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Redevelopment Dispute Over Additional Flat Area, Amenities Can't Be Decided In Writ Jurisdiction: Bombay High Court
A writ of certiorari or mandamus cannot be issued to adjudicate a private dispute between flat owners and a developer concerning claims for additional flat area, amenities, parking and compensation arising out of a redevelopment project, the Bombay High Court has held.A division bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Gautam Ankhad dismissed a petition filed by a Mumbai-based couple...
Kisan Bima Yojana | Unmarried Sister Can Claim Accidental Death Benefit As Legal Heir Even If Not Listed As Family Member: Allahabad High Court
Court directed the insurer to pay ₹5 lakh to the woman within four weeks.
Pending Corruption Case No Ground To Quash Departmental Charge-Sheet: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that an FIR filed against a delinquent employee, and departmental proceedings are two different processes, that can run concurrently, and there is no legal bar in holding both of these simultaneously. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further opined that generally, a writ petition does not survive against the charge-sheet issued in departmental...
'Unbridled' Noise Pollution: MP High Court Directs Indore Police To Appoint Volunteers To Report Violations
Court further pointed Municipal Corporation's garbage collection vans play cleanliness song at "full blast", contributing to high noise levels.
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Pune Engineering Student For Reposting Critical Post On 'Operation Sindoor'
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 27) quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a 20-year-old female engineering student for reposting a controversial post against Indian Army's "Operation Sindoor" against Pakistan.Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav said, "Noting the fact that the petitioner is a young engineering student, I have allowed her plea."The student from...
Missing RT-PCR Report No Ground To Deny COVID-19 Compensation When Hospital Records Confirm Infection: Allahabad High Court
Families dealing with serious illness, death could not be expected to obtain and preserve every medical paper, Court said.
MP High Court Upholds IT Rules Allowing Social Media Platforms To Remove Copyright-Infringing Posts
Court rejected challenge to constitutional validity of Rule 3(1)(b)(iv) of IT (Intermediary) Rules, 2021.
S. 14 Family Courts Act Doesn't Exempt Family Courts From Fundamental Rules Of Proof & Natural Justice: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the partial freedom from the Evidence Act which Section 14 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 gives to Family Courts does not release them from the ordinary principles of proof or from the rules of natural justice. It held that custody could not be decided on an affidavit filed by the father when he never presented himself for cross-examination.Setting aside...
Motherhood, Breastfeeding Falls Under Article 21: Rajasthan High Court Stays Transfer Of New Mother, Urges State To Frame Policy
Forcible separation due to mother's far-off transfer would cause health hazard to the infant, Court said.
Kerala High Court Denies Judge's Plea To Engage Lawyer In Disciplinary Inquiry, Says He Can Take Assistance Of Another Judge
The Kerala High Court recently upheld the denial of a serving Additional District Judge's request to engage a lawyer in disciplinary proceedings against him, holding that he could take the assistance of another judicial officer to defend himself. The Court noted that the charges, though serious, were not complicated. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 600]Justice P. Gopinath observed:“the charges against...
Prescribed Authority Under UP Ceiling Act Not A Civil Court, Its Orders Are Amenable To Article 226: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Prescribed Authority under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 is not a Civil Court and that an order passed by it can be challenged by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. It held that the powers and privileges of a Civil Court conferred on the Prescribed Authority by Section 37 of the Act do...