Judiciary of Madhya Pradesh | MP General Knowledge

Judiciary of Madhya Pradesh | MP General Knowledge
Posted on 21-04-2022

Madhya Pradesh Judiciary

  • Under Article 214 of the Constitution of India , High Courts are established in each state. The High Court is a Court of Record under Article 215 . Whose decisions are considered official and on the basis of that the subordinate courts give their decision.       
  • Under Article 227 , the High Court also has the power of superintendence over a subordinate court.  
  • On January 2, 1936, the Nagpur High Court was established for the Central Provinces and Berar Province by the Letters Patent issued under Section-108 of the Government of India Act, 1915 . These Letters Patent  ,  under which the Nagpur High Court was established and the jurisdiction was vested ,  remained in force even after the adoption of the Constitution of India on January 26 ,  1950, through its Articles 225 and 372.
  • The building of the main bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was built by Raja Gokuldas in the year 1889 , whose architect was Henry Irwin .   
  • Madhya Pradesh High Court has been established at Jabalpur and other two Benches at Indore and Gwalior. The third bench is proposed in Bhopal.
  • On 28 November 1968 , the division benches of the High Court at Indore and Gwalior were established.   

Facts to remember about High Court

  • The total number of judges in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh is 36 .  
  • The first Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was Justice Shri M Hidayatullah , who also had the distinction of becoming the 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (the first Muslim Chief Justice .    
  •  Sarojini Saxena was the first woman judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court .
  • The current Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is  Justice Ravi Vijayakumar Malimath   .

History of  Madhya Pradesh  Judiciary

  • The present state of Madhya Pradesh , as is well known , was originally created on 02/11/1861 as the Central Region, as the Judicial Commissionerate area was administered by the Judicial Commissioner. At that time , the Court of the Judicial Commissioner at Nagpur was the apex court of the region. 
  • In 1921, it was converted into Governor's Province (Governor's Province), then it became entitled to a full-fledged High Court for administration of justice. However, financial and administrative difficulties resulted in the High Court's refusal for the Central Provinces for nearly fifteen years. Meanwhile, a part of the Nizam State of Hyderabad was transferred to the Central Provinces for Berar administration in 1933. Due to this the state got its new name "Central Province" and "Berar".
  • Thereafter , the Nagpur High Court was established for the Central Provinces and Berar Province by the Letters Patent issued by Emperor George V on January 2 , 1936 , under Section 108 of the Government of India Act , 1915 . These Letters Patent , under which the Nagpur High Court was established and the jurisdiction was vested , remained in force even after the adoption of the Constitution of India on January 26 , 1950 , through its Articles 225 and 372 . 
  • The States Reorganization Act was enacted in November 1956 . The new Madhya Pradesh state was formed under its section- 9 . Sub-section ( 1) of section 49 of the States Reorganization Act prescribes that from the date of appointment i.e. 1st November 1956 the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the present State of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Nagpur High Court , shall be the High Court for the present State of Madhya Pradesh . will be understood.
  • In this way the Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal story it became a High Court for the new state of Madhya Pradesh with its branch located at Jabalpur. 
  • By the Hon'ble Chief Justice , by his order of 1 November 1956 , temporary benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court were constituted at Indore and Gwalior. Later , in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section ( 2) of Section- 51 of the States Reorganization Act 1956 , by a Presidential notification dated 28 November 1968 , permanent benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court were established at Indore and Gwalior.
  • This situation lasted till November 1 , 2000 , when Chhattisgarh State was created from the present Madhya Pradesh State under the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000 and Chhattisgarh High Court was established for this State with its Bench at Bilaspur. Then Madhya Pradesh located at Jabalpur. The High Court became the High Court for the successor state of Madhya Pradesh.

