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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Appointment of Tahsildar as Administrator of Village Panchayat. Court holds that Additional Commissioner lacked jurisdiction to appoint Administrator without dissolution or expiry of term of elected body under Section 55 of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959....

The petitioners, who were elected members of the Gram Panchayat Parewadi, challenged the order dated 17/02/2020 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik, appointing the Tahsildar...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Appeal by Acquiring Body, Reduces Compensation in Land Acquisition Case. Reference Court's Enhancement from Rs.102 to Rs.1000 per sq m Set Aside; Compensation Fixed at Rs.200 per sq m Based on Comparable Sales and Development Deduction....

The case involves an appeal by the Cuncolim Municipal Council against the judgment and award of the Reference Court in Land Acquisition Case No.27/2011, which enhanced compensation for the acquisition...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Minister's Order Setting Aside Registration of Co-operative Housing Society. Minister's Order Upholding Challenge to Society's Registration Based on Non-Compliance with Section 6 of Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 is Valid....

The petitioners, Jeevan Niwas Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. and its Secretary, challenged an order dated 8/11/2010 passed by the Minister for Cooperation, Marketing and Textiles, Maharashtra State...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Approval of Shikshan Sevak Appointment in ST Backlog Vacancy. Direction issued to Education Officer to grant approval and release grant-in-aid for the appointment made against a backlog ST vacancy....

The petitioners, Ms. Bhavna Kisan Uradya (Petitioner No.1) and Sneh Vardhak Mandal (Petitioner No.2), filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to Respon...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Refusal of Approval for Shikshan Sevak Appointment. Education Officer's Order Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Natural Justice and Failure to Consider Relevant Material....

The petitioners, Miraj Vidya Samiti (an educational institution) and Ms. Sarika Tammanna Magdum (a teacher), filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Refusal of Approval to Appointment of Shikshan Sevak — Education Officer Directed to Grant Approval and Release Grant-in-Aid. The Court held that the refusal was not justified as the advertisement was for a backlog OBC vacancy and the appointment was made in accordance with the rules....

The Petitioners, Miraj Vidya Samiti (an educational institution) and Mrs. Sunita Anil Mali (the appointee), filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Company's Writ Petition Seeking Compensation Under Land Acquisition Act. Court Holds Government Not Obligated to Re-Acquire Its Own Land and Compensation Limited to Sanad Terms, Not The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013....

The petitioner, a tyre manufacturing company, was allotted government land at Bhandup, Mumbai, in the 1960s–70s under Sanads issued pursuant to acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Water Tanker Operators to Continue Operations Pending License Renewal — Municipal Corporation Cannot Disconnect Water Supply Without Following Natural Justice. The court held that the MCGM's threatened disconnection of water supply without deciding renewal applications and without hearing the licensees was arbitrary and illegal....

The petitioners, Harbour Water Suppliers Company Pvt. Ltd. and OK Marine, are water tanker operators who hold licenses from the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to draw water from munici...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Charity Commissioner's Order in Trust Management Dispute — Resolution of Trust Cannot Be Ignored Without Proper Inquiry. Section 41A of Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 does not empower the Charity Commissioner to decide title or validity of resolutions without hearing all parties....

The petitioners, trustees of a registered public trust, challenged an order dated 16.04.2018 passed by the Assistant Charity Commissioner under Section 41A of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950. ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Contributory Negligence. Deceased was an unauthorized passenger in an auto-rickshaw, and the Tribunal failed to consider contributory negligence of the auto-rickshaw driver....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the legal heirs of the deceased, Prabha, who died in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and an Indigo car. The claimants alleged that the Indigo ...