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RERA Authorities Cannot Decide Title Disputes Or Issue Declarations and Injunctions Like Civil Court : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has recently held that authorities and tribunals under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) cannot adjudicate title disputes between allottees or grant declaratory and injunctive reliefs, ruling that such powers lie exclusively with civil courts. Clarifying the limits of RERA jurisdiction, the court held that disputes concerning the validity...
No Construction Allowed On Water Body: Gujarat High Court Rejects Appeal Against Eviction Notice Over Encroachment Of Lake
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (December 2) dismissed an appeal challenging a single judge's order which had rejection a plea against eviction notices issued to certain residents asking them to vacate a property over encroachment of Isanpur lake in Ahmedabad. The court noted that the notice issued by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) categorically recorded that the appellants...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025
Nominal IndexMUNNI DEVI v. PARDEEP AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 452Chandandeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 453 SHAIK NOUSHAD AHAMMED v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 454Ameen v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 455Ramji v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 456 CHANDER MOHAN v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 457Amritpal Singh v. Union of India...
Civil Court Jurisdiction Prevails Over Revenue Authorities In Property Disputes: J&K&L High Court Quashes Revenue Orders
Reaffirming the legal principle that civil courts exercise superior and overriding jurisdiction over revenue authorities in disputes involving title, possession, or civil rights over immovable property, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed three revenue orders passed against a landowner.Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal emphasised that when a civil suit is already pending on...
Influencer Regulation, Aadhar Linked Digital IDs: Rajasthan High Court Issues Sweeping Directions For Cyber Safety Reforms
The Rajasthan High Court has issued a bunch of directions to different State departments to handle the issue of cyber crimes, artificial intelligence as well as deep fake, for ensuring digital safety and security of the residents.The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania was hearing bail applications of two young adults who were accused of impersonating themselves as Sub-Inspectors to an elderly...
SC/ST Act | No Compensation In Cases Where Victims Turn Hostile And Amicably Settle With Accused: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (December 1), held that compensation cannot be granted under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, when the victim turns hostile and amicably settles with the accused. The bench of Justice Pranay Verma emphasized that the Act of 1989 was intended to deter atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Tribe...
'Disability Presumed Attributable To Service Unless Proved Otherwise': J&K&L High Court Upholds Disability Pension For Soldier
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that once a soldier is enrolled in a medically fit condition and subsequently develops disabilities during service, the disability is presumed attributable to or aggravated by service unless the Army proves otherwise.The court said that the Army cannot deny disability pension on the basis of a one-line or cryptic “neither attributable to nor aggravated...
Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Consumer Commission Orders Against Bank & Jute Corporation In Jute Loan Dispute
The Calcutta High Court has set aside concurrent findings of the District, State and National Consumer Commissions, which had held the Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank and the Jute Corporation of India (JCI) liable for deficiency in service in connection with jute-pledge loans availed by farmers.Justice Debangsu Basak disposed of eight revisional applications filed by the farmers, the bank,...
Executive Can't Enforce DV Order: Gauhati High Court Quashes Annulment Of Husband's Land Possession Certificate
The Gauhati High Court quashed an order passed by appellate authority under Arunachal Pradesh government's land management department which had cancelled a land possession certificate issued to a husband, based on alleged violation of interim order by the trial court in favour of his estranged wife under domestic violence act. In doing so the court observed that the appellate authority lacked...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Complaint Against Minister KJ George, BESCOM Officials Over Alleged Irregularities In Smart Meter Procurement
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (December 2) quashed a private complaint by BJP leaders against State Energy Minister KJ George and BESCOM officials, alleging irregularities in the issuance of tender regarding procurement and installation of smart electric meters in the State.Allowing George's plea Justice M I Arun said “Petitions are allowed. Consequently the proceedings pending before...
Jammu & Kashmir Deputy CM Files Defamation Suit Before Delhi High Court Seeking Removal Of Objectionable Content
Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court seeking removal of objectionable content against him on social media. The matter was heard briefly on Tuesday (December 2) by Justice Amit Bansal who asked Choudhary to implead the uploaders of the content as defendants in his suit. Choudhary's counsel informed the...
Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Patent For Amylin and AstraZeneca's Sustained-Release Diabetes Injection
The Delhi High Court has upheld the Patent Office's refusal to grant Amylin Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals a patent for their sustained-release exenatide injection for diabetes, ruling that the formulation was 'obvious' from existing science and lacked the inventive step required for protection. A single bench of Justice Tejas Karia in an order dated November 24 said that...