Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of.....Tags : aadhaar number, bill, budget session
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AP HC: When Person is in Settled Possession and Enjoyment of Property, He Cannot be Dispossessed(13.01.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that when a person is in settled possession and enjoyment of a property, he cannot be dispossessed, except by.....
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Bombay HC Acquits Man on Death Row Convicted of Double Murder Citing Fabrication of Evidence(09.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has acquitted Guddu Krish Yadav who was sentenced to death penalty by the Palghar sessions court for the double murder of a colleagu.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Palghar sessions court, death penalty, double murder, theft
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Cal. HC: State Can't Claim Title to Land Belonging to Citizens by Using Adverse Possession Doctrine(03.10.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the State, professing to be a welfare state, cannot claim to have perfected its title over a piece of land by in.....
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SC: Time Limit Stipulation Mandating DM to Deliver Possession of Secured Asset Only Directory(06.11.2020)
Supreme Court has held that time limit stipulation in Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Secur.....
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How long can builders keep paying compensation(11.05.2016)
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission passed yet another order against a property developer for its prolonged failure to deliver possess.....
Tags : property developer, possession, delay, compensation
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NCDRC to DLF Universals: Refund Entire Amount for Delay in Handing Over Possession(10.01.2023)
National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed DLF Universal to refund entire principal amount of Rs. 37,73,154/- to the complain.....
Tags : NCDRC, DLF Universal, Compensation, Possession
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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)
Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....
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#Monsoon Session: Rajya Sabha Passes Bill Empowering Centre to Collect Statistical Data from J&K(28.07.2017)
Rajya Sabha has passed a bill empowering Centre to collect statistical data from Jammu and Kashmir.
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#Monsoon Session: Rajya Sabha Passes RTE Amendments(03.08.2017)
Rajya Sabha has passed Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which aims to provide a two-year window to around 11.....
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Delhi HC Rejects Plea of Urgent Hearing to Stop Assembly Session(19.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to grant urgent hearing on a petition seeking direction that Delhi Government be stopped from going ahead with two-day wi.....
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Kar. HC: Criminal Trespass Complaint Can't be Made if Property is Not in Possession of Complainant(13.07.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that a complaint of criminal trespass cannot be made if the property on which the accused is alleged to have trespassed .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Criminal Trespass, Possession
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SC: Mere Offer of Refund Does Not Disentitle Flat Buyers from Claiming Compensation(22.12.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the flat purchasers are not disentitled from claiming compensation merely because the developer offered an exit option.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Compensation for Delayed Possession
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SC: To Claim Right U/S 14 Hindu Succession Act, Woman Must Have Possession of Property(29.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that the essential ingredient of Section 14(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is possession over the property and therefore in o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hindu Succession Act, Woman, Possession
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NCLAT: IRP Has Authority to Take Possession of Assets Owned by Corporate Debtor(20.05.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) has the authority to take possession of assets owned by the Corporate Debtor.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Corporate Debtor, Possession of Assets
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SC: Adverse Possession Plea Cannot Be Raised First Time in Appeal(12.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has held that adverse possession must be specifically pleaded, framed as an issue, and proved at trial. It cannot be introduced for .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Adverse Possession, Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code, Section 96
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Independent Prosecution by De Facto Complainant Not Permissible in Sessions Case: SC(23.05.2018)
Supreme Court has set aside an order of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh that allowed a de facto c.....
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“Tribhuvan” Sahkari University Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha(04.02.2025)
“Tribhuvan” Sahkari University Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing budget session of Parliament. The Bill aims to create a qu.....
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P&H HC: Owner of Property Can’t be Divested from Possession Based on Use of Land(10.10.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that Municipal Corporation can’t change the nature of the property to dump site merely because garbage is throw.....
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Kerala High Court: School Cannot Claim Land as Playground Without a Valid Title Deed(25.09.2025)
Kerala High Court held that a school cannot claim possession of land as its playground without valid documents. The court emphasized that only parties.....
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RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: Convict Sentenced to Life Imprisonment(21.01.2025)
A Sessions Court in Kolkata has sentenced the accused in RG Kar rape and murder case to life imprisonment. The Court further held that the case did no.....
