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Bombay High Court Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Corrigenda to Deemed Conveyance Certificates Under Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, 1963. Competent Authority Issued Certificates for Constructed Area and Later Extended to Land Without Notice, Prompting Promoters to Seek Quashing....

Background: The dispute involved ten cooperative housing societies formed under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, in a development called 'Kashish Park' at Thane. The petitioners, Kash...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Government Circular Restricting MBA/MMS Admissions to Only MAH-CET, GMAT, and CAT Scores. The Court held that the circular was arbitrary and violated the legitimate expectation of students who had appeared for ATMA, MAT, GMAT, and XAT examinations....

The petitioners, three students who had appeared for the ATMA (AIMS Test for Management Admission) examination on 6 July 2020, challenged a Government Circular dated 16 March 2020 issued by the Higher...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging MPLADS Circular Allowing Funds for Private Hospitals in COVID-19 Relief. Circular dated April 8, 2020, permitting MPLADS funds for private hospitals is intra vires the MPLAD Scheme and not arbitrary....

The petitioner, a legal practitioner, filed a Public Interest Litigation challenging a circular dated April 8, 2020, issued by the Joint Secretary (MPLADS) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Students in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Lack of Intent to Humiliate. Caste-based insult allegations fail as the incident arose from a trivial dispute without any intention to insult on caste grounds under Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The judgment concerns three criminal applications filed by students (Sayeeshdarshan Kanala, Sanket Adlak, and Piyush Dawkar) seeking quashing of FIR No. 0225/2019 registered at Pundlik Nagar Police St...

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Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Disqualification Order Against Gram Panchayat Members Under Section 43-A of Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 and Remits for Fresh Enquiry. Insufficient Cross-Verification of Statements and Lack of Detailed Enquiry Prompt Reconsideration by Regional Commissioner....

The writ petition was filed by the President and members of Allampura Gram Panchayat, Chickmagalur District, challenging their disqualification from membership under Section 43-A of the Karnataka Gram...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Settlement Between Parties. Court Allows Compromise in Non-Compoundable Offences Under Section 482 CrPC to Secure Ends of Justice....

The petitioners, including the husband and his relatives, filed two criminal petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of criminal proceedings arising from ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition in Electricity Supply Company Case — Plaint Rejected for Lack of Jurisdiction Under Section 145 of Electricity Act, 2003. Civil Court Has No Jurisdiction to Entertain Suit for Specific Performance of Contract for Electricity Connection Where Remedy Lies Before the Special Court Under the Electricity Act....

The present case involves a civil revision petition filed by the Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) and its Assistant Executive Engineer against an order of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, J...

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Bombay High Court Allows Pension Benefits to Daily Wager by Counting Pre-Regularization Service as Qualifying Service Under Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. Continuous Service of Same Nature from 1971 to 2003 Entitles Petitioner to Pension Despite Initial Daily Wage Engagement....

The petitioner, Sayyad Abbas Sayyad Usman, was employed as a watchman/Choukidar on a daily wage basis with the respondents (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krushi Vidyapeeth, Akola) from 1971. He worked contin...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail in Essential Commodities Act Case — Offences Under Sections 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 of the Act Held Bailable. The court held that since the primary offences under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 are bailable, anticipatory bail can be granted even if other non-bailable offences are alleged....

The applicants, Vikrant Angolkar (an employee of M/s Jay Anand Food Industries) and Bhimashankar Khade (a commission agent), filed anticipatory bail applications under Section 438 of the Code of Crimi...