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Bombay High Court Quashes Notification Removing Waqf Board Member for Ceasing to be Bar Council Member — Holds That Section 14(1)(b)(iii) of Waqf Act, 1995 Does Not Apply to Members Appointed from Bar Council Category....

The petitioner, Asif Shaukat Qureshi, was a lawyer and former Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. He was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs on 17 April 2012 ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Removal of Obstruction on Government Road Under Mamlatdar Courts' Act. Sub Divisional Officer's order directing removal of obstruction on a Government road upheld as road existed and obstruction was created by petitioners....

The petitioners, owners of land Survey No. 624, filed a writ petition challenging the order of the Sub Divisional Officer, Khamgaon, dated 20.06.2016, which directed them to remove obstruction on a Go...

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Bombay High Court Allows Landowners' Petition in MRTP Act Purchase Notice Case - Deemed Lapse of Reservation Upheld. Amendment to Section 127(1) Enlarging Period for Acquisition Steps Does Not Apply to Purchase Notices Served Before Amendment, as Right to Lapse Had Already Accrued....

The petitioners, owners of 0.54 hectares of land in Pusad, had their land reserved for a primary school under the final development plan published on 26.07.1998. Since the Municipal Council Pusad (res...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Acquiring Body's Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Enhancement. Compensation for playground land enhanced from Rs.30 to Rs.102 per sqm based on comparable sales and location advantages under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The appellant, Village Panchayat of Collem, challenged the judgment and award dated 13.01.2010 passed by the Reference Court in Land Acquisition Case No. 7/2009, whereby compensation for 15,000 sqm of...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Appeal Against CLB Consent Order in Company Oppression Case — Parties Bound by Consensus. Consent order for share buyout under Sections 397-398 of Companies Act, 1956 cannot be challenged by consenting party....

The case involves an appeal filed by Shalby Limited and others against an order dated 25.04.2016 passed by the Company Law Board (CLB), New Delhi Bench, in CP No. 18 of 2015. The respondents, Dr. Diga...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Entertainment Tax Demand Against Charity Show Organizer. Show for Blind Held Exempt Under Section 7 of Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923; Recovery Barred by Limitation....

The judgment concerns two writ petitions challenging a common order/action by the State of Maharashtra to recover entertainment duty from the organizers of a charity show. The show was organized by th...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Chief Secretary's Order in Water Release PIL for Kumbhmela. Court holds that release of water from Gangapur Dam for holy baths during drought must comply with Government Resolution prioritizing drinking water....

The petitioner, Hiralal Motilal Desarda, a professor and activist, filed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government's decision to release water from Gangapur Dam Complex into the Go...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Journalist's Compensation Claim for Handcuffing During Police Transit. No Violation of Articles 14 and 21 Found as Handcuffing Was Justified by Threat of Escape and No Malice Established....

The petitioner, Satish Banwarilal Sharma, a journalist and managing editor of a daily newspaper, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking compensation of R...

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Bombay High Court Allows Section 9 Petition for Appointment of Court Receiver to Take Possession of Tenements for Redevelopment Despite Non-Signatory Members' Objection. Non-cooperating members bound by society's development agreement; Court Receiver appointed to facilitate redevelopment of dilapidated building....

The petitioner, M/s. R.R.B. Realtors Pvt. Ltd., filed a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of a Court Receiver to take possession of tenements o...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appointment of Arbitrator in Government Contract Dispute Under Section 11 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Dispute Arises from Contract for Construction Works at INS Hamla, and Court Appoints Sole Arbitrator to Adjudicate....

The applicant, M/s. Shanti Enterprises, a partnership firm engaged in construction, filed an application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 against the Union of India for a...