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P&H HC: Possession of Contraband Need Not Necessarily Attract NDPS Provisions(07.09.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that possession of contraband by a person is not necessary to attract the rigors of the Narcotic Drugs an.....
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Delhi HC: Unconscious Possession of Firearms Not to Attract Arms Act, 1959(05.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that "unconscious possession" of firearms would not attract the rigours of the Arms Act, 1959 while hearing a criminal.....
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A party claiming adverse possession must prove that, his possession is peaceful, open and continuous(01.02.2018)
In instant case, Defendant No. 2 is the Appellant against a confirming judgment. Plaintiff-respondent No. 3 instituted the suit for declaration of tit.....
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Madras High Court Raps Trial Court for Wrong Conviction(16.12.2015)
Madras HC has pulled up a Sessions Court for having convicted five people under wrong provisions of law in a highway robbery case and set aside convic.....
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SC: When Land Belonging to Govt. is Subject to Adverse Possession, Courts Must Exercise Greater Care(11.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that when the land wherein adverse possession has been claimed, belongs to the Government, the Court is duty-bound to act with .....
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SC: Can’t Dismiss Execution Petition Merely Because Property's Possession is Lost to Third Party(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that Court can’t dismiss an execution petition as inexecutable, merely on the basis that the property has been lost to a third .....
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Kar. HC: Application For Recording Statement Of Accused Can Only be Made Before Sessions Court(21.10.2022)
Karnataka High Court has said that in light of the statutory framework of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, applications for recording statements of.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Special, Sessions
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Kerala HC: Details of Funds in Possession Not Necessary in Plaint for Specific Performance(26.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that even if the plaintiff has not provided details of funds in her possession in a suit for specific performance or the w.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, specific performance, possession
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Courts should render all aid to the aggrieved party to enable him to derive the full benefits of the order(28.07.2015)
The High Court held that the jurisdiction of the Civil Court did not need to be invoked in order to enforce its order. In a matter where Deccan Chroni.....
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Madras HC Quashes ‘Worst Judgment’, Says 'Let This be Last Ruling Ever Written on Communal Grounds'(28.04.2017)
Madras High Court has set aside a Judgment delivered by District & Sessions Judge No.II, Kancheepuram observing that impugned judgment is a classic ex.....
Tags : Madras High Court, District & Sessions Judge No.II, Kancheepuram
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SC: Public Possession Key for Valid Oral Gift under Mohammedan Law; No Mutation Raises Doubt(07.10.2025)
Supreme Court held that an oral gift (hiba) under Muslim law cannot be used as a "surprise instrument" to claim property. For a valid hiba, the donor’.....
Tags : Possession, Gift, Mohammedan Law
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SC: Defence Colony Welfare Association to Remove Encroachment from Lodhi-era Shaikh Ali 'Gumti'(22.01.2025)
Supreme Court has directed the Defence Colony Welfare Association (DCWA), Delhi to handover peaceful possession of Lodhi-era Shaikh Ali 'Gumti' that t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Defence Colony, Peaceful Possession
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against US Citizen Carrying Cartridge at IGI Airport(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while quashing FIR registered against US citizen found in possession of live ammunition at Delhi Airport, has held that conscious pos.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arms Act, Conscious Possession
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SC: Can’t Allow State to Appropriate Private Property through Adverse Possession(20.11.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that allowing the State to appropriate private property through adverse possession would undermine the constitutional right.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Adverse Possession, Private Property
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Bombay HC Extends Protective Orders Against Evictions and Dispossessions Till August 30(11.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has refused to continue its unconditional extension of all interim orders in Maharashtra beyond 30th August, 2021, given the improvi.....
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Complaint cannot barred by limitation, where there is case of continuing cause of action(10.01.2018)
Instant first appeal has been filed under Section 19, read with Section 21(a)(ii) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the impugned order, pas.....
Tags : Complaint, Maintainability, Possession
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Bombay HC Extends All Interim Orders Relating to Eviction, Demolition & Dispossession(30.10.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed extension of all interim orders relating to eviction, demolition and dispossession by the High Court as well as subordi.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Extension of Interim Orders on Eviction, Demolition & Dispossession
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Dates for Winter Session of Parliament announced(09.11.2015)
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs recommended convening the Winter Session of Parliament from 26 November to 23 December 2015. The first .....
