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Bombay High Court rules that the Competent Authority under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act has full power to examine the legality of dues demanded before ordering eviction of an allottee.
The Bombay High Court at Goa held that the DMA lacks jurisdiction under Section 44 of the Goa Municipalities Act to remove a Councillor, as that quasi-judicial power belongs solely to the State Government.
The Nagpur Bench held that Section 41A of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 confers only administrative powers and does not extend to interfering with a trust's election process once commenced.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court allowed a married woman at 26 weeks and 11 days to terminate her pregnancy after a multi-specialist Medical Board unanimously advised it.
Justice Sandeep Marne held that bringing policemen to interrogate a bank officer and filing complaints with outside authorities were not perverse findings by the Enquiry Officer, restoring the charges against the dismissed clerk.
Finding the complainant had filed ten FIRs against different men since 2011 and deliberately avoided service, the Bombay High Court quashed a 2019 Section 376 FIR registered at Sahar Police Station.
Justice Farhan Dubash held that a housing society cannot bypass a final rejection order by filing a second deemed conveyance application before the same Competent Authority under MOFA.
The Bombay High Court set aside a 2020 order cancelling a Charity Commissioner's sanction for a trust property transaction, ruling that Section 36(2) permits revocation only on proof of fraud, not on reassessment of the original decision.
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench held that compensatory afforestation at a distant location cannot substitute for trees cut from Khamla and directed the Tree Authority to identify nearby plantation sites.
A hacker calling itself a "cyber criminal" breached databases of an educational trust, demanded USD 750,000, then leaked children's mental health records to a parent.
Justice M.M. Sathaye upholds concurrent findings recognising a first cousin as heir-tenant under section 5(11)(c)(i) of the Bombay Rent Act, reading the provision's two parts as disjunctive.
Justice Sandeep Marne set aside a Rs. 5 lakh compensation award, ruling that a driver's vulgar remarks about fisherwomen warranted dismissal and could not be rewarded.
Bombay High Court dismisses writ petition challenging confiscation of a vehicle found carrying 60 bags of charcoal without a valid forest transit pass, rejecting all grounds including natural justice and conviction-as-prerequisite arguments.
The Bombay High Court quashed an Internal Committee order against an SBI employee, holding that a shared public autorickshaw cannot be a "workplace" under the Sexual Harassment Act.
The Bombay High Court held that Tenure "D" land held in perpetuity under pre-independence revenue law is freely transferable, making the State's 75% transfer premium levy illegal.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a divorce-linked maintenance decree is enforceable against a deceased husband's estate, but the right to seek enhancement under Section 37(2) dies with him.
A Division Bench set aside the DGCA's suspension of an Air India pilot's ATPL licence, holding that no show-cause notice, hearing, or reasoned order was issued before the drastic action.
A Division Bench held the State of Maharashtra liable for the violent death of a patient at Yerwada Mental Hospital, finding gross negligence in staffing and ward segregation, and adapted motor accident compensation principles to quantify relief.
The Bombay High Court quashed MCOCA proceedings against Mangesh Sawant, finding his name absent from threat calls and transcripts, while dismissing the writ petitions of co-accused Rajan Sujanani and Kishore Vatnani.
The Bombay High Court has issued Rule and shielded Anil Ambani from prosecution and penalty while his constitutional challenge to the Black Money Act proceeds to hearing.
Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan dismissed the interim injunction application, holding HDFC Bank's statements about loan defaults were factually grounded, bona fide, and in public interest.
Bombay High Court arrests vessel DLB Kenenna at Dabhol Port on an ex-parte admiralty application, holding that pending arbitration does not bar an action in rem for the unsecured balance of a USD 18 million charter-party claim.
The Bombay High Court refused pre-arrest bail to a man accused of rape under Section 69 BNS, finding prima facie that he concealed his marriage and made the victim's intimate videos viral on social media.
The Bombay High Court directed the Superintendent of Police, Ambala, to ensure police protection after a court-appointed receiver was physically assaulted while executing an anti-counterfeiting order at a Haryana premises.
