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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Students Seeking Declaration of Typing Examination Results. Students of a Recognized Typing Institute Entitled to Results Despite Subsequent Cancellation of Institute's Recognition....

The petitioners, Suraj Arjun Kashid and Shweta Jitendra Ruke, were students who took typing coaching from respondent No. 5, Scholar Typing Institute, between May 2014 and November 2014. The institute ...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Land Owner's Appeal Against Acquisition Withdrawal, Upholds Government's Power to Denotify Under Section 48(1) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The court held that once a notification under Section 48(1) is issued withdrawing from acquisition, the land owner cannot challenge the same on grounds of delay or lack of notice....

The case pertains to a land acquisition proceeding initiated by the Government of Karnataka for a property belonging to the appellant, Anitha Kishori D'Silva. A notification under Section 4(1) of the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Maternity Leave for Mother Through Surrogacy Under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. The court held that the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 is a beneficial legislation and must be interpreted purposively to include a commissioning mother who has a child through surrogacy....

The petitioner, Dr. Hema Vijay Menon, a lecturer, lost her only son in 2010. After unsuccessful IVF attempts, she opted for surrogacy. In March 2013, an embryo was transplanted into a surrogate mother...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitioner's Plea to Correct Clerical Error in Passport Date of Birth. Passport Officer Directed to Correct Date of Birth from 17.04.1963 to 17.04.1969 Without Requiring Court Order as All Public Records Consistently Show Correct Date....

The petitioner, Smt. Remediana Fernandes, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking a direction to the Passport Officer to correct her date of birth in her passport. The petiti...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Drugs Case Due to Procedural Lapse — Failure to Timely Invoke Section 25(4) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act Renders CDL Report Inadmissible, but State Did Not Challenge on That Ground....

The State of Goa filed an appeal against the acquittal of the respondents (M/s Caryl Pharma, its proprietor G.P. Pillai, M/s Ce-Chem Pharmaceuticals, and its proprietor M. Chandrashekhar) from an offe...

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Bombay High Court Validates Pledge and Transfer of Shares by Company in Liquidation Under Section 536(2) of Companies Act, 1956 — Transaction Held to Be for Benefit of Company and Creditors. Post-petition pledge of shares as security for raw material supply and subsequent transfer validated as bona fide and in ordinary course of business....

The judgment concerns an application filed by Garware Marine Industries Limited (the Applicant) seeking validation under Section 536(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, of a pledge agreement, its invocatio...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Decree for Possession in Rent Control Suit — Tenant Status Upheld Under Section 7(15)(d) of Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999. The court found sufficient evidence that the respondent was carrying on business with the original tenant at the time of his death, and the concurrent findings on area were not perverse....

The petitioners, M/s. Dattakrupa Construction & Anr., filed a civil revision application challenging the orders dated 27 May 2013 and 13 May 2015 passed by the trial court and the appeal court respect...

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High Court of Bombay Allows Appointment of Sole Arbitrator in Arbitration Application Under Section 11(6) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Respondent's Delayed Nomination of Three Arbitrators After Filing of Application Does Not Bar Court's Power to Appoint Arbitrator....

The applicant, M/s. Krishna Industries, a partnership firm, filed an application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking appointment of a sole arbitrator to adjudica...

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High Court of Karnataka Partly Allows Partition Appeal in Family Property Dispute — Upholds Trial Court's Decree for Partition of Joint Family Properties Except for Certain Items. The court held that the presumption of jointness in a Hindu family continues until rebutted, and the appellants failed to prove that the properties were self-acquired....

The case involves a partition suit filed by the respondents (daughters and mother) against the appellants (sons) seeking partition of joint family properties. The trial court partly decreed the suit, ...