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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Due to Inordinate Delay and Non-Application of Mind — Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, Section 56. Externment order set aside as stale offences, acquittals ignored, and stereotype witness statements violated principles of natural justice....

The petitioner, Kishor Rambhaoji Narad, challenged an externment order passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Warora, under Section 56 of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, externing him from Chandra...

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Bombay High Court Allows Wife's Petition for Interim Maintenance in Divorce Proceedings — Husband's Earning Capacity Assessed at ₹2 Lakhs per Month. The court directed the husband to pay ₹15,000 per month as interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, considering the wife's dire straits and the husband's income....

The petitioner, Mrs. Susan Thereza Pinto alias Susan Cardeiro, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 29/12/2008 passed by the Senior...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Disposes of Appeals Challenging Apportionment of Compensation Under Land Acquisition Act. Reference Court Had Awarded Entire Compensation to One Party Without Framing Issues or Properly Evaluating Evidence Under Section 30, Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The High Court of Bombay at Goa heard three first appeals against the judgment of the Reference Court dated 15.07.2010, which had awarded the entire compensation of ₹13,865 with interest to party no...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Appeal by Acquiring Department in Land Acquisition Case — Market Value Fixed at ₹90 per sq.mt. Upheld. Reference Court's enhancement from ₹3 to ₹90 per sq.mt. based on comparable sale instances and location of orchard land near village Candola under Section 4(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The case involves a first appeal by the Land Acquisition Officer and the Executive Engineer (the Acquiring Department) against the Judgment and Award dated 21/12/2013 passed by the District Judge-I, N...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rejection of Amendment Application in Matrimonial Dispute. Amendment Sought After Commencement of Trial Without Showing Due Diligence Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC....

The petitioner, Sou. Chabutai Ulhas Rumale, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 11.2.2015 passed by the Family Court, Kolhapur in Petition No. A.94 of 2013, which rejected her applicatio...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Challenge to Interim Maintenance Award Under Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act. Wife's Higher Qualification and WhatsApp Chat About Earning Capacity Not Sufficient to Deny Maintenance; Husband's Income Inferred from Status....

The petitioner husband, Vijay Dhondiram Ghadage, challenged the order dated 25.01.2016 passed by the Family Court, Nashik in P.A. No.52 of 2014, which allowed the respondent wife's application for int...

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High Court of Bombay Quashes Family Court Order Vacating Status Quo in Matrimonial Home Dispute. Wife's Right to Reside in Shared Household Upheld Under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Irrespective of Husband's Father's Title to Property....

The dispute arose from a matrimonial proceeding where the respondent-husband had filed a petition for nullity or divorce against the petitioner-wife. During the pendency of that petition, the wife fil...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Tenant's Petition Against Eviction Decree for Rent Default and Unauthorized Construction Under Bombay Rent Act. Concurrent findings of courts below upheld as tenant failed to prove that construction was pre-existing or that rent was not in arrears....

The petitioner, a tenant of a shop premises in Nashik, was sued by the respondent landlady for eviction under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The suit was filed in 1...

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Bombay High Court Quashes University Circular Imposing Reservation on Minority Institutions — Circular Unenforceable Against Minority Educational Institutions Under Article 30(1) of Constitution. University's directive for backward class reservation in affiliated colleges violates minority institutions' right to administer....

The petitioners, St. Xavier's College (a minority institution) and the Maharashtra Association of Minority Educational Institutions, challenged a circular dated 30-05-2001 issued by the University of ...