IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN

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ON THE 16 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. PETITION No. 5852 of 2025 AKHTAR HUSSAIN AND OTHERS Versus SHEIKH ISRAEL AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Eijaz Nazar Siddiqui - Advocate for the petitioners.

Shri Ahadulla Usmani- Advocate for the respondent No. 1. Shri D.P. Sharma- Panel Lawyer for the respondent-State.

ORDER By way of this petition, challenge is made to the order dated 09-07-

2024 whereby the trial court has allowed application for amendment of the defendant No. 1 in the written statement. The present petition has been filed by the defendants No. 2 and 3, objecting to the amendment made by the defendant No. 1 in his written statement. It is not in dispute that the interests of the defendant No. 1 on one side and the defendants No. 2 and 3 on the other side in the suit are adverse to each other.

2. The counsel for the petitioners has argued that by way of the impugned amendment, certain admissions which were made in the written statement have been sought to be withdrawn and various facts which had been admitted have now been denied and various material pleadings have been permitted to be amended and even