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

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

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ON THE 12 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 19856 of 2015 SMT. KAMLA DEVI AND OTHERS Versus BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Ramesh Kumar Verma, Senior Advocate with Shri Ram Murti Tiwari and Shri Munish Saini, Advocate for petitioners.

Shri Rajesh Maindiretta, Advocate for respondent No. 1.

Shri Avinash Gupta, Advocate for respondent No. 2.

WITH WRIT PETITION No. 5555 of 2017 SMT. SUNITA SINGH AND OTHERS Versus BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Avinash Gupta, Advocate for petitioners.

Shri Rajesh Maindiretta, Advocate for respondent/Bank.

Shri Ramesh Kumar Verma, Senior Advocate with Shri Ram Murti Tiwari & Shri Munish Saini, Advocate for respondent Nos. 2 and

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ORDER Per: Justice Pradeep Mittal Since both these writ petition involve a common issue, they are heard and decided together by this common order. References to the annexures and documents are taken from W.P. No. 19856 of 2015 for the sake of convenience.

2. The case, in brief, in W.P. No. 5555 of 2017 is that Late V.P.

Singh, the husband of Petitioner No. 1 and father of Petitioner Nos. 2