Madras High Court Considers Validity of University Orders on UGC Regulations. Autonomous Colleges Filed Petitions Raising Questions on Compliance with UGC Norms versus Autonomy.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Maintenance and Paternity Dispute — Holds That Family Court Cannot Reopen Paternity When Civil Court's Finding on Legitimacy Has Attained Finality. The presumption of legitimacy under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, when conclusively established by a competent civil court, bars a subsequent maintenance proceeding from determining paternity against a third party.
1 Jan 2025The case involves a long-standing dispute over the paternity and maintenance of a child born to a married woman. The respondent, Milan Joseph, was bor...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Public Interest Litigation to Protect Land for Government Sports Complex at Navi Mumbai. CIDCO's commercial allotment of land earmarked for sports complex quashed; State Government's decision to shift complex to remote location set aside.
1 Jul 2024The Bombay High Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Indian Institute of Architects, Navi Mumbai Center, challenging the action...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Public Interest Litigation Seeking Preservation of Land for Government Sports Complex at Navi Mumbai — Directs Restoration of Earmarked Land and Cancellation of Allotment to Private Developer. Land reserved since 2003 under Government Resolution dated 26 March 2003 for a Government Sports Complex cannot be diverted for commercial purposes; shifting the complex to a remote rural area 115 km away is arbitrary.
1 Jul 2024The Indian Institute of Architects, Navi Mumbai Center, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court challenging the actions of CID...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Kalaburagi Bench Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Reservation of Mayor and Deputy Mayor Posts in Municipal Corporation. Petitioners Contend Non-Compliance with Rotation Policy Under Section 10 of Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 and Improper Inclusion of Additional Voters.
4 Feb 2022The High Court of Karnataka at Kalaburagi Bench heard three clubbed writ petitions challenging the reservation of the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor ...
High Court
Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Goa Children's Act, 2003 as Premature. Petitioner Convicted for Kidnapping and Murder of Minor Cannot Challenge State Legislation When Appeal Against Conviction is Pending.
6 Oct 2018The petitioner, Rohan Pradeep Dhungat, was convicted by the Goa Children's Court in Special Case No.28/2006 for offences including kidnapping for rans...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Criminal Revision Petition in Maintenance Case Under Section 125 CrPC — Petitioner Fails to Prove Entitlement to Enhanced Maintenance. The court held that the trial court's order granting maintenance at Rs. 2,000 per month was not perverse or illegal, and the revision petition lacked merit.
31 Jul 2018The petitioner, Mrs. Neelam Manmohan, filed a criminal revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition in Maintenance Case Under Section 125 CrPC — Petitioner Fails to Show Illegality or Irregularity in Trial Court Order. The revisional court cannot interfere with a well-reasoned order of maintenance unless it is perverse or illegal.
31 Jul 2018The petitioner, Mrs. Neelam Manmohan, filed a criminal revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Hears Consolidated Writ Petitions Challenging Forest Development Tax Notification Under Karnataka Forest Act. Petitioners Contended That the Levy on Mineral-Bearing Land Violated Article 246, Entry 54 of Union List, and Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
3 Dec 2015The High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru, heard a batch of writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by several minin...
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