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Kerala HC: Claiming Adverse Possession After Encroachment Into Public Road Not Admissible(28.02.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that a petitioner claiming the right of adverse possession after encroaching into a public road cannot be treated as a usu.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Adverse Possession Into Public Road
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No party has any vested right in the forum(05.02.2018)
Present revision application challenges the judgment made by the District Judge, (Appeal Court) allowing Civil Appeal instituted by Respondent Nos. 1A.....
Tags : Possession, Restoration, Bonafide need
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Orissa HC: Possession Not Proved Merely by Sitting in Vehicle from Which Contraband is Seized(13.07.2022)
Orissa High Court has held that a person merely sitting in a vehicle from which contrabands were seized does not necessarily point to the fact that th.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Possession, Contrabands
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Bombay HC: Possession of Skin of Dead Cows or Bullocks Not an Offence(22.12.2020)
Bombay High Court has ruled that there is no prohibition for the possession of skin of dead animals and in absence of such prohibition; no offence wou.....
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Delhi HC: Conditional Order Must be Complied with Strictly(16.05.2025)
Delhi HC while refusing to interefere in Sessions Court’s order forfeiting the fixed deposit of accused for failing to comply with conditions, has sta.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sessions Court, Deposit of Accused
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Kathua Rape Case : District and Sessions Court, Pathankot Sentences Three Accused to Life Term(11.06.2019)
District and Sessions Judge Pathankot Tejwinder Singh has pronounced sentence in the ghastly crime relating to gang rape and murder of an eight year o.....
Tags : Kathua Rape Case, District and Sessions Court
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Bombay HC Acquits Man on Death Row Convicted of Double Murder Citing Fabrication of Evidence(09.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has acquitted Guddu Krish Yadav who was sentenced to death penalty by the Palghar sessions court for the double murder of a colleagu.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Palghar sessions court, death penalty, double murder, theft
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Mumbai Sessions Court Dismisses Bail Apllication of Ex-CEO of BARC, Partho Dasgupta(21.01.2021)
Mumbai Sessions Court has dismissed the bail application of Partho Dasgupta, ex-CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who was arreste.....
Tags : Mumbai Sessions Court, Partho Dasgupta
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Presidential assent concludes legislation season(11.01.2016)
Having been passed by the Parliament in its Winter Session, several Bills received Presidential assent on 31st December 2015 becoming the first Acts o.....
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#Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha Passes Bills Extending CGST, IGST to J&K(03.08.2017)
Lok Sabha has passed two bills extending Central GST and Integrated GST to Jammu and Kashmir.
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Sessions Court, Mumbai Rejects Bail Application Filed by Rhea Chakraborty in NDPS Cases(11.09.2020)
Session Court, Mumbai has rejected the bail Applications filed and Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, Showik in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan.....
Tags : Sessions Court, Mumbai, Rhea Chakraborthy
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Supreme Court: Revenue Entries are Admissible as Evidence of Possession(21.11.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that, while it is true that revenue entries do not by themselves confer title, they are admissible as evidence of possessio.....
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SC Upholds Dismissal of Sessions Judge for Altering Sentence in a Murder Case(12.07.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by an Additional Sessions Judge from Madhya Pradesh challenging the termination of her service for p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sessions Judge, Murder Case
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Casual Act of Possession Over Property Doesn't Confer Possessory Title: SC(30.01.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a casual act of possession does not have the effect of interrupting the possession of the rightful owner.
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Bombay HC: Sessions Court Rejecting Anticipatory Bail Application to Grant 3 days to Avoid Arrest(24.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a Sessions Court rejecting the anticipatory bail application should grant interim protection for at least three workin.....
