Uttarakhand High Court Quashes DM's Order Directing Issuance Of Fire NOC Despite Being Alive To Deficiencies In Construction

Magistrate neither visited the site, nor called report from Fire Safety Department, Court noted.

AP High Court Upholds Food Corporation Of India's Direction To Rice Millers To Replace Fortified Stocks Which Failed Mandatory Quality Test

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the action of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other authorities directing rice millers to replace fortified rice stocks that failed mandatory quality tests, holding that the authorities acted in accordance with the SOPs governing the Fortified Rice Scheme and that no arbitrariness or violation of natural justice was made out. [2026 LiveLaw...

Partition Of Joint Family Property Not 'Transfer' Under Senior Citizens Act, Can't Be Cancelled For Failure To Maintain Parents: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that partition of a joint family property does not amount to "transfer of property" under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and hence such a registered partition deed cannot be cancelled for failure to maintain senior citizen parents, by invoking Section 23 of the Act. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 123]In doing so the court held...

Jharkhand High Court Directs State To Complete Jonha Waterfall Approach Road Within 6 Months, Cites Letter By Villagers Flagging Issues

The Jharkhand High Court has directed the State Government to complete the strengthening, widening and metal paving of the approach road to Jonha Waterfall within six months, while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation initiated on the basis of a letter sent by a villager highlighting the miserable condition of the road.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and...

Oral Instructions Can't Override Statutory Duty: Bombay High Court Pulls Up Municipal Corp For Delaying Occupation Certificate

The Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) keeping an application for an Occupation Certificate (OC) pending solely on the basis of alleged oral instructions issued by the Additional Chief Secretary. The Court observed that statutory authorities are required to act strictly in accordance with law and that oral instructions...

Tender Cancellation Clause Can't Be Used To Record Findings Of Forgery Without Hearing Bidder: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that while a tendering authority may reserve the contractual power to cancel a tender without assigning reasons, such a clause cannot be used to record findings that a bidder indulged in forgery, fraud or other misconduct without first affording the bidder an opportunity of hearing. The Court held that once findings carrying a stigma and adverse civil...

Urban Land Ceiling Act | Landholder Can't Claim Protection To Retain Surplus Land If Possession Was Taken Before Repeal Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a landholder cannot claim the protection of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 to retain surplus land where possession had already been taken under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 before the Repeal Act came into force. The Court also held that a writ petition challenging such ceiling proceedings, filed more than...

Petrol Pump Dealership Can't Be Cancelled On Mere Suspicion Of Tampering With Fuel Dispensing Unit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a petrol pump dealership cannot be terminated on mere suspicion of tampering with fuel dispensing unit.Justice Irshad Ali added that the dealership cannot be terminated unless it is established with evidence that the alleged irregularity was capable of manipulating fuel delivery to the consumers, and that such manipulation was attributable to the...

UP Consolidation Of Holdings Act | Delay Caused By Statutory Ban On Land Transfers Doesn't Render Sale Deed Void: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a sale deed executed after the period fixed in a permission order granted under Section 5(1)(c)(ii) of the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 cannot be treated as void where the delay in execution was caused by a statutory restriction on the transfer of agricultural land in force at the relevant time. The Court held that mutation could not be...

Election Petition Filed After Vacation Not Time-Barred In Absence Of Notification Permitting Filing During Vacation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an election petition challenging the election of a Corporator under the U.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, filed on the reopening of the District Court after the summer vacation, is within limitation by virtue of Section 10 of the U.P. General Clauses Act, 1904, where the 30-day limitation period expired during the vacation. It further held that...

Co-Operative Societies Act | Strangers Can Be Impleaded In Society Dispute If Necessary For Adjudication: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a Co-operative Court exercising powers under Section 94(3)(c) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 can implead a person who is not covered by the categories enumerated under Section 91(1)(a) to (e), if such person's presence is necessary for the effective and complete adjudication of the questions involved in the dispute. The Court,...

Revenue Officers Cannot Adjudicate Caste Status For Removing Tribal Land Protections: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that revenue authorities cannot adjudicate or determine the caste or tribe status of a person while exercising powers under Sections 36 and 36A of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The Court observed that the determination of Scheduled Tribe status lies exclusively with the Caste Scrutiny Committee, and a revenue officer cannot deprive a person or...