jabalpur, holds that Section 409 IPC allegations already present in the FIR justify a 90-day investigation period under Section 187(3) BNSS, even though the FIR was initially registered only under Section 420 IPC, and dismisses the petitioner's default bail revision.
The Jabalpur High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the termination of a compassionate appointment held for eleven years, holding that suppression of a family member's government service at the time of application renders the appointment invalid from inception. Advocate Siddharth Shukla breaks down the ruling in Subhash Dubey vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, its reasoning on fraud, natural justice, and unclean hands under Article 226, and what it means for employees and families across Madhya Pradesh.