(861) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO.LTD. Vs. SMT.GEETA BAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 147, 149, and 166 — Goods carriage — Gratuitous passenger — Breach of policy conditions — Claimant sustained injuries when a truck overturned while she was travelling in it to take a holy bath in a river — Held, a person travelling in a goods vehicle for personal or religious purposes is not covered under the terms of the insurance policy — Finding of the Tribunal that the claimant was a gratuitous passenger and that the insured committed a breach of policy co India Law Library Docid # 2451999
(862) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.LTD. Vs. SMT.SUNITA BAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Third party liability — Scope and ambit — Any person other than the insurer and the insured is a "third party", including passengers and employees — However, the mere fact that a person is a third party does not automatically fasten liability on the insurer — Insurer is liable for bodily injury or death of a third party only if such statutory liability is fastened under Section 147 of the Act or under the specific terms and conditions of the insurance con India Law Library Docid # 2452000
(863) SMT. ARCHANA VISHWAKARMA Vs. RATAN SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Assessment of compensation — Income determination, multiplier, and deductions — Deceased aged 30 years died in a motor accident — In the absence of specific evidence proving exact monthly earnings, income must be calculated on the basis of minimum wages prevailing for an unskilled labourer at the time of the incident — Deceased being married, one-third deduction towards personal and living expenses is appropriate — Proper multiplier applied based India Law Library Docid # 2452001
(864) NAGUSINGH Vs. SMT. SHEETAL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 128, 129 and 166 — Motor accident claim — Contributory negligence — Motorcycle carrying two pillion riders struck by tractor — Owner contended deceased driver was contributorily negligent for carrying two pillion riders — Held, mere presence of two pillion riders on a motorcycle in violation of statutory rules does not automatically establish contributory negligence unless cogent evidence demonstrates that it contributed to the accident — Owner failed to show India Law Library Docid # 2452006
(865) BABLU ALEAS BABULAL AND OTHERS Vs. ABHISHEK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Fatal accident — Deduction towards personal and living expenses of bachelor — Tribunal erred in deducting only one-third of the income of the deceased — Held, since the deceased was 18 years old and unmarried at the time of the accident, 50% of his income was required to be deducted towards personal and living expenses in terms of the law laid down in National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi — Compensation reassessed and reduced accordingly. India Law Library Docid # 2452009
(866) RAMLAKHAN MISHRA Vs. ANKIT GUPTA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994 — Rule 240 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XXXII — Applicability to Claims Tribunal proceedings — Dismissal of claim petition for non-compliance with Order XXXII — Nature of proceedings before Claims Tribunal is a statutory inquiry under a beneficial legislation, not an adversarial civil suit — Rule 240 of MP Rules specifically enumerates applicable CPC provisions, excluding Order XXXII — Tribunal commi India Law Library Docid # 2452010
(867) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD Vs. RAMBAHORI AHIRWAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Motor accident claim — Implantation of vehicle — FIR lodged against unknown vehicle — Insurer contended that the offending motorcycle was falsely implicated at a later stage as the FIR did not mention vehicle details — Held, lodging an FIR against an unknown vehicle does not warrant an inference of implantation, as identifying the offending vehicle is the subject matter of police investigation — Police investigation confirmed the vehicle's involv India Law Library Docid # 2452011
(868) BABLU ALEAS BABULAL AND OTHERS Vs. ABHISHEK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing appeal — Claimants preferred appeal seeking enhancement of compensation with an application for condonation of 215 days' delay — Held, considering that the cross-appeal preferred by the Insurance Company against the same common award was pending consideration, and in the absence of any objection from the opposite side, the application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act was allowed and the delay of 215 days in filing the appeal India Law Library Docid # 2452014
(869) SUSHIL DWIVEDI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 294 — Obscene acts and songs — Quashing of FIR — Essential ingredients — Complainant failed to specify the obscene words allegedly used by the accused in the initial FIR — Mere abusive, humiliating, or defamatory language without proof of causing annoyance to others does not attract Section 294 — Introduction of specific abusive words subsequently during statements recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. constitutes an impermissible embellishment to cure inherent defe India Law Library Docid # 2452020
(870) RAKESH RATHORE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Grant of regular bail — Scope of inquiry at bail stage — Hostile witnesses — Prosecutrix (PW-1) and her mother (PW-2) deposed during trial that prosecutrix was a major, consenting party, and married to applicant, thereby not supporting prosecution — Held, High Court cannot undertake meticulous appreciation of evidence or conduct a mini-trial at the bail stage — Whether testimony discredits prosecution or can be used for contradiction under India Law Library Docid # 2452029
