Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956

The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation introduced a Family Benefit Fund Scheme whereby employees made voluntary contributions and, in return, received lump‑sum payments on retirement or on death of the employee to his family. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) contended that the scheme amounted to life insurance…

The Supreme Court examined challenges by landowners to the Municipal Corporations of Bhopal and Indore who, under Section 305 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, issued notices to remove or set back building portions projecting beyond the regular line of a public street for a Bus Rapid Transit System…

The Indore Municipal Corporation issued bills and notices demanding payment of lighting rate and drainage tax based on the annual letting value calculated under the Madhya Pradesh Sthawar Sampatti Kar Adhiniyam, 1964, rather than the method prescribed in Section 138 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956…

The Special Area Development Authority (SADA) of Korba, created under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973, levied property tax on Western Coalfields Ltd., Bharat Aluminium Co. Ltd. and other government‑owned companies, despite an agreement that SADA would not tax them and claims that the companie…

The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation levied property, sanitation, water, electricity and development taxes on buildings within a market (Mandi) administered by the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, which claimed the corporation lacked jurisdiction. The corporation commenced recovery proceedings; the Samiti filed a petition under…

South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, which operates coal mines in Madhya Pradesh, challenged the levy of a terminal tax by the municipal council on the basis that municipal statutes cannot apply to Scheduled Areas. The company argued that Article 243ZC of the Constitution excludes Part IXA (municipalities) from Scheduled Area…

The appellant, an Assistant Engineer of the Ujjain Municipal Corporation, was prosecuted under sections 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for alleged irregularities in a building contract. He argued that, because he was appointed by an Administrator, only the Administrator or the State Govern…

India Automobiles (1960) Ltd., the owner of a nine‑storey commercial building, leased the premises to a tenant who sub‑let parts of it. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation fixed the annual value of the property under Section 174 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, by taking into account the rent paid by the…

The appellant, a butcher, challenged the 1991 amendment to the Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act that imposed an absolute ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks, alleging it violated his fundamental right to trade under Article 19(1)(g) and was not a reasonable restriction in the public interest. The …

Harsh Automobiles Private Limited and a related company, dealers of motor vehicles, displayed name boards on their premises showing their trade name and the types of vehicles sold. The Indore Municipal Corporation issued notices demanding payment of advertisement tax under Section 132 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Co…

The petition filed by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. challenged a Full Bench judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that had overruled a Division Bench decision on the construction of Section 138(b) of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, which contains a non‑obstante clause. The Supreme Court examined w…

The Municipal Corporation of Jabalpur appointed a large number of daily‑wage workers without following the recruitment rules prescribed under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act. Several labour disputes arose and the High Court, exercising contempt jurisdiction, directed the corporation to prepare a gradation …

The Collector of Raipur published a preliminary electoral roll for the municipal elections and issued a notice under Rule 4(1) allowing claims or objections within 20 days, although Rule 4(3) prescribed a 30‑day period. Several petitioners discovered the discrepancy only in early December and filed a writ petition unde…

The Official Liquidator (OL) of IISCO Ujjain Pipe and Foundry Co. Ltd., wound up under the Companies Act, sold the company's assets on an "as is where is whatever there is" basis. Ujjain Nagar Palika Nigam (respondent No.1) claimed arrears of property tax and water tax for the period from the winding‑up order (10 July …

The respondents filed a suit seeking a declaration of title and a permanent injunction against the Gwalior Municipal Corporation, claiming ancestral ownership of a one‑bigha parcel of land. The trial court dismissed the suit, holding that the land belonged to the municipality and that the suit was not maintainable with…