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Bombay High Court Examines Legality of Blanket Stay on Disqualification of Panchayat Members in Illegal Construction Case. Petition Challenges District Court's Revisional Order Staying Disqualification Under Sections 55(4) and 12(1)(d) of Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 Without Conditions Restraining Participation in Panchayat Meetings....

The writ petition challenged an order dated 02.08.2025 passed by the District Court in its revisional jurisdiction under Section 201B of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, granting a stay for 20 days of...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Reviews Cross Writ Petitions Challenging Industrial Tribunal Award in Contract Labour Regularisation Dispute. Industrial Tribunal Found Employer-Employee Relationship and Illegal Termination but Granted Only Compensation Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

These two cross writ petitions arose from an Industrial Tribunal award dated 25.04.2019 in Reference (IT) No.41 of 2005. Sarva Shramik Sangh, a registered trade union, filed Writ Petition No.2644 of 2...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Deemed Dividend Tax Treatment of Advance to Shareholder Under Section 2(22)(e) Income-tax Act, 1961. Shareholder's Advance Used for Personal Income-tax Under Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme Not Business Purpose Constitutes Deemed Dividend....

The dispute arose under Section 260A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 against an order of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune Bench, dated 31 March 2003, which had dismissed the assessee's appeal and c...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Landlord's Eviction Decree Against Tenant for Default and Unauthorized Structural Changes Under Bombay Rent Act. Tenant's Failure to Comply with Statutory Deposit Requirements Under Section 12(3) of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1947, Forfeited Tenancy Protection and Justified Concurrent Findings of Default....

The matter arose from a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the judgment and order dated 21 September 1998 passed by the learned District Judge, Solapur, in Civil ...

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High Court of Bombay Addresses Court Fees in Motor Vehicle Accident Appeals Under Maharashtra Court Fees Act. Claimants Who Are Neither Insurer nor Owner Contend They May Restrict Appeal Valuation and Pay Only Half Ad Valorem Court Fees; Taxing Officer Demands Full Fee on Enhanced Claim Difference....

The dispute arose from office objections requiring deficit court fees from appellants who filed appeals against awards of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. The civil revision applications were clubbed t...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition Challenging KSAT Order in Service Matter — Petitioner's Application Under Section 19 of Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 Restored. Court Holds That Tribunal Erred in Dismissing Application for Default Without Considering Merits and That Petitioner Was Denied Opportunity of Hearing....

The petitioner, Sri T.S. Shivaramu, an Assistant Director of Treasury in the Office of the Commissioner of Treasuries, Bengaluru, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution o...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Refund of Cess/Additional Stamp Duty Paid Under Protest — Levy of 10% Cess on Maximum Stamp Duty Held Unauthorized Under Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 and Karnataka Cess on Stamp Duty Act, 1962. Division Bench directs refund of ₹2.5 crores with interest at 6% per annum from date of payment....

The appellant, Prestige Exora Business Parks Limited, filed an intra-court appeal against an order dated 27.01.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in W.P.No.5031/2023....

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes State Information Commission Order in RTI Case — Petitioner Not a Public Authority Under RTI Act. Nirmiti Kendra, a project under Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, held not to be a public authority under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, as it is not substantially financed by the government....

The petitioner, PIO and Project Director of Nirmiti Kendra, Chitradurga District, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking to quash the order dated 29.08.2...