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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Unauthorized Cancellation of Students' Admissions Under RTE Act — Block Development Officer Lacks Power to Cancel Admissions Confirmed by Competent Committee....

The case involves two young students, aged 6 and 7, who were admitted to schools under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) through a lottery system. Their applic...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Against Revisionary Authority on Jurisdiction Ground. Cause of Action Arises at Place of Revisionary Authority's Office Under Article 226(2) of Constitution of India, Not Where Original Adjudication Order Was Passed....

The Bombay High Court dealt with a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of six writ petitions challenging orders passed by the Revisionary Authority under the Central Excise Act, 1944 a...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Lack of Penetration Evidence — Medical Evidence Inconsistent with Allegation of Penetrative Sexual Assault. The court held that the evidence proved only an attempt to commit penetrative sexual assault under Section 18 read with Section 3 of POCSO Act, not the completed offence under Section 4....

The appellant, Mahadeo @ Mahadya Uttam Gonde, was convicted by the Special Judge (POCSO), Chandrapur, for offences under Sections 4 and 10 of the POCSO Act and Section 377 IPC, and sentenced to rigoro...

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Bombay High Court Allows Mill Worker's Petition Against Cancellation of Allotment Due to Non-Payment. Court Directs MHADA to Accept Payment and Hand Over Possession, Holding That Rejection of Extension Was Not Justified in Peculiar Facts....

The petitioner, Shamrav Dhondiba Kamble, a 76-year-old former mill worker, lost his job due to the 1982 mill strike and resided in his native village. Under Regulation 58 of the Development Control Re...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer of DV Act Proceedings to Family Court for Clubbing with Divorce Petition - Emphasizes Avoidance of Multiplicity and Conflict of Decisions. The court held that the wife's right to choose forum under the DV Act is not absolute and that transfer under Section 24 CPC is justified when common issues arise between matrimonial proceedings....

The applicant husband filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application seeking transfer of a complaint filed by the respondent wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) pendi...

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High Court Quashes Special Tribunal Order in Compensation Case — Upholds Civil Court Decree....

The case involved a dispute over compensation for Block No.241 under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957. The appellants, legal heirs of a deceased individual, contested an ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Police Transfer Order as Not Violative of Section 22N Maharashtra Police Act. Section 22N creates a right to normal tenure but does not mandate transfer after completion of tenure....

The petitioner, Ankur Prabhakar Patil, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court challenging an office order dated 23rd March 2021 issued by the Joint Commissioner of Polic...

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Bombay High Court Allows MCGM to Construct Storm Water Pumping Station on Disputed Land Subject to Deposit of Compensation. The court vacated the injunction against MCGM, holding that public interest and balance of convenience favored the project, with monetary compensation as adequate remedy for the claimants....

The appeal arises from a suit filed by Samarath Development Corporation and others (respondents/plaintiffs) claiming ownership of 158.05 acres of No Development Zone land in Oshiwara, Mumbai, includin...