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Bombay High Court Allows Tenant's Petition Challenging Land Transfer Without Previous Sanction Under Section 43 of Bombay Tenancy Act. Post-transfer sanction cannot regularize invalid transfer; MRT order set aside.

The petitioner, Smt. Saraswati Shamrao Dhere, was a tenant of half portion of agricultural land in Shiroli, Kolhapur. Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 were ten...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses PIL Challenging SOP for Physical Hearing During COVID-19 Pandemic — Court Holds That Administrative Decisions During Extraordinary Circumstances Are Not Subject to Judicial Review Unless Arbitrary or Malafide

The petitioner, Sri Rajadithya Sadasivan, an advocate with 14 years of standing, filed a Public Interest Litigation under Articles 226 and 227 of the ...

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Bombay High Court Disposes of Suo Motu PIL on Translation of Portuguese Civil Code, 1869. State Government directed to expedite official English translation and publish in gazette.

The Bombay High Court at Goa disposed of a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) registered as PIL (Suo Motu) No. 1 of 2017. The Court took cogniz...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Registered Suo Motu by Police Under MRTP Act — Police Officer Lacks Authority to Register FIR Under Section 154 CrPC for Offences Under Sections 43 and 52 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966

The petitioner, Mahesh Shivram Puthran, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an FIR registered by the poli...

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Supreme Court Issues Directions for Fire Safety in COVID Hospitals and Enforcement of COVID-19 Guidelines. Right to health under Article 21 includes affordable treatment, and the Court directed States to consider capping fees under the Disaster Management Act.

The Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of a fire incident at a COVID hospital in Rajkot, Gujarat on 26 November 2020, which resulted in d...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Validity of Section 138 NI Act and Directs Magistrates to Accept Complaints Without Preliminary Inquiry. Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is constitutionally valid and Section 200 CrPC does not require preliminary inquiry in cheque dishonour cases.

The judgment arises from a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 and the p...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Issues Directions for Protection of Coastal Environment in Suo Motu Writ Petition. Court addresses illegal constructions and encroachments in Coastal Regulation Zone areas along Goa's coastline.

The Bombay High Court at Goa took suo motu cognizance of a writ petition concerning the protection of the coastal environment in Goa. The petition was...