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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal to Impound Agreement of Sale in Specific Performance Suit. Notarised Agreement of Sale Not an Instrument Chargeable with Stamp Duty Under Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958....

The petitioners (defendants in the suit) challenged a common order dated 22/8/2019 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Pune in Special Suit No.935/2012, whereby the trial court refused to impo...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Inclusion in Shalarth Pranali — Petitioner Appointed as Peon in Clear Vacancy, Delay in Approval Not Attributable to Him. The court held that prior permission is not required for appointment in a clear vacancy and the petitioner cannot be penalized for administrative delay....

The petitioner, Dilip Mohan Desai, was appointed as a Peon by the Ajara Mahal Shikshan Mandal in Vyankatrao High School and Junior College, Kolhapur, on 5th April 2007 in a clear vacancy. The manageme...

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Bombay High Court Allows CIDCO to Cut Mangroves for Public Road Project Subject to Conditions. Court permits removal of mangroves over 0.6266 hectares for construction of 11m wide bypass bridge in Navi Mumbai, imposing compensatory plantation and environmental safeguards....

The petitioner, City & Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO), filed a writ petition seeking permission to cut and remove mangroves over an area of 0.6266 hectares for the cons...

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Karnataka High Court examines whether exclusion of married daughters from compassionate appointment under Karnataka Civil Services Rules violates Article 14; petitioner challenged rejection of her application for compassionate appointment and constitutional validity of the rules defining 'dependent' as including only unmarried daughter....

The petitioner, daughter of a deceased government servant who died in harness, sought appointment on compassionate grounds under the Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) Rul...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR in Abetment of Suicide and Dowry Harassment Case — No Prima Facie Case Made Out Against Husband. Allegations of cruelty and abetment of suicide under Sections 306, 498-A IPC fail as there is no proximate link between the alleged acts and the suicide, and the complaint lacks specific instances of cruelty....

The petitioner, M.S. Niranjan Babu, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No. 173/2016 registered at Sanjay Nagar Police Station, Ba...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes No Objection Certificate for Petrol Pump in Residential Area Due to Non-Compliance with Zoning Regulations and Public Safety Concerns. The court held that the NOC was issued without considering zoning regulations, building bye-laws, and environmental clearance requirements, and set it aside....

The petitioners, residents of Mahalakshmi Layout, Bengaluru, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking to quash the No Objection Certificate (NOC) dated 19.03.2020 i...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition in Execution Proceedings for Specific Performance — Decree Holder Entitled to Execute Decree Despite Judgment Debtor's Death. Order 22 Rule 12 CPC Provides That Execution Proceedings Do Not Abate by Reason of Death of Judgment Debtor....

The petitioner, Ashrafali, was the decree holder in O.S.No.38/2014 for specific performance of contract. The trial Court decreed the suit directing the judgment debtor, Hari Rama Birje, to execute a r...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Family Court Case — Sets Aside Decree Declaring Marriage Null and Void for Lack of Jurisdiction. Family Court lacked jurisdiction to declare marriage null and void under Section 7(g) of Family Courts Act, 1984 read with Section 151 CPC as no specific provision for such declaration exists....

The appeal arises from a judgment and decree passed by the Family Court No. 4, Nagpur in Petition No. B-30/2012, which declared the marriage between the appellant Durgaiya Pocham Sullewar and responde...