Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961

Residents of Ratlam filed a complaint under s.133 of the Criminal Procedure Code alleging that the Municipal Council had failed to provide sanitary facilities, construct drainage, and stop industrial discharge, creating a public nuisance. The Sub‑Divisional Magistrate ordered the municipality to construct drains, provi…

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…

The respondents, manufacturers of bidis, imported tobacco and other raw materials into Damoh municipality, paid octroi duty, used the materials to manufacture bidis and exported the finished products. They claimed a refund of the octroi under Rule 27(b) of the Octroi Rules, which provides a refund when imported raw mat…

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 appellants, owners of cinema theatres located within municipal or corporation limits in Madhya Pradesh, challenged the imposition of a theatre tax by Janapada Panchayats under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayats Act, 1962, arguing that they already paid cinema tax under the Municipalities Act, 1961 or the Municipal Corpo…

Six lecturers and teachers employed by the Municipal Council of Sagar were transferred by the State Government to schools under another municipal council under the power granted by section 94(7) of the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961. They challenged the transfers, arguing that the statute only permitted transf…

The Municipal Council of Waraseoni granted a one‑year lease to Satish Chandra Jain for the collection of cattle registration and market fees at a local cattle fair, with a contract sum of Rs 1,75,000. Jain withheld Rs 29,592.63, prompting the Council to initiate recovery proceedings under Sections 164(2) and 164(3) of …

The appellant, elected President of Nagar Palika Zora, was served a show‑cause notice and removed by the State Government under Section 41‑A of the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 on allegations of financial loss, alteration of minutes and hasty appointment of a Chief Municipal Officer. The High Court upheld th…

The petition challenged the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Act, 1956, the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 and the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961, alleging they unduly restricted the State Election Commission’s power to notify election progr…

The Cantonment Boards of Saugor, Mhow and Jabalpur imposed an entry tax on motor vehicles under Section 60 of the Cantonments Act, 1924. The Madhya Pradesh High Court struck down the tax, holding that Section 6 of the Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1947 barred any local authority from levying such a tax. O…

The Nagar Palika Parishad, Mihona issued notices under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 to Ramnath for encroaching on a public road. Ramnath filed a suit seeking declaration of title over the land and a permanent injunction, claiming ancestral ownership. The trial court and two appellate courts held the suit…

The petitioner, Poonam, was convicted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and failed to disclose this conviction in the affidavit required by Rule 24‑A of the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palika Nirvachan Niyam, 1994 when filing her nomination for councillor. The trial court declared her election void und…

The Kurwai Nagar Panchayat constructed a bus stand on its own land and, invoking powers under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, imposed a parking fee of Rs 20 per day or Rs 600 per month on vehicle owners. The fee was challenged through a writ petition, which the High Court dismissed, but a Division Bench later se…

The Municipal Council of Khurai received a 7‑acre parcel of land (Khasra No. 412/2) as a gift in 1912 to establish a grain market. The Council later transferred the land to the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti (Market Committee) under the Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960, and claimed compensation for the t…

The Municipal Corporation of Bilaspur appealed against a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that each tenement must be assessed separately for property tax and that aggregation of annual letting values could be used only for exemption, not for taxation. The dispute centered on Section 127A of the Madhya Pradesh Municipali…

Associated Cement Companies Ltd. manufactures cement at Kymore and was levied a terminal export tax of 0.50% on cement by the Kymore Municipal Council under a 1991 notification. The State Government later issued a circular on 15 December 1995 prescribing a uniform rate of 0.20% for cement across Madhya Pradesh. The com…

The Moharrirs/peons of Municipal Council Hatta filed an application under Section 22 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 seeking overtime pay for four extra hours worked daily during February‑March 1982‑83. The Labour Court allowed the application, but the High Court dismissed the Municipal Council's petition. On appeal, th…