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High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice Under Income-tax Act as Time-Barred -- Reassessment for Assessment Year 2015-16 Held Invalid Due to Limitation Under Sections 148, 149, 153A, and 153C...

The High Court of Gujarat allowed a writ petition challenging a reassessment notice under Section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Assessment Year 2015-16, ruling it was time-barred. The petitioner...

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High Court Dismisses State's Petition in Land Ceiling Dispute, Upholding Tribunal's Order on Unit Entitlement. The Court Interpreted Section 6(3C) of the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960, Holding That a Major Son is Entitled to a Separate Unit Even When Only the Mother is Living, Resulting in Four Units for the Family....

The dispute arose from proceedings under the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960, concerning agricultural land holdings of the respondents in Village Didhadia. The Mamlatdar initially determi...

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High Court Allows Writ Petition Against Rejection of Non-Agricultural Permission Under Gujarat Land Revenue Code. Competent Authority Cannot Inquire into Title Under Section 65 as Statute Requires Only Proof of Occupancy, Not Title Verification....

The dispute involved a writ petition challenging the rejection of Non-Agricultural permission for land use conversion. The petitioners had purchased agricultural land through registered sale deed and ...

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High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Civil Land Dispute Due to Absence of Substantial Question of Law. Appellate Court's Factual Findings on Possession and Evidence Appreciation Upheld as Not Perverse Under Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The dispute concerned agricultural land in Survey No.517 at village Chitroda, where the appellants (original plaintiffs) sought permanent injunction against the respondents (defendants) who allegedly ...

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High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Land Dispute - Heirs of Appellant Fail to Restore Permanent Injunction Decree - Appellate Court's Modification of Injunction Upheld Under CPC...

The High Court dismissed a Second Appeal in a land dispute case where the appellants sought restoration of a Trial Court decree granting permanent injunction for entire agricultural land -- The First ...

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High Court Dismisses Tenant's Revision Application in Rent Dispute - Eviction Upheld Under Bombay Rent Act for Non-Payment of Arrears Before First Hearing Date...

The High Court dismissed a revision application filed by the tenant challenging eviction orders passed under the Bombay Rent Act -- The landlord had purchased residential premises and sought eviction ...

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Public Interest Litigation – Suppression of Material Facts – Criminal Contempt – Maintainability of PIL. High Court dismissed the PIL on grounds of suppression of facts, lack of bona fides, and scandalizing the court. Criminal contempt was noted but no proceedings were initiated....

Litigants filing PIL must disclose all material facts and approach the court with clean hands. Scandalizing the court through social media can constitute criminal contempt. Frivolous PILs should be di...

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Arbitration Award Upheld on Waste Collection Contract Dispute. High Court Upholds Arbitral Award on Price Escalation, Waste Segregation, and Jurisdiction in Municipal Waste Management Contract...

Arbitration Jurisdiction – The High Court held that the arbitration clause in the original contract covered the Ghansoli Area, which was later merged into Parimandal II. The ad hoc agreement for Gh...

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Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench – Transfer and Posting Modification of RTOs Quashed – Judicial Review Invoked for Arbitrariness. Government Resolution modifying RTO postings without assigning reasons held arbitrary – Tribunal’s decision upheld – Judicial review permissible in absence of procedural fairness....

Transfer and posting orders must be reasoned and follow established administrative norms; otherwise, they are subject to judicial review. Held: The modification of posting without assigning reasons w...