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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Demolition of Unauthorised Construction in Red Zone — Deemed Sanction Under Section 238(6) of Cantonments Act, 2006 Not Available Where Initial Construction Was Illegal and Application Was Not Validly Pursued....

The petitioner, Lekha Ali Shaikh, owned a plot of land in Dehu Road Cantonment, Pune. In 2009, she constructed a 750 sq.ft structure without obtaining any prior permission from the Cantonment Board. I...

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Public Interest Over Private Land Use. Court Upholds Public Infrastructure Development over Landowners’ Rights, Ensuring Fair Compensation for Damages....

The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition filed by landowners challenging the Goa Tamnar Transmission Project. The court ruled that the project, which involves laying a 400 KV transmission line, se...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Union of India's Appeal Against Stay on Jute Packaging Notifications for Sugar. Court upholds interim order staying notifications mandating 100% jute packaging for sugar, finding prima facie violation of Article 14 and lack of proper consultation under Jute Packaging Materials Act, 1987....

The Union of India, through the Ministry of Textiles and the Jute Commissioner, filed a writ appeal against an interim order passed by a learned Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court in WP No. 2392...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Regular Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With Under Section 100 CPC. Court upholds trial and appellate court decrees granting 1/3rd share to plaintiffs in joint family property, rejecting defendants' claim of prior partition....

The present regular second appeal was filed by defendants No.1 to 6 (appellants) under Order XLII Rule 1 read with Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging the judgment and decree...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Suit, Upholds Concurrent Findings of Courts Below. Suit for Declaration of Title and Injunction Dismissed as Plaintiff Failed to Prove Ownership and Possession Over Suit Property....

The case involves two regular second appeals filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) against the judgment and decree dated 16.08.2009 in O.S.No.212/1997 passed by the Princi...

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Bombay High Court Grants Leave to Combine Passing Off with Trademark Infringement Under Clause XIV of Letters Patent. The Court held that the object of Clause XIV is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings, and the defendants' hardship plea was irrelevant to the passing off claim....

The petitioner, Bajaj Electricals Limited, filed a Leave Petition under Clause XIV of the Letters Patent seeking leave to combine a cause of action for passing off with a cause of action for trademark...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant for Rape of 8-Year-Old Girl Under Section 376-AB IPC and POCSO Act — Delay in FIR Explained by Trauma and Rustic Background of Parents. The court held that the testimony of the child victim was credible and corroborated by medical evidence, and the delay in lodging the FIR was satisfactorily explained....

The case involves an appeal against the conviction of Gajanan More for the rape of an 8-year-old girl under Section 376-AB IPC and Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the POCSO Act. The incident occurred on 07.03...

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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Amended IT Rule 3(1)(b)(v) as Unconstitutional — Majority Opinion Holds Rule Violates Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(g) and Section 79 of IT Act, 2000....

The batch of writ petitions challenged the constitutional validity of the amendment dated 6th April 2023 to Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Eth...