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High Court of Karnataka Upholds BDA's Power to Allot Civic Amenity Site on Lease and Demand Lease Rentals Under Regulation 7.1(2) of Revised Master Plan 2015. Regulation 7.1(2) is not ultra vires the BDA Act or the Allotment Rules, 1989....

The petitioners, Annabel Builders Developers Private Limited and Westend Heights Condominium Apartment Owners Welfare Association, filed writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution o...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition Challenging Trial Court Order on Applicability of Order XXXVII CPC to Summary Suits Filed Before Civil Judge (Senior Division). The court held that Order XXXVII CPC applies to all courts specified in Rule 1, including Civil Judge (Senior Division), and Circular ROC No.2526/1959 is not applicable....

The petitioner, Sri. Ashok P Shah, the defendant in O.S. No. 16/2014 pending before the Civil Judge (Senior Division) at Chitradurga, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constituti...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Second FIR in Corruption Case Due to Bar on Multiple FIRs for Same Offence. The court held that a second FIR for the same offence is an abuse of process and liable to be quashed under Section 482 CrPC....

The applicant, Bhaskar Pandurang Walimbe, a government officer on deputation as Additional Tribal Commissioner, Amravati, was implicated in a corruption case. A first FIR (No. 3178/2014) was registere...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Sets Aside Disqualification of Elected Members under Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act for Non-submission of Election Expenses. Court Holds that Section 14B(1) Requires Opportunity of Hearing Before Disqualification, and Remands Matter for Fresh Proceedings in Accordance with Law....

The petitioners were elected members of Grampanchayat Borgaon Wasu following the general elections in 2012. As mandated by the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, they were required to submit an...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Petition Challenging Lease of Port Land for Hotel Project — No Violation of Indian Ports Act Found as Lease Was Granted by Competent Authority Before Act's Extension to Goa....

The petitioner, Goa Foundation, a registered society, filed a writ petition seeking to recall and rescind a lease dated 30.04.1979 granted by the State Government in favour of Respondent No. 4, Palm H...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Examines Challenge to Hotel Construction Permissions on Mandovi River Bank Under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification. Environmental Group Alleges Violations of CRZ Norms Due to Construction Within 100 Metres of High Tide Line....

The case originated from a writ petition filed in 1993 by an environmental society and an individual resident of Goa, challenging a series of permissions and environmental clearances granted for the c...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness. Demand and Acceptance of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7 and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Gorakh Pandurang Jedhe, a clerk in the Irrigation Department, who was charged under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention...

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Bombay High Court Allows Architect's Petition Against Municipal Commissioner's Order in Architects Act Dispute — Violation of Natural Justice and Lack of Hearing. The court set aside the order dated 15th April 2011 passed by the Municipal Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation without hearing the petitioner, a registered architect under the Architects Act, 1972....

The petitioner, a registered architect under the Architects Act, 1972, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an order dated 15th April 2011 passed by the Municipal Commissione...