Madhya Pradesh High Court

Case against comedian: Two co-accused get interim bail

8:48 pm February 12, 2021

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday granted interim bail to two men accused of organising a comedy show in Indore, during which stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui allegedly insulted Hindu deities. Faruqui, who was arrested on January 1 and was in jail since January 2, was set free on bail last week. A single […]

Computer Baba released from prison after HC order

8:23 pm November 19, 2020

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday ordered immediate release of religious leader Computer Baba, arrested earlier this month after his `illegal’ ashram in Indore district was demolished. Subsequently he was released from a prison here in the evening. A division bench of Justices S C Sharma and Shailendra Shukla directed that Namdeo Das Tyagi (54), popularly known as […]

Civic body polls: HC issues notices to MP govt, SEC

8:40 pm February 28, 2020

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday issued notices to the state government and the State Election Commission for not holding civic body polls on time and sought an answer in two weeks. Justices SC Sharma and Shailendra Shukla, of HC’s Indore bench, issued the notices on a PIL filed by Bharat Parikh, a […]

MP HC discharges two masjid officials in contempt case

9:11 pm February 25, 2020

Jabalpur (MP): The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday discharged two masjid functionaries in contempt proceedings after they gave an undertaking that they will not hear matrimonial disputes of the Muslim community. Secretary S M Salman and Qazi Mushtaq Ali Nadvi of Bhopal-based Darul Qaza Masajid Committee apologised to the court and gave an undertaking […]

MP HC allows 12-year-old rape victim to terminate pregnancy

11:31 pm February 14, 2020

Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday allowed a 12 year-old rape victim to get her 19-week-and-six-day pregnancy terminated. A single HC bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar said since the girl is 12 years old and is a minor, she is not capable of giving consent for sexual intercourse, therefore, termination of pregnancy can […]

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