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Bombay HC: Court of Additional Sessions Judge Not Special Court to Try Offences Under IBC(17.02.2022)
Bombay High Court has ruled that the Court of Additional Sessions Judge is not Special Court in terms of Section 236 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Court of Additional Sessions Judge
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ITAT, Mumbai: Claim Of Deduction to be Reckoned From Date of Possession of New Property(11.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that an assessee's claim of deduction under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was to be reckoned .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Possession of New Property
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Del HC: Can’t Restrict Discretion to Choose HC or Session Court for Anticipatory Bail Plea(12.06.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that it is discretionary for the Applicant either to approach the High Court or the Court of Session since both the Court ha.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Discretion, Anticipatory Bail, Session Court
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P&H HC: Unregistered Agreement to Sell Can't be Accepted for Establishing Possession of Property(08.06.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that an unregistered agreement to sell cannot be accepted by the Court for granting possession in favour of the.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Possession, Unregistered Agreement
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Journalists Appeal Against Jail Term For 'Breach of Privilege', Karnataka High Court to Hear on Monday(29.11.2017)
Journalists Appeal Against Jail Term For 'Breach of Privilege', Karnataka High Court to Hear on Monday
Tags : The Assembly, during its ongoing winter session, re-confirmed the one-year-jail term and Rs 10,000 fine for writing articles that "breached the privilege of MLAs".
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SC Criticizes Punjab CM and Governor Over Delay in Summoning of Budget Session(01.03.2023)
Supreme Court while criticizing both Chief Minister of Punjab and Governor for the dereliction stating that constitutional dialogue between functionar.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Minister, Governor, Budget Session
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Supreme Court: Long Continuous Possession by Itself Cannot be Termed as Adverse Possession(16.01.2020)
Supreme Court has reiterated that long and continuous possession by itself cannot be termed as adverse possession to perfect title within the meaning .....
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SC: Court Must First See if Case Falls Within 'Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder'(11.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that a duty is enjoined upon the Court of Sessions to undertake an exercise and to satisfy itself whether a case of culpable ho.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder, Sessions Court
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Houses of Parliament pass several Bills(14.03.2016)
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha kept up frenetic legislative activity, passing several Bills in the ‘first half’ of the Budget session. Of note is the R.....
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Lok Sabha Passes the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025(03.04.2025)
Lok Sabha has passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the ongoing budget session of Parliament. The bill was passed with 288 votes in favour and 232.....
Tags : Lok Sabha, Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Budget Session
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NCDRC to DLF Universals: Refund Entire Amount for Delay in Handing Over Possession(10.01.2023)
National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed DLF Universal to refund entire principal amount of Rs. 37,73,154/- to the complain.....
Tags : NCDRC, DLF Universal, Compensation, Possession
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HP HC: Revenue Officer has Discretion to Convert Itself to Civil Court to Decide Plea of Possession(06.03.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court while observing that while adjudicating the plea of adverse possession revenue officer has discretion, either to convert i.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Adverse Possession, Discretion
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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)
Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....
Tags : Mumbai Sessions Court, Obscenity, Shilpa Shetty, Discharge
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#Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Amend Companies Law(28.07.2017)
Lok Sabha has passed legislation aimed at strengthening corporate governance standards, allowing for strict action against defaulting companies and im.....
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In exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, factual determination of rights cannot be undertaken(23.10.2023)
Challenge raised in the present writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 is to the decision taken as indicated in the .....
Tags : Possession, Public utility, Legality
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Madras HC: Revenue Divisional Officer Not Empowered to Order Recovery of Possession(12.12.2022)
Madras High Court has held that the Revenue Divisional Officer, which is a rent authority, does not have powers to order for recovery of possession as.....
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Mumbai Sessions Court Acquits Two Accused in 2002 Best Bakery Case(14.06.2023)
Mumbai Sessions Court has acquitted two accused in second part of the 2002 Best Bakery case in Gujarat. The two accused were absconding when the other.....
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Bombay HC: Flat Occupier Entitled to Transit Rent for Period of Dispossession During Redevelopment(11.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that the person in possession of a tenement being re-developed will be entitled to transit rent in the absence of a court o.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, tenement, possession, transit
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When a public functionary is required to perform a public function within a time frame, the same will be held to be directory unless specified(05.11.2020)
The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the High Court, whereby it was held that Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruct.....
Tags : Secured Assets, Possession, Time limit
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