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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Caste Claim of Thakur Scheduled Tribe — Affinity Test Cannot Override Genuine Pre-Constitutional Documents. The court held that when genuine old documents exist, the affinity test cannot be used to discard them, and directed issuance of validity certificate....

The petitioner, Dattatraya s/o Shriram Ingle, a government employee born on 14.12.1959 and nearing superannuation, challenged the order dated 10.02.2003 passed by the Committee for Scrutiny and Verifi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Disqualification of MLA in Election Law Case — Conviction Does Not Trigger Disqualification Under Section 8(3) of Representation of the People Act, 1951, When Sentence Is Suspended Pending Appeal....

The petitioner, Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram, a citizen of India, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, seeking a declaration that respon...

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Bombay High Court Allows Caste Validity Petition Based on Prior Certificates of Paternal Cousins. Caste Scrutiny Committee's Rejection Set Aside as It Failed to Consider Binding Effect of Prior Validity Certificates Issued to Paternal Relatives....

The petitioner, Abhilash Hasrath Savale, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 19 January 2012 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Konkan Division, which rejected...

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High Court Hears Writ Petition Against Termination of Teacher for Moral Turpitude; Article 81(B) of Education Code Challenged. Petitioner Alleges Violation of Natural Justice; Respondents Contend Summary Enquiry Sufficient....

The writ petition was filed by a former teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal which had rejected his original application against termina...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Disqualification of Councillor in Municipal Council Dispute — Lack of Evidence and Procedural Violations. Disqualification order set aside as the State Government failed to provide opportunity of hearing and relied on unsubstantiated allegations under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965....

The petitioner, Nandkumar alias Laxman Sahadu Borude, was an elected councillor of the Municipal Council, Shrigonda, having been elected in 2014. He challenged an order dated 25 January 2016 passed by...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Possession Dispute — Sale Deed Interpretation and Possessory Title. Court held that the plaintiff failed to prove possession of the first floor at the time of sale and that the suit for possession based on title alone without prior possession is not maintainable under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original defendant (Shriram Thakur, since deceased, through his legal representatives) against the judgment and decree of the Special Civil Suit No.296/2...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Appeal in Motor Vehicles Act Case — Regional Transport Authority Lacks Power to Impose Rear Overhang Restriction. The prohibition on grant of contract carriage permits for three wheelers with rear overhang exceeding 450 mm is illegal as no provision of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 confers such power....

The State of Karnataka and its transport authorities appealed against an order of a learned single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, which held that the Regional Transport Authority's decision dat...

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Karnataka High Court Hears Regular First Appeal Against Trial Court Decree Declaring Plaintiff as Absolute Owner and Ordering Delivery of Possession. Deemed University's Land Acquisition and Possession Dispute Involving Application of Land Acquisition Act, Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960, and Section 96 of CPC....

The appeal arose from a suit filed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), a deemed university and society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employer's Petition Challenging Grievance Committee Order Granting Permanency to Employee. Jurisdiction of Grievance Committee under Section 57 of Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 upheld despite prior proceedings under MRTU & PULP Act....

The case involves a dispute between an employee, Sayyad Sadique, and his employer, Fulsingh Naik College, Pusad, represented by its Principal and the President of Janata Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. The ...