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High Court Quashes Lok Adalat Award in Suit for Injunction Due to Violation of Natural Justice — Petitioner Not Party to Proceedings. Award Set Aside as Petitioner's Rights Affected Without Hearing Under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987....

The petitioner, Chandpasha s/o Amirsab Ansari, filed a writ petition challenging an award dated 17.03.2019 passed by the National Lok Adalat, Ausa in RCS No.174/2019. The petitioner is the step-brothe...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Writ Petition Against Trial Court Order Admitting Insufficiently Stamped Document in Evidence — Document Styled as Receipt but Claimed to be Agreement for Sale Cannot Be Admitted Without Payment of Proper Stamp Duty Under Indian Stamp Act, 1899....

The petitioners, defendants in a suit for specific performance of contract, challenged an order of the trial court that rejected their objection to the admissibility of a document styled as a receipt ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Developer Selection in Slum Rehabilitation Scheme - Tenants of Municipal Corporation Held Ineligible to Vote. The court upheld the selection of developer by General Body Meeting, finding no procedural irregularity in service of notice or conduct of meeting....

The petitioners, claiming to be eligible slum dwellers, challenged the appointment of Respondent No.7 as developer for a Slum Rehabilitation Scheme on land owned by MCGM. They also challenged the reje...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal in Property Suit for Non-Prosecution. Appeal under Section 96 CPC dismissed as appellants failed to appear and no grounds were made out to interfere with the trial court's judgment....

The present First Appeal was filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging a judgment and decree passed by the trial court. The appellants, original plaintiffs, sought to se...

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Bombay High Court Allows Retired Professor's Petition, Quashes Recovery from Gratuity and Pension. Recovery of Rs.8,43,782/- from retiral benefits set aside as employer failed to prove misrepresentation or fraud by employee, and recovery from pension/gratuity is impermissible under settled law....

The petitioner, Ganesh Sitaram Magar, a retired Ayurved professor, challenged the recovery of Rs.8,43,782/- from his gratuity and pension benefits. He had joined as a Lecturer in 1997, was promoted to...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Advocate for Lack of Jurisdiction and Violation of Natural Justice. Deputy Commissioner lacked territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate service tax liability of an advocate practicing in Mumbai, and the order was passed without proper notice or opportunity of hearing....

The Petitioner, an advocate practicing in the Bombay High Court, challenged an Order-in-Original dated 26 October 2023 passed by the Deputy Commissioner, CGST and CX Division VI, Raigad Commissionerat...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Monetary Compensation Under Section 21 of Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1999. Section 21 Does Not Provide for Compensation to Project Affected Persons for Obstruction in Possession of Alternate Land; Remedy Lies in Removal of Obstruction by Collector....

The petitioners, project affected persons who lost their lands in the Veer Baji Pasalkar Irrigation Project, were allotted alternate lands by the Collector, Pune on 6 June 2001 under the Maharashtra P...

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Bombay High Court Restores Pre-Arrest Bail in Investment Fraud Case — Suppression of Facts Not Proven. Cancellation of anticipatory bail set aside as the applicant had not suppressed material facts and the cancellation was based on unsubstantiated allegations....

The case involves an application by Rajesh Thomas Menzes challenging an order dated 11 May 2023 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Vasai, which cancelled his pre-arrest bail and issued a non-bai...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Decides Preliminary Issue in Copyright Infringement Suits. Preliminary Objection on Copyright Society Registration Under Section 33(1) of Copyright Act, 1957 Determined Without Party Names....

The Bombay High Court was seized of a batch of commercial IP suits filed by Novex Communications Pvt Ltd and Phonographic Performance Ltd seeking perpetual injunctions against various defendants for p...