 

Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court

 

No.   name of chief justice   tenure
01   

Mr. M. Hidayatullah

 

01/11/1956   12/12/1958

   

 

 

 

02  

Mr. G.P. Bhatt

 

13/12/1958   22/09/1959

   

 

 

 

03  

Mr. PV Dixit

 

22/09/1959   18/03/1969

   

 

 

 

04  

Shri Vishwambhardyal

 

19/03/1969   13/03/1972

   

 

 

 

05  

Mr. P.K. stars

 

14/09/1972   10/10/1975

   

 

 

 

06  

Shri Shivdayalaya Srivastava 

 

11/10/1975   28/02/1978

   

 

 

 

07  

Mr. A.P. Sen

 

28/02/1978   14/07/1978

   

 

 

 

08  

Mr. G.P. Lion

 

27/07/1978   03/01/1984

   

 

 

 

09  

Mr. G.L. Exorcist

 

01/12/1984   27/10/1985

   

 

 

 

10  

Mr. J.S. Verma

 

14/06/1986   27/08/1986

   

 

 

 

11  

Shri N.D. Exorcist

 

08/01/1986   18/01/1988

   

 

 

 

12  

Mr. G.G. sohani

 

21/10/1989   23/10/1989

   

 

 

 

13  

Mr. S.K. Exorcist

 

27/10/1989   15/12/1993

   

 

 

 

14  

Mr. U.L. Bhatt

 

15/12/1993   10/10/1995

   

 

 

 

15  

Shri A.K. Mathur

 

03/02/1996   21/12/1999

   

 

 

 

16  

Mr. Bhavani Singh

 

24/02/2000   19/08/2003

   

 

 

 

17  

Mr. K. rajarathanam

 

06/09/2003   12/03/2004

   

 

 

 

18  

Mr. Rajeev Gupta 

 

caretaker

   

 

 

 

19  

Mr. RV Ravindran

 

08/07/2004   08/09/2005

   

 

 

 

20  

Mr. Anang Kumar Patnaik

 

02/10/2005   16/11/2009

   

 

 

 

21  

Mr. Syed Rafat Alam

 

20/12/2009   04/08/2011

   

 

 

 
22  

Justice Sushil Harikoli 

 

caretaker
   

 

 

 

23  

Mr. Sharad Arvind Bobde

 

16/10/2012   11/04/2013

   

 

 

 
24  

Shri Krishna Kumar Lahoti

 

2013
   

 

 

 

25  

Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar

 

24/11/2013   12/05/2016

   

 

 

 

26  

Justice Hemant Gupta

 

18/03/2017   01/11/2018

   

 

 

 

27  

Justice SK Seth

 

09.11.2018    09.06.2019

   

 

 

 
28  

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal 

 

3 November 2019
   

 

 

 
28  

Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal 

 

3 November 2019- 29-09-2020 
   

 

 

 
28  

Justice Mohammad Rafiq  

 

3 Jan 2021 to 14 -10-2021  
   

 

 

 
28  

Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath  

 

continuously from 14-10-2021 

District Courts

  • Under Article 233 , a provision has been made for the establishment of a District Court subordinate to the High Court. The provisions relating to subordinate courts are given in Part 6 of the Constitution ( Articles 233- 237) .
  • The District Judge when trying criminal cases is called Sessions Judge and while trying civil cases he is called District Judge  . That is why it is also called District and Sessions Judge.

 

special court

  • In 1989 , under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, a special court has been constituted in each district court.

 

revenue court

  • A Revenue Board has been constituted in Gwalior district for civil matters related to revenue. After the amendment in the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code 1959 in the year 2011 , all rights have been given for revenue monitoring and hearing.

 

Fasttrack Court

  • Fastrack Court was established on 1st April 2001 on the recommendation of 11th Finance Commission for speedy disposal of criminal cases A total of 85 fast track courts are established in the state.

 

labor and family court

  • In Madhya Pradesh, 25 labor courts have been established in the state under the Industrial Act 1960 .
  • And under the Family Courts Act 1935 , the establishment of family courts has been established in all the divisional headquarters and main districts.

 

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