2026 INSC 225 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3279 OF 2026 (@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO.10967 OF 2024)

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ORS. …APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS RAJKUMAR YADAV …RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T N.V. ANJARIA, J.

Leave granted.

1.1. The appellants are permitted to place on record the additional documents, as prayed for.

2. More often than not, the quality of law and order Signature Not Verified in the society and maintenance thereof depends upon the Digitally signed by MINI Date: 2026.03.11

17:08:00 IST Reason:

character of the persons serving in the police force. It becomes imperative that the recruitees in the disciplined force should be the persons beyond reproach and men with rectitude.

2.1. The exposition of the above narrative is required to be applied in its four corners while examining the challenge to judgment and order dated 20.07.2023 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in Writ Appeal No. 297 of 2023, which is impugned in the present appeal preferred by the appellant–the State of Madhya Pradesh.

2.2. Learned Single Judge of the High Court dismissed the writ petition of respondent-original petitioner (he