Bombay HC: No commercial use of building meant for residential purposes without owners’ consent
Advocates Aditya Bhatt and Riddhi Shah, representing the plaintiffs, informed the court that the suit was filed for the specific performance of a development agreement (DA) entered into by eight persons with the private developer in 2013. December 19, 2020 1:42:32 am
A division bench of Justice S C Gupte and Justice S P Tavade was hearing the petition filed by Shinde on January 13. (File)
In an interim relief to eight flat and building owners at Santacruz East, who had entered into a redevelopment agreement with a private developer, the Bombay High Court (HC), in an interim order, restrained the developer from using a portion of the redeveloped premises for commercial use without the owners’ consent, noting that the building was exclusively meant for residential purposes.
Perverse, borders on fraud on power: HC on Metro shed land allotment
Pulling up the collector, the HC said, “We do not wish to be harsh at this stage because all the materials are yet to be placed before us, but cannot desist from observing that the collector’s action of passing the impugned order in the manner he did does border on committing a fraud on power.” December 18, 2020 5:34:09 am
An FIR was registered in June last year on the complaint of the estranged husband who claimed that his bank account statements had been procured through a forged police notice. (Representational)
Bombay HC allows felling of mangrove trees for construction of bridge, asks CIDCO to comply with MoEF conditions
Bombay HC allows felling of mangrove trees for construction of bridge, asks CIDCO to comply with MoEF conditions
The court has asked the concerned CIDCO officers to provide an undertaking, within a week, of strictly complying with conditions laid down in permissions granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the same. December 19, 2020 1:17:10 am
A division bench of Justice S C Gupte and Justice S P Tavade was hearing the petition filed by Shinde on January 13. (File)
The Bombay High Court (HC) has allowed the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) to cut mangroves spread over an area of 0.6266 hectare for the construction of a bypass bridge which will connect Uran and Panvel.
Bombay HC asks juvenile board to verify age of murder convict
The man filed a plea through his father claiming that he was only 17 years old at the time of murder and should have been treated as a juvenile rather than being convicted as an adult. The court has asked the Board to submit the report within 14 weeks. Updated: December 18, 2020 3:12:31 am
A division bench of Justice S C Gupte and Justice S P Tavade was hearing the petition filed by Shinde on January 13. (File)
The Bombay High Court has recently directed the Juvenile Justice Board to verify the age of a 27-year-old man, sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case in 2010.
Collector’s order transferring Kanjurmarg land for Metro car shed ‘borders on committing fraud on power’, says HC
Collector’s order transferring Kanjurmarg land for Metro car shed ‘borders on committing fraud on power’, says HC
The bench added, “We are conscious of the element of public interest involved in setting up of the Metro car shed on the subject land; at the same time, we cannot remain oblivious if a person is divested of its/his right in property without the authority of law.” December 18, 2020 2:15:17 am
Kanjurmarg salt pan land for Metro car shed project. (File)
The Bombay High Court has passed severe strictures on the Mumbai suburban district collector over his decision to transfer 102-acre Kanjurmarg salt pan land for the Metro car shed project, observing that the order “borders on committing fraud on power”, was “perverse” and showed “serious flaw” in the decision-making process.