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Bombay High Court Allows SVLDR Scheme Benefits for Redemption Fine Waiver and Directs Acceptance of Withdrawn Application. The Court held that redemption fine is covered under the waiver provisions of the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019, and that rejection on erroneous ground of withdrawal is invalid....

The Bombay High Court dealt with a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by a limited liability partnership firm and its partners challenging the rejection of their declarations under t...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Writ Petition in Land Acquisition Compensation Case. Directs Recalculation of Compensation Using 1/1/2014 as Reference Date Under Section 24(1)(a) of RFCTLARR Act, 2013, Where Award Was Made After Commencement of New Act....

The petitioners were owners of agricultural land in Choundi village, Latur district, Maharashtra, which was acquired by the State. A notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 w...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition to Set Aside Abatement and Implead Legal Representatives in Partition Suit — Trial Court's Rejection of Application Under Order 22 Rule 9 CPC Quashed for Failure to Consider Sufficient Cause....

The petitioners, who were the plaintiffs in a suit for partition and separate possession, filed a writ petition challenging the order of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Haveri, dated 30.06.2018, wh...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Resumption Order and Restores Sanad Holder's Rights in Land Grant Dispute — Lease in Perpetuity Not Extinguished by Expiry of Fifty-Year Revenue Period. The court held that the Sanad was a perpetual lease and that the Collector's order of resumption was based on a misinterpretation of the term of the lease....

The dispute concerns a land bearing CTS No. 3762 at Nashik, granted to Ahmedsaheb Kadarsaheb Kokani under a Sanad dated 31st October 1920. The Sanad specified that the grant was heritable and transfer...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Marital Dispute Case — Allegations of Cruelty and Rape Found Vague and Lacking Specificity. Court holds that general and omnibus allegations against relatives of husband without specific overt acts do not constitute offences under Sections 498-A and 376 of IPC....

The applicants, who are the parents, sister-in-law, and her husband of the complainant's ex-husband, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking qua...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Section 9 Order Against Transferee of Property in Arbitration Dispute — Lis Pendens Applies to Non-Signatory Purchaser. Arbitration clause binds subsequent purchaser of property subject to arbitration agreement, and lis pendens applies to Section 9 proceedings under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The appellant, M/s Devtree Corp. LLP, purchased a property from the original owner who was a party to a development agreement containing an arbitration clause. The respondent, M/s Bhumika North Garden...

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High Court of Karnataka Considers Validity of Will in Partition Appeal After Handwriting Expert Finds Signatures Not of Testator. Appeal Challenges Trial Court’s Dismissal of Suit for Intestate Partition Based on Unproven Will Under Indian Succession Act....

The appeal arose from the judgment and decree dated 8.10.2009 passed by the Civil Judge (Sr.Dn.) and ACJM, Karkala, in O.S.No.134/2006, dismissing a suit for partition. The plaintiff, appellant herein...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal Against Money Recovery Decree, Upholds Use of Photocopy Agreement as Secondary Evidence. Where Defendant Took Original Agreement to Procure Signatures and Did Not Return It, Photocopy Held Admissible Under Section 65, Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

The appeal arose from a suit for recovery of money decreed by the trial court. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants, representing themselves as owners of certain sites, agreed to sell them for Rs...