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Bombay High Court — Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Whether a limited liability partnership (LLP) not being a signatory to the LLP Agreement can still be made a party to arbitration proceedings arising out of the agreement....

a) An LLP, though not a signatory, is inherently connected to the LLP Agreement and its arbitration clause. b) The LLP’s operations and the partners’ mutual rights and duties are governed by the L...

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Arbitration Petition Dismissed: No Binding Amendment to Development Agreement Established. Court Holds No Consensus Ad Idem on Essential Terms of Amendment – Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Invoked...

Binding Amendment Requires Consensus on Essential Terms: – For a binding amendment to a development agreement, the parties must reach consensus ad idem on all essential terms, including the plot...

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Non-Compliance of NDPS Act Procedures Leads to Bail Grant: Bombay High Court Emphasizes Strict Adherence to Statutory Rules. Bail Granted Due to Procedural Lapses in NDPS Act Compliance – Court Directs Strict Implementation of Statutory Rules....

Procedural Lapses in NDPS Act Compliance: The Bombay High Court granted bail to four accused in a narcotics case due to non-compliance with the mandatory procedures under the NDPS Act, particularly th...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Orders Rejecting Regularization of Compassionate Appointments Due to Delay. Failure of the Employer to Inform and Assist in Filing Compassionate Appointment Applications Cannot Be Held Against the Applicants – Orders Quashed...

Employer's failure to fulfill its duty to inform and assist bereaved families in submitting applications within limitation cannot be held against the applicants. Procedural delays caused by the depar...

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High Court Quashes Land Acquisition for Navi Mumbai Project Due to Non-Compliance with Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Court Upholds Farmers' Right to Hearing in Land Acquisition Proceedings, Strikes Down Urgency Clause Invocation...

Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Mandatory provision for hearing objections before land acquisition. Non-compliance renders acquisition invalid. Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act,...

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Bombay High Court – Income Tax – Remission of Matter to Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) – Costs Imposed on Petitioner. Failure to inform the Assessing Officer of pending objections before the Dispute Resolution Panel led to the setting aside of the assessment order with costs imposed....

The Court exercised its discretion in setting aside the assessment order due to the Petitioner’s procedural lapse, emphasizing that such indulgence would not set a precedent for future cases without...

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Partition and Separate Possession Dispute: Ancestral vs. Self-Acquired Property – High Court Upholds Joint Family Property Status...

High Court Clarifies Partition Rights in Joint Family Property, Rejects Prior Partition Claims Presumption of Joint Family Property: The Court held that in the absence of evidence of partition by met...

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Deemed Dealer under MVAT Act and Prospective Effect of Tax Liability. High Court of Bombay Decides on Tax Liability of Government-Constituted Trust under Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002...

On the Issue of Deemed Dealer: The Court held that SASF was a “deemed dealer” under Section 2(8) of the MVAT Act. The Court found that SASF fell under clause (x) of the Explanation to Section...

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Constitution of India, Code of Criminal Procedure, Indian Penal Code – Jurisdiction of High Court under Article 226 – Quashing of criminal proceedings...

High Court exercised jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution to quash criminal proceedings—Emphasis on abuse of process of law—No bar under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 482...

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Counter-Claim Application Filed at a Belated Stage Rejected — Application for Counter-Claim After Framing of Issues and Recording of Evidence Not Permissible — Exceptional Circumstances Not Established...

Counter-claims must generally be filed before the framing of issues; exceptional circumstances allowing later filing were absent in this case. Judicial discretion should prevent substantial alteratio...