MP government to move SC to challenge high court's order against prosecuting interfaith couples
2 years, 1 month ago

MP government to move SC to challenge high court's order against prosecuting interfaith couples

Firstpost  

The high court, in an interim order, directed the state government not to prosecute under section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act adults who solemnise their marriage on their own will Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s interim order restraining it from prosecuting interfaith couples who enter wedlock without informing the district magistrate. The high court, in an interim order, directed the state government not to prosecute under section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition. “The state government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s interim order, which restrains it from prosecuting under section 10 of the MPFRA adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition,” Advocate General Prashant Singh told PTI on Sunday. The court had granted three week’s time to the state government to file its para-wise reply to the petitions and said that the petitioners may file a rejoinder within 21 days thereafter.

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Live Law  

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1 week, 6 days ago

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New Indian Express  

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1 month, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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7 months ago

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Live Law  

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9 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

While holding that the Judicial Magistrate First-Class at Burhanpur had no authority to entertain a criminal complaint filed against former Nepanagar MLA Sumitra Devi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the trial court to forward the complaint under S.156 CrPC to the designated special judge of Indore District Court. “…Since the question of competency and jurisdiction of the court …

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Live Law  

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11 months, 1 week ago

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India Today  

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1 year, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

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1 year, 2 months ago

MP High Court Recalls Order Prohibiting Lawyers' Appearance Before It After They Admit To Bench Hunting, Recognize Harm To Administration Of Justice

Live Law  

Following what appears to be an instance of ‘bench hunting’, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has decided to recall a certain order that prohibited Advocate Vinayak Prasad Shah from appearing before certain High Court benches. The division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra sitting at Jabalpur observed that the lawyers who have filed the vakalath in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

MP High Court Junks Woman’s Plea To Call Medical Expert In Maintenance Proceedings To Verify ‘Trans’ Husband’s Physical Status

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court last week upheld an order of a Family Court rejecting a plea filed by a ‘wife’ for calling a medical expert in the maintenance proceedings u/s 125 CrPC to verify the physical status of her ‘husband’, who is claiming himself to be a transgender man. Agreeing with the family court’s order, the bench of Justice …

Fact Check: Did The Supreme Court Really Allow Advocates To Solemnize Marriages In Their Chambers?
1 year, 3 months ago

Fact Check: Did The Supreme Court Really Allow Advocates To Solemnize Marriages In Their Chambers?

Live Law  

Recently, several media reports have been doing the rounds stating that the Supreme Court has allowed advocates to solemnize marriages in their chambers under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, overruling a Madras High Court judgment that held such marriages to be invalid. However, contrary to what several media reports claim, what the Apex Court actually held in its recent ruling …

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1 year, 3 months ago

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News 18  

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1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside Directions Issued By P&H High Court Regarding Appearance Of Prosecution Witnesses

Live Law  

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Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet

The Hindu  

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Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Decision To Form Committee To Monitor Inter-Faith Marriages
1 year, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Decision To Form Committee To Monitor Inter-Faith Marriages

Live Law  

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Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Hindu  

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‘Their Married Life Cannot Be Disturbed For Sake Of Trial’: Punjab And Haryana High Court Quashes Rape Case As Accused Marries ‘Victim’
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Their Married Life Cannot Be Disturbed For Sake Of Trial’: Punjab And Haryana High Court Quashes Rape Case As Accused Marries ‘Victim’

Live Law  

Quashing a rape case on the basis of compromise between the accused and complainant, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said their married life cannot be disturbed for the sake of trial in the FIR. to prevent abuse of the process of any court or to secure the ends of justice.’ In the case in hand the petitioner and respondent …

Upload Orders On Websites, Give Reasons For Adjournments: Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Quasi-Judicial Authorities
1 year, 8 months ago

Upload Orders On Websites, Give Reasons For Adjournments: Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Quasi-Judicial Authorities

Live Law  

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Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 27 To March 5, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 27 To March 5, 2023

Live Law  

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Indore Law College Professor In Case Over 'Hinduphobic' Book In Library
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Indore Law College Professor In Case Over 'Hinduphobic' Book In Library

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice and sought the response of the state of Madhya Pradesh with respect to the anticipatory bail plea of Dr. Mirza Moziz Beg, an assistant professor at Indore’s Government Law College, which has been embroiled in controversy over the presence, in its library, of an allegedly ‘Hinduphobic’ and ‘anti-national’ book titled Collective Violence and …

