(981) SANTOSH KESHARWANI Vs. SMT. ANISHA KHAN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 23-A and Chapter III-A — Eviction suit by special category landlord (widow) — Jurisdiction of Civil Court versus Rent Controlling Authority — Suit instituted on multiple grounds including bonafide need, arrears of rent, and change of user — Special procedure before Rent Controlling Authority under Section 23-A is available only when eviction is sought solely on the ground of bonafide requirement — Where an eviction suit is founded on bonaf India Law Library Docid # 2451984
(982) SMT. SAVITRI AND OTHERS Vs. RAMBADAN AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 9, Order 43 Rule 1(c) and Section 151 — Restoration of suit dismissed in default — Default of counsel — Suit for declaration, partition, and injunction dismissed for non-appearance and non-production of evidence — Appellants explained that their engaged counsel failed to communicate the date of hearing — Held, an innocent litigant who has entrusted the litigation to counsel should not be made to suffer for counsel's lapse in the absence of delibera India Law Library Docid # 2451990
(983) JAGANNATH BAGHEL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482) — Inherent powers of High Court — Scope of interference — Quashing of FIR and charge-sheet — High Court cannot conduct a mini-trial or sift through evidence to evaluate the truthfulness, admissibility, or sufficiency of prosecution allegations at the threshold — Court cannot look into external defense materials or documents produced by the accused which were not part of the police report — India Law Library Docid # 2452017
(984) JAGANNATH BAGHEL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Quashing of FIR — Scope and limits — Petitioners sought quashing of criminal proceedings alleging false implication and relying on plea of alibi — Held, under inherent powers, the High Court cannot embark upon appreciation of evidence or examine facts like an appellate court — Pleas of alibi and claims of separate residence constitute defence evidence to be established India Law Library Docid # 2452018
(985) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. GULAB SINGH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Government entities — Bureaucratic lethargy and red-tapism — Parity between State and private litigants — Held, State entities cannot claim preferential treatment or special latitude merely on account of impersonal administrative machinery or procedural red tape. Condonation of delay is an exception, not the rule. The State must demonstrate reasonable diligence, bona fides, and sufficient cause rather than offering routine administrative India Law Library Docid # 2452025
(986) SANTOSH KUMAR SAKET @ LAL SAKET Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1) and 238(1) — Regular bail — Murder — Deceased was found dead in a pond and autopsy confirmed death by asphyxia as homicidal — Applicant implicated along with co-accused based on suspicion and memorandum statement — Applicant sought bail on ground that three prosecution witnesses had been examined without disclosing any incriminating material or overt act against him — Held, circumstances emer India Law Library Docid # 2452028
(987) SMT KAMLA YADAV Vs. SHIVCHARAN SINGH YADAV AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1A(3) and Section 151 — Belated production of documents by defendant — Leave of the Court — Discretionary power — Trial Court allowed defendants' application to bring an agreement on record after closure of plaintiff's evidence — Upheld by High Court — Held, sub-rule (3) provides an opportunity to produce documents not filed with the written statement with leave of the Court — Procedure is the handmaid of justice and technical hurdles should not ob India Law Library Docid # 2452037
(988) KAMAL SINGH AHIRWAR Vs. SOUDAN SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 3 — Production of evidence — Option to reserve right of rebuttal — Stage of exercising option — Suit for declaration of title and possession based on registered Will, with counter-claim claiming title by succession — Plaintiff applied under Order 18 Rule 3 seeking to reserve right to produce rebuttal evidence on issues where burden lay on defendants — Held, the last stage for exercising the option to reserve the right of rebuttal can well be befor India Law Library Docid # 2452043
(989) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. KUMARI ADITI JAIN AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Statutory Rules vs. Advertisement — Post of Pharmacist Grade-II — Madhya Pradesh Public Health and Family Welfare Department Non-Ministerial (Related to Directorate of Health Services) Class-III Service Recruitment Rules, 1989 — Recruitment advertisement introduced an additional requirement of Class XII with Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, which was absent in statutory Rules — Candidates qualified under statutory Rules were denied appointment for lacking Biology — He India Law Library Docid # 2452068
(990) ARJUN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300-A and Article 226 — Deprivation of property without authority of law — Defense of delay and laches — Construction of road over private land without initiating acquisition proceedings or paying compensation — State contended that petitioner failed to protest at the time of construction and approached the court with delay — Held, right to property is a constitutional and human right — The State cannot evade its constitutional liability to pay compensation India Law Library Docid # 2452090
