The Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed the restoration of a case that was earlier dismissed for non-appearance of counsel, provided that the lawyer considers performing an hour of community service at a children’s home.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court also observed that the marital relationship is not only for procreation and that anything done between spouses beyond "natural" sexual intercourse cannot be categorically labeled "unnatural"
Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal while hearing a bail plea directed the Law Secretary, Bhopal to take steps to appoint competent lawyers to represent the State.
Lawyers are on strike to protest a scheme introduced by the High Court by which the 25 oldest cases in each of the district courts have to be disposed of in three months.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to a Muslim man accused of impersonating himself as a Hindu and raping a Hindu woman on the pretext of marriage.