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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging University Circular Prohibiting Direct Second Year MCA Admissions. University's Academic Autonomy Upheld Over AICTE Approval for Direct Entry Programme....

The petitioner, B.P.H.E. Society's Institute of Management Studies, Ahmednagar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad, seeking quashment of Circular No. 96/2014 issue...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Demolition of Unauthorized Structures by Municipal Corporation. Petitioners failed to establish legal right to encroached public property; demolition held valid under Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976....

The case involves two sets of writ petitions filed by individuals (Asif Pasha and others, and Nasir Khan and others) against the Commissioner of Mysore City Corporation. The petitioners were occupants...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Easement Right of Way Case — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Plaintiff failed to prove existence of easement by necessity or prescription over forest land under Section 100 CPC....

The appellant, Sri B.V. Srikumar, was the unsuccessful plaintiff in a suit for declaration of right of way and permanent injunction against the Chief Conservator of Forest and the Research Range Fores...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Sarpanch Election Result — Tick Mark on Ballot Paper Held Valid. Court upholds Additional Commissioner's finding that respondent no.4 received five votes, rejecting petitioner's claim of invalid vote under Section 33(5) of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959....

The petitioner, Meena Dilip Aware, and respondent no.4, Vaishali Kailas Kadu, were candidates for the post of Sarpanch of Village Panchayat Bhugaon. Elections were held on 09.05.2015 by secret ballot....

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Arbitration Matter, Restores Arbitral Award. Court holds that Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, does not permit reappreciation of evidence or substitution of the arbitrator's view, and the Single Judge exceeded jurisdiction by setting aside the award on merits....

The case involves an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, against a judgment dated 29th July 2015, whereby the learned Single Judge allowed a petition under Section 3...

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Bombay High Court Holds Appellate Authority Under Section 60 of Bombay Police Act Has Power to Grant Interim Relief in Externment Appeals. The Full Bench clarifies that the power to stay or suspend an externment order pending appeal is inherent in the appellate jurisdiction, subject to recording reasons and considering prima facie case....

The case involved two writ petitions challenging externment orders under the Bombay Police Act, 1951. The learned Single Judge referred the issue of whether the Appellate Authority under Section 60 of...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under COFEPOSA Act for Non-Placement of Vital Documents. Non-placement of detailed retraction application and bail application before Detaining Authority vitiates subjective satisfaction under Section 3(1) of COFEPOSA Act....

The petitioner challenged the detention order passed under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA Act) against the detenu, Segu...

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Bombay High Court Allows Doctor's Petition Against Suspension of Medical License by Maharashtra Medical Council for Alleged Misconduct in IVF Procedure — Violation of Natural Justice and Lack of Evidence. The court held that the suspension order was arbitrary and set it aside, directing a fresh inquiry with proper hearing....

The petitioner, Dr. Anjali Malpani, a medical practitioner specializing in IVF, filed a writ petition challenging the order of the Maharashtra Medical Council suspending her medical license for a peri...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Petitions of APMC Members Challenging Government Circular on Term of Committee — Statutory Rule Under Rule 14(4) of KAPM(R&D) Rules, 1968 Prevails. The court held that the term of the committee continues until the first meeting of the newly constituted committee, and a government circular cannot override the statutory rule....

The case involved a batch of writ petitions filed by members of the Harihar Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) challenging a government circular dated 18.05.2016 that directed that the te...