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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Arbitral Award in Management Agreement Dispute — No Patent Illegality Found. The court upheld the award of damages for wrongful termination of a hotel management agreement, finding the arbitrator's interpretation and assessment of damages to be plausible and not perverse....

The petitioner, Laguna Resort Private Limited (formerly Hasina Resort Pvt. Ltd.), owned land in Lonavala and planned to develop a hotel. On 27 September 1999, it entered into a management agreement wi...

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Bombay High Court Full Bench adjudicates the limitation period for recovery of electricity charges under Section 56(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003. Conflicting Division Bench decisions on whether dues beyond two years can be recovered when not continuously shown as arrears are reconciled....

The case originated from a writ petition challenging an order of the Electricity Ombudsman regarding recovery of electricity dues for a period beyond two years. The distribution licensee had applied a...

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Bombay High Court Hears Petitions for Deemed Lapse of Land Reservations under MRTP Act. Court Considers Whether Purchase Notices Served on Appropriate Authority Under Section 49 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 Were Valid....

The two writ petitions were filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a declaration that the reservations imposed on the petitioners' lands under the Maharashtra Regional and Town P...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Selection of Anganwadi Workers in Satara District. Selection Process Upheld as Valid Under Maharashtra Anganwadi Workers Recruitment Rules, 2012....

The judgment pertains to three writ petitions filed by unsuccessful candidates challenging the selection of Anganwadi workers (Bal Sevika) by the Jilha Parishad Satara. The petitioners, Ms. Abidabanu ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Disqualification of Sarpanch for Failure to Convene Monthly Meetings — Responsibility Lies with Village Development Officer Under Meeting Rules, Not Sarpanch Under Section 36 of Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act...

The petitioner, Salimbi Mubarak Tamboli, was elected as Sarpanch of Grampanchayat Savargaon (Dere) in 2015, unopposed as the only OBC candidate. The Upasarpanch lodged a complaint with the District Co...

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Bombay High Court Allows Discharge of Accused from MCOC Act Offences for Lack of Sanction and Prima Facie Case. The court held that the sanction under Section 23(1)(a) of MCOC Act was invalid and the allegations did not constitute 'organised crime' under Section 2(1)(e) of the Act....

The appellants, original accused nos.1 to 6 in MCOC Special Case No.5 of 2016 pending before the Special Judge (under the MCOC Act), Pune, filed an appeal under Section 12 of the Maharashtra Control o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Execution Order in Redemption Suit — Execution Court Has Power to Decide Nullity Objection. Decree Passed by Competent Court Is Not a Nullity and Execution Can Proceed....

The petitioner, original defendant No. 2 in a suit for redemption, challenged an order dated 17 August 2018 passed by the Civil Judge Junior Division, Indapur, in execution proceedings arising from a ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal and Upholds Nullity of Marriage Due to Prior Subsisting Marriage. Suppression of Previous Marriage and Lack of Divorce Renders Second Marriage Void Under Section 5(i) Read with Section 11 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955....

The appellant, Priya Jethani, and the respondent, Hitesh Sawlani, were married on 24 December 2013 in Nagpur according to Sindhi customs. After marriage, discord arose, and the respondent made inquiri...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal of Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme Benefit to Development Officer. Court holds that the Scheme's eligibility conditions are clear and the petitioner's application was rightly rejected as he did not meet the qualifying service requirement....

The petitioner, K.G.H. Dodhiya, joined the New India Assurance Company Limited as a Development Officer on 16 April 1977 and later became an Administrative Officer. On 1 January 2004, the Union of Ind...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Upholds Concurrent Findings on Limitation and Validity of Sale Deeds. Suit for partition and declaration that sale deeds were null and void held barred by limitation under Article 58 of Limitation Act, 1963 as plaintiffs had knowledge of the transactions since 2000 but filed suit in 2007....

The appellants, original plaintiffs, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of a suit house property, seeking a declaration that they have a right to worship God 'Narsinha' and that two sa...