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High Court of Bombay Sets Aside Dismissal of Arbitration Petition as Time-Barred — Finding No Valid Service of Award Where Postal Endorsements Showed Addressee Not Found. Section 34 Petition Held Within Limitation as Limitation Commences Only from Actual Receipt of Award Copy Under Section 31(5) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The appeal arose from a dispute over a software supply contract between the appellant, Logic Eastern India Pvt. Ltd., and the respondent, KEC International Ltd. Under a license and technology developm...

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Bombay High Court Considers Petitions Challenging Departmental Enquiry Initiation Against Judicial Officer for Breach of CJI Guidelines. Court Examines Whether Enquiry Requires Written Complaint Supported by Affidavit Under Maharashtra Civil Services (Disciplinary and Appeal) Rules, 1979....

The matter arose from two writ petitions filed by a Civil Judge Junior Division challenging orders dated 15-07-2016 by which the Registrar General of the High Court communicated the decision to hold r...

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High Court Upholds Lower Courts' Refusal of Interim Injunction Against Municipal Demolition Notice Under MRTP Act Citing Lack of Locus Standi and Disputed Lease. Petitioner's Claim of Deemed Permission for Temporary Structure Over Heritage Property in Eco-sensitive Zone Rejected as Lease Agreement Invalid Without Charity Commissioner's Approval....

The dispute concerned a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution filed by the petitioner, who claimed to be a lessee under a 99-year agreement with a trust, against the Municipal Council an...

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High Court of Bombay Upholds Maintainability of Application Under Section 20 DV Act in Specific Relief Act Suit; Relying on Section 26, Court Holds Such Monetary Relief Can Be Sought in Any Pending Legal Proceeding...

The dispute arose from a matrimonial conflict between the husband and wife, married in 1997, with two children. The wife had filed Petition B No.2/2013 before the Family Court, Pune, under Sections 34...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Husband's Petition Challenging Interim Maintenance Order Under Domestic Violence Act. Muslim Wife's Claim for Interim Maintenance Upheld Despite Husband's Talaq and Muslim Personal Law....

The case involved a challenge by the husband against an interim maintenance order passed by the Family Court at Bandra in favor of his wife and two minor children. The parties belonged to the Islamic ...

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Bombay High Court Addresses Water Use Concerns for IPL Matches Amid Drought, Upholds Principles of Equitable Distribution. Court Relies on Public Trust Doctrine to Emphasize That Water Resources Are Held in Trust for Public Use....

The Public Interest Litigation arose from acute water scarcity and drought conditions in Maharashtra in April 2016. Loksatta Movement and Foundation of Democratic Reforms, two non-profit associations ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad Sets Aside Stay Order Passed by Minister in Disqualification Appeal Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. Minister Had No Jurisdiction to Grant Stay Absent Express Statutory Provision; Implied Powers Not Available in Special Statute....

Background: The dispute arose from a disqualification petition filed by the petitioners, who were members of the Zilla Parishad, Beed, against respondent nos. 4 to 9 for defection under the Maharashtr...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Rejection of 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe Claims by Scrutiny Committee Citing Lack of Tribal Roots and Negative Affinity Test. Scheduled Tribe Certificate Claims Rejected as Petitioners Failed to Establish Anthropological Linkage and Migration from Tribal Areas Despite Prior Validity Certificates to Siblings....

The petitioners, Monika and Chetan (sister and brother), filed writ petitions before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging the orders of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committ...

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Bombay High Court Considers Whether Open University Degree is Equivalent for Promotion to Junior Research Assistant; Petitioners Challenge Communications Rejecting Equivalence....

Sixty‑two petitioners employed as Agriculture Assistants at Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, approached the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) seeking to quash communications dated 05.12.2...