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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition in Tenancy Dispute — Lease Created After Tillers' Day Not Subject to Purchase Obligation Under Sections 32-O and 32-P of Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Landlord's Claim for Restoration After 32 Years Held Time-Barred and Without Termination of Tenancy....

The petitioners, legal heirs of the original tenant, challenged the orders of the Tahsildar and the appellate authority directing eviction and restoration of land to the respondents, legal heirs of th...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Murder and Dacoity Case Due to Lack of Unlawful Assembly and Unreliable Identification Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302/149 IPC set aside as two of five accused acquitted, breaking the requirement of five or more persons for unlawful assembly....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Kishore, Bala, and Banaras (appellants) against their conviction for offences under Sections 148, 302/149, and 460/149 IPC. The case arose from an incident on t...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations and Abuse of Process. The court held that general and omnibus allegations against relatives residing separately do not sustain prosecution under Section 498A IPC and other offences, and quashed the charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC....

The judgment pertains to two criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of charge sheet in C.C.No.17788/2022 arising from Crime No.30/20...

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Karnataka High Court Considers Central Relief Committee's Challenge to Slum Declaration under Karnataka Slum Areas (Development) Act, 1973; Petitioner Seeks Quashing of Preliminary Notification and Order. Challenge Centered on Whether Slum Declaration Under Section 3 of 1973 Act Must Adhere to Procedural Requirements of Section 11 and Principles of Natural Justice....

Background: The writ petition was filed by the Central Relief Committee, a statutory committee constituted under Section 4 of the Karnataka Prohibition of Beggary Act, 1975, challenging the declaratio...

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High Court of Karnataka Considers Validity of RERA Order on Complaint Maintainability and Project Exemption. The Court Examines Whether a Project with Occupancy Certificate is Exempt from Registration Under Rule 4 of Karnataka Real Estate Rules....

The petitioner, a real estate promoter, challenged an order of the Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority which rejected its application seeking dismissal of a complaint filed by the second respon...

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High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru Partly Allows Husband's Revision Petition Against Maintenance Order Under Section 125 Cr.P.C. — Maintenance Reduced from Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 8,000 per Month for Wife and Child. The court held that maintenance quantum must be based on the husband's actual income and the claimants' needs, not on equalization of income....

The petitioner, Sri Y.G. Rajesh, filed a revision petition under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, challenging the order dated 16.08.2023 passed by the I Additional Principal Judge, Family...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging APMC Election Without Inclusion of Gram-Panchayat Members in Voters' List. Election process of APMC Tumsar set aside for non-compliance with Section 11(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development & Regulation) Act, 1963....

The petitioner, Sadashiv Shivaji Dhenge, was elected as Sarpanch of Gram-Panchayat Hardoli in 2017, which falls within the territorial jurisdiction of respondent No.6-APMC, Tumsar. The regular term of...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Dispute — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Registered Sale Deed Alone Insufficient to Prove Possession Without Evidence of Delivery of Possession....

The appellant-plaintiff, Suresh Namdeorao Wankhade, filed a second appeal challenging the concurrent judgments of the trial court and the first appellate court dismissing his suit for declaration, per...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim for Permanent Disability and Loss of Income. The court enhanced compensation from Rs.1,10,000 to Rs.5,14,735 for injuries sustained in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck....

The appellant, Ranjit Arunkumar Jaiswal, was a 29-year-old businessman running a Funfair and Mini Bazar. On 15/11/1997, he was travelling in a luxury bus (MH-18/C-7699) when it collided head-on with a...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Charge-Sheet Against Candidate in Election Cash Seizure Case — No Offence Made Out Under Sections 171-H, 188 IPC and Section 123 of Representation of the People Act, 1950. Section 123 of the Act is a definition clause not creating penal liability, and Sections 171-H and 188 IPC require specific ingredients absent in the facts....

The applicant, Sagar D. Meghe, was contesting parliamentary elections in 2014. During the election period, police at Dattapur Police Station set up a check point and intercepted a Scorpio vehicle driv...