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Bombay High Court Rules Issuance of Land Acquisition Award Without Notice to Interested Parties is Void: “An Award Made Behind the Back of Affected Persons Cannot Be Sustained”

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court held that an award passed under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 without issuance of notice to interested parties under Section 12(2) and without giving…

Rawlaw August 7, 2025

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Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment Proceedings Initiated Against Deceased Assessee: “Assessing Officer Cannot Issue Notice to a Dead Person When Legal Heirs Are Known”

Court’s Decision: The Calcutta High Court quashed the reassessment proceedings initiated under Sections 148A(b), 148A(d), and 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, against a deceased assessee for the assessment…

Rawlaw July 30, 2025

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Bombay High Court Slams MHADA’s Executive Engineers for Illegal Redevelopment Notices: “No Power to Bypass Law; Rule of Law Must Prevail” — Orders Judicial Inquiry Into Over 900 Section 79-A Notices Issued Without Jurisdiction

Court’s Decision: The Bombay High Court, in a landmark judgment dated 28 July 2025, declared 935 redevelopment notices issued under Section 79-A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act,…

Rawlaw July 30, 2025

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Bombay High Court Rules Notice Under Zilla Parishad and Village Panchayat Acts Mandatory and Not Waivable: “Trial Court Cannot Bypass Statutory Notice Requirements” — Suit for Injunction and Declaration Rejected

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court set aside the trial court’s order refusing to reject the plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The Court…

Rawlaw July 30, 2025

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Bombay High Court Stays Demolition of Premises Rented to Gamdevi Police Station: “Breach of Natural Justice When Notice Served Only on Owner, Not Tenant in Possession”

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court stayed the demolition of a building in which the Gamdevi Police Station has been operating for over four decades, observing that the Brihanmumbai Municipal…

Rawlaw July 24, 2025

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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Landlord’s Plea for Market Rate Occupation Charges During Pendency of Eviction Suit, Holds Statutory Tenant Cannot Be Treated as Tenant at Sufferance. “A tenant becomes a statutory tenant upon issuance of notice under Section 6(4); his occupation cannot be deemed unlawful until eviction is decreed”

Court’s Decision The Calcutta High Court dismissed a civil revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution filed by the landlord challenging the rejection of an application under Section 151…

Rawlaw July 16, 2025

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Orissa High Court issues notice on maintainability of writ petition in land acquisition compensation dispute under National Highways Act, 1956 despite alternate arbitration remedy: “Matter requires consideration”

Court’s Decision The Orissa High Court issued notice on the question of maintainability of a writ petition filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging compensation…

Rawlaw July 16, 2025

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Calcutta High Court Issues Notice in Contempt Plea for Violation of Construction Restraint Order, Appoints Special Officer to Investigate On-Site Violations: “Photographs Show Continued Construction and Advertisements Despite Clear Injunction”

Court’s Decision The Calcutta High Court, exercising its contempt jurisdiction, issued a notice to the alleged contemnors to show cause by 11 April 2025 as to why Rule should not…

Rawlaw June 24, 2025