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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Revenue Tribunal Order in Land Mutation Dispute — Failure to Consider Evidence and Apply Correct Legal Principles. Court sets aside order for non-consideration of documentary evidence and misapplication of Section 149 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966....

The petitioners, legal representatives of the original owners Govind Goma Gaikar and Laxmi Govind Gaikar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an order dated January 13, 2020...

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Bombay High Court Considers Challenge to Bifurcation and Deemed Conveyance Orders Under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 and Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963. The petitions were filed by a co-operative housing society against orders that bifurcated the society and granted deemed conveyance to a minority group....

The Bombay High Court heard a group of writ petitions filed by Jay Anand Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. against the State of Maharashtra and others, challenging orders that bifurcated the society a...

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High Court Quashes Magistrate's Commitment Order in IPC Case Due to Lack of Reasoned Order -- Applicant Challenges Commitment Under Section 467 IPC to Sessions Court Without Evidence Discussion...

The High Court allowed a Criminal Application challenging the Magistrate's order committing a case to the Sessions Court under Section 323 of CrPC. The Applicant was charged under various sections of ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Direction for Public Apology in CBSE Affiliation Dispute — Trust Not Liable for Misrepresentation Without Evidence of Fraud. Direction to issue public apology under Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 set aside as beyond statutory powers and without proper inquiry....

The petitioner, R. B. Bohora Educational & Welfare Trust, a public trust registered under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, challenged an order dated 28 June 2010 passed by respondent No.9 (Dep...

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Bombay High Court Directs Absorption of Waitlisted Candidate for Civil Engineering Assistant Post. Petitioner at Sr.No.2 in Waitlist Entitled to Appointment Against Vacant Post Due to Non-joining of Selected Candidates....

The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking direction to the respondents to absorb and appoint him as Civil Engineering Assistant, as he was at Sr.No.2 in the waitlist. The court noted that the petit...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition to Declare Caste of Adopted Child as That of Adoptive Parents Under Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. The court held that an abandoned child adopted under the Juvenile Justice Act acquires the caste of the adoptive parents and is entitled to a caste certificate accordingly....

The petitioner, Mrs. Geeta Dattatray Achari, along with her husband, adopted a male child who was abandoned and whose biological parents were unknown. The adoption was finalized by the District Court,...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Land Acquisition Award Under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Reference Court's Enhancement of Compensation Upheld as No Error of Jurisdiction Found....

The petitioner, Ramubai Krushna Patil, filed three writ petitions (WP No. 10896/2025, WP No. 10897/2025, WP No. 10898/2025) challenging the award of the Reference Court under Section 18 of the Land Ac...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Missing Person Declaration Case — Father Presumed Dead After 7 Years of Unexplained Disappearance. Presumption of Death Under Section 108 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Applies When Person Missing for Over 7 Years and Not Heard Of....

The appellant, Vishwesh Dogra Suvarna, filed a suit in the Trial Court seeking a declaration that his father be declared as 'dead'. The father had been missing since 8 April 2003, and the plaintiff ha...

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High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad Dismisses Appeal by State Authority Against Arbitral Award in Favor of Contractor for Repair of Minor Irrigation Tanks. Court upholds award of interest and costs under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, finding no patent illegality or perversity in the arbitrator's findings....

The present Commercial Arbitration Appeal was filed by the Appellants (Chief Engineer and Chief Administrator, Command Area Development Authority, Aurangabad, and others) challenging the arbitral awar...