Blow to Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion Law
2 years ago

Blow to Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion Law

Hindustan Times  

Recently the high court of Madhya Pradesh directed the MP authorities not to take coercive steps against any individual who converted to a different religion without informing the district administration. Many people filed writ petitions before the MP high court challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of the MP Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, including Section 10 which requires …

MP HC Declares Provision Under Anti-Conversion Law Illegal: What Does This Mean?
2 years, 1 month ago

MP HC Declares Provision Under Anti-Conversion Law Illegal: What Does This Mean?

The Quint  

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BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'
2 years, 1 month ago

BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'

Live Law  

In a significant order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has restrained the State Government from taking coercive action against any person who contravenes Section 10 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 which requires a person desiring to convert religion to give a declaration in this regard to the District Magistrate.Finding this provision to be prima facie unconstitutional, …

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2 years, 1 month ago

MP High Court Holds Daughter & Father Guilty Of Contempt For Obtaining Abortion Order By Filing False Rape Case

Live Law  

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2 years, 2 months ago

Mere Issuance of Notice Does Not Attract Doctrine of 'Stare Decisis': MP High Court

Live Law  

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2 years, 4 months ago

All High Courts Weekly Round Up [July 25, 2022 - July 31, 2022]

Live Law  

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2 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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2 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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2 years, 7 months ago

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Live Law  

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2 years, 8 months ago

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Live Law  

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Divorce By Mutual Consent: Madhya Pradesh HC Rules Condition U/S13B(1) Hindu Marriage Act Of 'Living In Separation For One Year' Can't Be Waived
2 years, 8 months ago

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Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that the period of one year of living in separation is a must to the filing of an application for divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act and that waiver of this period under Section 14 of the Act is not permissible. The Court examined the provisions under …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Magistrates Cannot Extend Time To Complete Investigation In UAPA Cases: Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition

Live Law  

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MP High Court Directs Husband Accused Of Beating Wife To Stay At In-Laws House For 1 Month To 'Reunite' Family
2 years, 9 months ago

MP High Court Directs Husband Accused Of Beating Wife To Stay At In-Laws House For 1 Month To 'Reunite' Family

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently directed a man who has been accused of beating his wife to live with his wife at his in-laws' place for one month "so that the family gets reunited for all times to come".The order came from the bench of Justice Rohit Arya on a habeas corpus plea filed by his wife seeking a …

Husband Files FIR Against Live-In Partner Of His Wife: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Man, Family Members
2 years, 10 months ago

Husband Files FIR Against Live-In Partner Of His Wife: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Man, Family Members

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the arrest of a man who is living with a married woman in connection with an FIR registered against him by the husband of the woman.The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rajnish Kumar also issued a notice to the husband of the woman seeking his reply in the matter.Essentially, one …

Ulama board mandates parents’ presence for interfaith weddings
2 years, 10 months ago

Ulama board mandates parents’ presence for interfaith weddings

Hindustan Times  

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Candidates Cannot Change Domicile Status In Counselling Form After Last Date Of Registration: High Court Of Madhya Pradesh
2 years, 10 months ago

Candidates Cannot Change Domicile Status In Counselling Form After Last Date Of Registration: High Court Of Madhya Pradesh

Live Law  

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently dismissed a petition filed by a NEET candidate seeking directions of the Court to allow him to change his domicile status to M.P. Citing Rule 6 of the Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Admission Rules, 2018, the division bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Arun Kumar Sharma held- The language of Rule 6 …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Rejects Application For Compounding Of Offences U/S 307, 498A IPC Based On Compromise Between Parties
2 years, 10 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Rejects Application For Compounding Of Offences U/S 307, 498A IPC Based On Compromise Between Parties

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently dismissed an application filed for compounding of offences under Sections 307 and 498-A read with Section 34 of IPC, based on a compromise between the parties involved. Vs. Deepak the Hon'ble Apex Court has had an occasion to consider whether the High Court can quash the FIR/complaint/criminal proceedings, in exercise of the …

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts
2 years, 11 months ago

All India Family Law Digest 2021 : Judgments Of Supreme Court & High Courts

Live Law  

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