IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO. 1204 OF 2025)
ARIF MASOOD APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
DHRUV NARAYAN SINGH RESPONDENT(S)
W I T H
CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO. 2029 OF 2025)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. These civil appeals are directed against interim orders dated
17.12.2024 and 08.01.2025 passed by the High Court of Madhya
Pradesh at Jabalpur in Election Petition No.4/2024.
3. In view of the proposed consent order, it is not necessary to
refer to the facts in detail, except to mention that the appellant
is the returned candidate in the Madhya Pradesh State Legislative
Assembly Election for Constituency No.153-Bhopal held in November-
December 2023. The respondent has challenged the appellant’s
election on various grounds in Election Petition No.4/2024, in
which both the impugned orders, referred to above, came to be
passed by the High Court. The first order, dated 17.12.2024, has
been passed rejecting the appellant’s application under Order 7
Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The second order,
dated 08.01.2025, pertains to framing of issues which arise for
consideration in the election petition.
4. Having impressed upon learned senior counsel for the parties
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on the previous date, both sides have very fairly stated before us
that the Election Petition No. 4/2024 (Dhruv Naray...