(991) CHHATRAPAL BAGHELE Vs. INDIAN BANK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Departmental Enquiry — Scope of Judicial Review — High Court does not sit as an appellate authority to reappreciate evidence or correct errors of fact — Jurisdiction is confined to examining whether the enquiry was conducted by a competent authority in compliance with statutory rules and principles of natural justice, or whether findings are based on no evidence or perversity — Adequacy or reliability of evidence cannot be canvassed — Domestic enquiry India Law Library Docid # 2452093
(992) JANARDAN SWAROOP DIXIT Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Recovery of excess payment — Retired employee — Erroneous pay fixation — Petitioner retired on 28.02.2023 — Impugned recovery of Rs. 4,96,269/- directed from gratuity over a year after superannuation without notice — State contended Rafiq Masih inapplicable as petitioner held Class-I post — Held, recovery from retired employees and where excess payment was made for over five years is impermissible under Rafiq Masih — Impugned recovery initiated after retirement without hearing is u India Law Library Docid # 2452095
(993) GULAB RAO Vs. MINE SUPERINTENDENT /MANAGER AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Alteration of date of birth — Belated claim at fag end of service — Permissibility — Petitioner appointed in 1975 with recorded date of birth as 01.07.1956 sought correction to 10.05.1960 upon receiving superannuation notice after four decades — Held, an employee cannot claim correction of date of birth as a matter of right at the fag end of service when the recorded entry remained unquestioned for a substantial tenure — Belated claims must be examined with great circumspection to India Law Library Docid # 2452097
(994) RUPAJI Vs. MANOHAR SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Sections 178 and 178-A — Partition of agricultural holding during lifetime of Bhumiswami — Maintainability of application by son — Land was recorded exclusively under Bhumiswami rights of petitioner father — Son filed application under Section 178-A for partition — Held, son cannot be considered as Bhumiswami for invoking Section 178 or Section 178-A — Under Section 178-A, only a Bhumiswami can apply to partition the holding amongst his legal heirs during India Law Library Docid # 2452098
(995) MS. SONAKSHI SHARMA Vs. MP STATE COOPERATIVE DAIRY FEDERATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Suppression of material fact — Eligibility criteria — Cancellation of appointment during probation — Petitioner secured compassionate appointment without disclosing that her brother was already in Government employment — Policy barred appointment if any dependent was in Government service — Held, compassionate appointment obtained by suppressing material facts having direct bearing on eligibility does not confe India Law Library Docid # 2452101
(996) M/S INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Madhya Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2002 — Sections 4-A(3), 46(5)(ii) and 46(6) — Madhya Pradesh Commercial Tax Act, 1994 — Section 61(4-A) — Pre-deposit condition for appeals — Challenge to constitutional validity — Petitioner challenged mandatory pre-deposit requirements for maintaining first and second appeals on the ground of being onerous and arbitrary — Held, after a lapse of 16 years of pendency of writ petition, challenge to constitutional vali India Law Library Docid # 2452104
(997) ANITA VERMA Vs. HINDUSTAN PATROLIUM CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review in Tender and Contractual Matters — Scope — Allotment of Retail Outlet Dealership — Petitioner challenged rejection of her complaint regarding allocation of marks and selection of rival candidate — Held, judicial review in commercial and contractual matters has inherent limitations and is guided by restraint — High Court cannot sit as a court of appeal, reappreciate evidence, or embark on a comparative assessment of candidates' suitabil India Law Library Docid # 2452112
(998) BRANDAWAN PRASAD GOUR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Recovery of excess payment — Retired Class-III employee — Erroneous pay fixation — Excess payment made between 2001 and 2012 detected at the time of retirement in 2023 — Impermissibility of recovery — Employee was neither responsible for wrong fixation nor guilty of fraud or misrepresentation — Recovery from Class-III employees, recovery from retired employees, and recovery where excess payment was made for a period exceeding five years before the recovery order is impermissible in India Law Library Docid # 2452137
(999) SAURABH AGRAWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 148 and 148A(d) — Writ jurisdiction against reassessment notice and preliminary order — Scope of judicial review — Limited scope — Writ court's scrutiny under Article 226 against an order under Section 148A(d) is confined solely to examining the existence of information suggesting escapement of income — Reassessment proceedings under Section 148 entail a far more exhaustive examination — High Court declined to interfere India Law Library Docid # 2452126
(1000) LUMINOUS INFRA PROJECTS LLP Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition — Alternative statutory remedy — Discretionary jurisdiction — Rule of exhaustion of alternative remedy is not an omnibus or absolute bar to writ jurisdiction, but a rule of judicial restraint — High Court may exercise its plenary powers under Article 226 in exceptional circumstances, including arbitrary state action or where relegating a party would result in gross injustice and hardship — Once pleadings are exchanged a India Law Library Docid # 2452130