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Vidyavardhini Thr. Secretary v. Aniket Akhade
The Bombay High Court upheld the Tribunal’s order deeming Assistant Professors confirmed after probation under AICTE Regulations, quashing their termination and ordering reinstatement, while denying back wages to one gainfully employed petitioner.
Balvinder Kaur & Ors. v. University of Delhi & Ors.
The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition by legal heirs seeking retrospective promotion of a deceased lecturer due to inordinate delay, laches, and non-fulfillment of mandatory eligibility criteria under the Merit Promotion Scheme.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited v. Anil Mansukhlal Doshi & Ors.
The High Court dismissed HPCL's revision application holding that the statutory right of lease renewal under the Caltex Act supersedes contractual renewal rights, and the lease expired in 2003, entitling the plaintiffs to possession.
M/s. B. K. Polimex India Private Limited v. Union of India
The Bombay High Court quashed the Customs order confiscating artworks by Souza and Padamsee as obscene, holding that nudity alone does not constitute obscenity and emphasizing adherence to legal precedents and artistic freedom.
Gangadhar Sonu Sonaware & Ors. v. Namdeo Bhausingh Sonawane & Ors.
The Civil Court suit seeking declaration of ownership by adverse possession is barred under Section 85 of the Maharashtra Tenancy Act as it seeks to defeat final orders of Revenue Authorities, and the appeal against rejection of plaint is allowed.
Foreshore Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Divisional Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies
The Bombay High Court held that under Section 154B-13 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, a cooperative housing society must admit the nominee or legal heir of a deceased member as a member, limiting the society's discretion to refuse membership.
Hashmiya Bahrul Faiz Social Welfare Association v. Abdullah M. Shukur Qureshi
The Full Bench held that employees of D.Ed and B.Ed colleges not recognised under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Act, 1977 do not have a right of appeal under Section 9 of the Act, affirming the Single Judge's decision and rejecting the Division Bench's contrary view.
Paramanand Builders LLP v. Competent Authority & District Deputy Mumbai City (4)
The Bombay High Court upheld the Competent Authority's order granting unilateral deemed conveyance under MOFA, ruling that statutory obligations to convey ownership to flat purchasers override private agreements limiting rights to leasehold interests.
Sangeeta Jeswani & Ors. v. Oriental Bank of Commerce & Ors.
The Delhi High Court upheld the validity of a prior equitable mortgage and dismissed the petitioners' challenge to the recovery and sale of the mortgaged property, rejecting their bona fide purchaser and forgery claims.
Municipal Corporation of Gr. Bombay v. M/s. Karnani Building
The Bombay High Court held that in absence of a court-fixed standard rent under the Bombay Rent Act, the agreed rent after renovation is the proper basis for fixing rateable value under the BMC Act, restoring the municipal assessment and allowing the appeal.
Atul Bapusaheb Jadhav & Ors. v. Sharadrao Daulatrao Jadhav & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed the second appeal upholding the validity of a partition deed and the finding that the defendant was a gratuitous licensee, not an adverse possessor, affirming concurrent factual findings of lower courts.
Reshu Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that an employee who completed the maximum probation period without confirmation is entitled to confirmation by implication and directed issuance of confirmation and consequential benefits.
HARDEV SINGH v. PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY
Sub-lessees under a Government lease for agricultural purposes do not acquire independent tenure-holder status under the Ceiling Act without complying with lease conditions, and their land is included in the original lessee's holding for ceiling purposes.
HARDEV SINGH v. PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY
Sub-lessees under a Government lease who fail to comply with lease conditions do not acquire independent tenure holder status under the Uttar Pradesh Ceiling Act, and the original Government lessee remains the real holder for ceiling purposes.
Kartik Harshad Jhaveri v. Charanjit Arora & The State of Maharashtra
The High Court held that complaints under Section 138 NI Act filed beyond limitation after return by a court lacking jurisdiction are barred unless delay is condoned, and quashed cognizance and related orders, restoring condonation applications for fresh adjudication.
Bhagwan Waman Gaikwad and Ors. v. Pralhad Dunda Jadhav and Ors.
The Bombay High Court upheld tenancy rights and fixation of purchase price under the Tenancy Act for protected tenants on watan land, ruling that such rights are vested and not negated by statutory provisions requiring prior sanction for leases.
Ram Kishor Arora v. Directorate of Enforcement
The Supreme Court held that informing the arrested person of the grounds of arrest orally with contemporaneous acknowledgment satisfies Section 19 of PMLA and upheld the arrest, rejecting retrospective application of the Pankaj Bansal judgment.
Sagaru Laxman Shinde v. Mukund Shankar Kurlekar & Ors.
The Court held that prior to the 1969 amendment, landlords were not obliged to inform tenants of attaining majority, and tenants who failed to exercise purchase rights within prescribed time lose such rights, upholding the dismissal of tenant's claim to purchase the land.
MAS DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD. v. MAGUS CONSORTIUM ORCHID AVENUE (P) LTD.
The Delhi High Court set aside an arbitral award for lack of adequate reasoning and invalid termination based on delay where time was not the essence of the contract.
Shri Jaykumar B. Patil v. Joint Commissioner of Income Tax
Advance from company to substantial shareholder used for personal income tax payment, not business, constitutes deemed dividend under Section 2(22)(e) despite repayment within the same year.