Indore, May 15 (IANS) Hindu petitioners in the case regarding the Bhojshala and Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar, on Friday asserted that the idol of Goddess Vagdevi (Sarawati) will be reinstalled at Bhojshala.The reaction came after the Madhya Pradesh High Court recognised the Bhojshala complex as a Hindu temple and the property of King Bhoj. It set aside the Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) previous order allowing Muslims to offer namaz there.Furthermore, the MP High Court has directed…
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Bhopal/Indore, May 15 (IANS) The long-standing and highly contentious legal battle over the Bhojshala and Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar has reached a decisive conclusion with the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court delivering a historic verdict. In a significant ruling that will reshape the religious landscape of the region, the court has recognised the Bhojshala complex as a Hindu temple and the property of King Bhoj.Consequently, the court has granted the Hindu side the exclusiv…
Bhopal/Indore, May 14 (IANS) The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is likely to deliver its long-awaited verdict in the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute on May 15.”Judgment in Bhojshala case will be delivered tomorrow by Hon’ble Indore High Court,” advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who is representing a party in the case, wrote.The verdict is expected after a prolonged legal battle and an extensive scientific survey conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which dre…
Jabalpur, May 14 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in the criminal defamation case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The case was heard by the Jabalpur Bench of the High Court, where Rahul Gandhi has challenged the summons issued to him by the MP-MLA Court in Bhopal in a defamation complaint filed by Kartikey Singh Chouhan, son of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.Confirming the development, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior advo…
Jabalpur, May 12 (IANS) Taking a strict view of the Bargi Dam cruise tragedy in which 13 people died, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed that cruise services and boating club operations across the state remain suspended during the ongoing judicial inquiry into the incident. The direction came during the hearing of Public Interest Litigations, including the main petition filed by social worker Pushpa Tiwari, before a Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice V…
Jabalpur/Bhopal, May 12 (IANS) In a symbolic gesture supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to reduce fuel consumption, Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, Justice D.D. Bansal, rode a bicycle from his official residence to the High Court in Jabalpur on Tuesday, setting an example amid growing concerns over fuel usage and environmental conservation.Justice Bansal cycled three kilometres from the Civil Lines area to the High Court in the scorching summer heat. What made the scene more str…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has suspended the life sentence of a man convicted of murdering his wife and granted him bail, observing that the case rests entirely on circumstantial evidence and that the appeal pending before the Madhya Pradesh High Court is unlikely to be heard in the near future. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Shivendra challenging an order of the high court, which had declined to suspe…
Bhopal/Jabalpur, April 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari on Monday questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s seriousness in pursuing the Other Backwards Classes reservation case, even as the Madhya Pradesh High Court initiated structured hearings on the long-pending issue. Patwari said that the issue of Other Backwards Classes reservation is inextricably linked to the future of lakhs of youths, students, and families, yet the Bharatiya Janata Party gov…
Jabalpur, April 27 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday strongly reprimanded the Rajasthan Police for failing to present three Congress IT cell workers who were detained in Bhopal and later taken to Rajasthan.The action relates to a viral fake letter circulated in the name of senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the families of the detained workers.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjeev …
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) In an unusual matrimonial dispute from Madhya Pradesh, a woman ended her 28-year-long marriage by alleging that her husband had taken a second wife, a claim later found to be based on a misrepresentation – shocking and surprising enough even for the legal community. The husband has now challenged the ‘one-sided’ divorce granted in her favour. The case is currently before the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where the husband has argued that the divorce d…