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Supreme Court Hears Appeals Against High Court Decrees in Malankara Church Disputes. Rival Claims Over Control of Church Assets and Applicability of 1934 Constitution Pending Adjudication.

The Supreme Court heard a batch of civil appeals arising from judgments and decrees of the High Court of Kerala in three sets of suits concerning chur...

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Supreme Court Upholds Concurrent Findings in Property Dispute Involving Customary Adoption of Gharjamai. Custom of Gharjamai recognized as valid under local tribal customs, and concurrent findings of fact not interfered with under Article 136.

The case involves a property dispute among members of the Oraon tribe in Jharkhand. The original plaintiff, Sukhu Oraon (grandson of the original Sukh...

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Supreme Court Directs Protection of Sacred Groves/Orans in Rajasthan as Deemed Forests Under Forest Conservation Act, 1980. Recognizes Ecological and Cultural Significance of Community-Conserved Forests and Balances Community Rights with Conservation Goals.

The Supreme Court of India was hearing an interlocutory application in the ongoing T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India writ petition, which ...

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Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

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Bombay High Court Allows Fishermen Cooperative's Petition Against Demolition of Fishermen Huts in Coastal Zone. Court Holds That Traditional Fishing Communities Have Customary Rights to Occupy Foreshore Land for Livelihood, Subject to Environmental Clearances Under CRZ Notification, 2011.

The petitioner, Mariyayi Macchimaar Sahkari Sanstha Maryadit, a cooperative society of traditional fishermen, filed a writ petition challenging the pr...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Sons' Appeal in Gond Tribal Inheritance Dispute. Daughters of deceased Gond father held entitled to equal share in intestate property under Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as alleged customary exclusion of daughters was not proved.

The case involves a dispute between brothers and sisters belonging to the Gond tribe over the inheritance of their deceased father Bapurao Kodape's pr...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Wife's Appeal Against Nullity of Marriage — Husband Failed to Prove Valid Divorce Before Second Marriage. Marriage Declared Null and Void Under Section 11 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Due to Subsisting Previous Marriage.

The appellant (wife) and respondent (husband) married on 17.02.2013. The husband had previously been married to one Rajkanya, and claimed that marriag...

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Supreme Court Rejects Custom-Based Maintenance Claim in Impartible Estate for Lack of Opinio Necessitatis. Custom Not Proved as Payments Were Voluntary and Not Obligatory, Disallowing Claim for Arrears of Maintenance.

The case concerned a maintenance claim by junior members of the Kavalappara family against the Sthanee of the impartible Kavalappara estate, governed ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Dispute Involving Succession and Adverse Possession. Court upholds concurrent findings that appellant failed to prove title or adverse possession over suit property.

The case involves a second appeal filed by the legal heirs of the original plaintiff, Custodio Gama, against the judgment and decree of the District C...