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Bombay High Court Partially Sets Aside Arbitral Award in Construction Contract Dispute — Interest Rate Reduced from 18% to 12% per annum. Arbitrator's Award of Interest at 18% Held to be Excessive and Not in Accordance with Contractual Stipulation of 12% under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The case involves an arbitration petition filed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (Petitioner) challenging an arbitral award passed by a sole arbitrator in favor of S.N. Thakkar Construct...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Education Officer's Order Refusing Approval for Compassionate Appointment; Holds Recruitment Ban Inapplicable. Compassionate Appointment Not Subject to Blanket Ban on Recruitment, Governed by Specific Government Resolution, Approval Must Be Granted with Consequential Benefits....

The case pertained to a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an order of the Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur, refusing approval to the compa...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Retired University Personal Assistant’s Claim for Pay Parity with High Court Staff Under Equal Pay Doctrine. Court Holds That Tribunal Establishment Is Distinct From High Court and No Material Proving Identical Duties Was Produced, Thus Violation of Articles 14 and 16 of Constitution Not Made Out....

The dispute arose from a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution by a retired Personal Assistant of the University of Pune, who sought parity of pay scales with Personal Secretaries ...

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High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad Hears Combined PIL and Writ Petition on Unauthorized Construction and Allotment of Shops by Gram Panchayat; Authorities Direct Sealing and Cancellation of Allotments Citing Violation of Section 51(1) of Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act...

The matter concerns a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and a connected Writ Petition challenging the construction and allotment of shops by Gram Panchayat Sirsala on Gut No.343, a government gayran la...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Interim Maintenance to Wife Under DV Act Despite Dismissal of Main Complaint — Appeal Court Has Power to Grant Interim Maintenance Pending Appeal Under Section 23 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005...

The petitioner, Gananath Vishwanathan Shenoy, challenged an order dated 05.07.2018 passed by the learned District Judge-8 and Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, in Criminal Appeal No. 88 of 2017. By t...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Against Petitioner Due to Absence of Live Link Between Offences and Externment Order. Externment Under Section 56(1)(b) Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 Set Aside as No Criminal Activity for 16-18 Months Before Show-Cause Notice....

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur heard a criminal writ petition challenging an externment order passed against the petitioner under Section 56(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. The petitioner,...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Application for Dismissal of Proceedings Under Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827. Successive Applications for Legal Heirship Certificate Are Maintainable as Proceedings Under the Regulation Are Summary in Nature and Not Barred by Res Judicata....

The petitioners, Parvatabai and Suresh More, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 18/06/2018 passed by the 11th Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Nagpur, in M.J.C. No.192 of 2017. The tri...

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High Court of Bombay Examines Validity of Computation of Excess Vacant Land under Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and Challenges to Vesting Orders. Petitioner Company Claims Non-Buildable Land and Earlier Surrendered Area Must Be Excluded While Computing Excess Vacant Land....

The petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenged the settlement order dated 30 November 2004 under Section 8(4) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, vesting noti...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Lecturer's Petition for Pension and Arrears in Molestation Case — Petitioner's Removal from Service Upheld as Valid, No Entitlement to Pension or Arrears for Period of Absence....

The petitioner, a former lecturer in Physical Education at B.P.C.A's College of Physical Education, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a declaration that he i...