(871) KISHAN MODI Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Temporary bail on medical grounds — Sick or infirm — Scope of proviso to Section 45 — First proviso empowers the court to release a person who is sick or infirm, but it does not confer an automatic or absolute right to bail — Accused must satisfactorily establish that their medical condition is of such gravity that adequate diagnosis and treatment cannot be reasonably provided within India Law Library Docid # 2452030
(872) GAURAV BAJPAYI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Summoning of additional witness — Scope and limitations — The power conferred under Section 311 of the Cr.P.C. is wide and intended to discover the truth and arrive at a just decision, but it must be exercised judicially and not mechanically or as a matter of course — The provision cannot be converted into a mechanism to enable the prosecution to fill up lacunae, overcome shortcomings that emerged during trial, or improve its case after conclu India Law Library Docid # 2452032
(873) DEEPSINGH AND OTHERS Vs. BALU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 117 — Revenue records — Presumption of correctness — Proof of possession — Suit for declaration and perpetual injunction — Plaintiff produced revenue entries recorded in his name since 2011 — Defendants relied on a spot inspection panchnama prepared during Section 145 Cr.P.C. proceedings — Held, though title cannot be established solely through revenue entries, they are material documents to establish possession — Under Section 117 of the Code, a India Law Library Docid # 2452057
(874) MUNNI BAI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XXIII Rule 1 and Order II Rule 2 — Maintainability of second writ petition — Constructive res judicata — Petitioner filed earlier writ petition which was disposed of without granting the prayed relief of back wages and without reserving liberty to file afresh — Held, public policy discourages multiplicity of proceedings and bench-hunting tactics — A second writ petition on the same cause of action or issue, file India Law Library Docid # 2452080
(875) CHITRABHAN SINGH Vs. MADHYA PRADESH PURVA KSHETRA VIDYUT VITRAN COMPANY AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Finality of quasi-judicial orders — Dispute regarding electricity charges — Petitioner challenged allegedly exorbitant electricity bills before District Consumer Redressal Forum, State Consumer Redressal Forum, and Electricity Consumer Redressal Forum, all of which dismissed his claims — Petitioner failed to avail statutory remedy before National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission or challenge the orders further — Held, orders p India Law Library Docid # 2452084
(876) RAMSWARUP AND OTHERS Vs. THE BOARD OF REVENUE AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 44 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filed after 44 years assailing 1961 mutation — Petitioners claimed lack of knowledge until recent interference with possession — Explanation rejected as fallacious since respondent was in continuous possession, held Bhoo Rajasva Rin Pustika, and had furnished bail on disputed land — Propriety of mutation proceedings cannot be examined without first establishing sufficient cause India Law Library Docid # 2452108
(877) VIJAY SHRIVASTAVA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Delay and Laches — Maintainability of writ petition — Rejection of review application whether creates fresh cause of action — Petitioner was dismissed from service in 2015, and his second appeal was dismissed on 14.12.2017 — Writ petition was filed in 2026 after rejection of a review application — Held, the grievance had attained finality on 14.12.2017 — Subsequent filing and rejection of a review application does not revive a stale claim or generate a India Law Library Docid # 2452145
(878) BHUPINDER SINGH UIKEY Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Educational Qualifications — Equivalence of Degrees — Scope of Judicial Review — Prescription of educational qualifications for recruitment falls exclusively within the domain of the recruiting and appointing authority. The determination of whether one academic qualification is equivalent to another is essentially an expert academic matter. Unless the decision of the competent authority is demonstrated to be arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to statut India Law Library Docid # 2452147
(879) DEVENDRA KUMAR SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Service Law — Regularization — Claim for parity — Petitioner sought regularization of services with effect from 04.07.2003 at par with similarly situated and junior employees who were regularized from that date pursuant to court orders — State failed to distinguish facts or justify disparate treatment — Held, when similarly situated employees are granted regularization from a particular date, denying the same benefit to another identically placed employ India Law Library Docid # 2452132
(880) SHAHI MASJID WAQF PANCHAYAT MOCHIYAAN THROUGH ITS AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE ASHFAQ AHMAD AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 25 and 26 — Freedom of religion — Demolition of religious structures for road widening — Petitioners challenged the proposed demolition of an obstructing portion of a Waqf mosque under the Ujjain Development Master Plan, 2035 — Held, the right to practice religion is subject to public order and does not confer absolute immunity from the acquisition or removal of religious places for public necessity — No violation of Article 14 occurred as the authoriti India Law Library Docid # 2452153