On 29 October 2026 the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore held that a development agreement clause allowing recourse to a civil court if arbitration failed was not an arbitration agreement, and treated the refund claim as dead wood. This analysis covers the reasoning, what was left open and the drafting lessons.
Coal Compassionate Appointment Delay: Coal Sector Legal Update, 1 November 2026 Calcutta and Jharkhand High Courts refuse interest and condonation on long-delayed coal compassionate claims; plus Coal India transfers, MCL and SECL listing plans and a WCL board selection. Coal…
A contractual employee has no automatic right to permanence, yet the authority deciding her claim must act fairly. This analysis of Priyanka Chauhan v. Union of India explains why the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside a rejection and sent the claim back for reconsideration.
Coal Sector Legal Update — October 2026 Supreme Court on no-interest clauses, a Jharkhand HC ruling on stale compassionate claims, contract-worker VDA from 1 October, and R&R developments at WCL, SECL and NCL. Coal Sector Legal Update · Issue: 22…
ArbitrationSupreme Court of IndiaMP High CourtSection 11 Analysis · Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Appointment of Arbitrator under Section 11: What the High Court Can — and Cannot — Decide After Interplay, Krish Spinning, Aslam Ismail Khan Deshmukh and the…
On 9 October 2026 the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur struck down the 2019 Act that raised OBC reservation in public services from 14% to 27%. This analysis covers the 50% ceiling, the evidence the Court rejected, and what happens to appointments made before 29 September 2022.
A Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment at Jabalpur shows how the presumption of marriage from long cohabitation works when a customary Kari marriage cannot be proved, who carries the burden of proof, and why an earlier compromise decree did not bind the plaintiffs.
A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court examined a handset recovered in a murder case. The analysis covers ownership, SIM mapping, IMEI records, delayed witness statements and the records a litigant should review.
A CISF constable's rifle fired one round into a ceiling. Nobody was hurt. The department recovered ₹18, then imposed a major penalty. The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed it as disproportionate. This analysis covers the reasoning, the Rule 34 penalty classes, what was left open and the records to assemble.
The Indore Bench of the MP High Court dismissed a challenge to a demolition notice for road widening under Section 305. The analysis covers master plan primacy, Article 300A, the suppression of material documents that led to costs of Rs. 20,000, and what the Court left open.