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Bombay High Court

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After two decades of legal battle, the Bombay High Court has ordered the vacation of three shops on a prime 450 sq yard open plot in Bandra, ruling that occupants inducted by the original lessee have no independent right once the head tenancy is terminated.

“Electricity Bills Do NOT Prove Ownership”: Bombay HC

Electricity bills do NOT prove ownership” – Bombay HC refuses stay, slaps ₹50k costs each on hawkers who hid 25-year litigation. 8 illegal stalls outside Kandivali station to be demolished immediately after 26 years of abuse of process. Strong message against encroachment.
The Bombay High Court has cancelled the registration of a proposed housing society after ruling that the Registrar approved it without providing required legal reasoning. Calling the order arbitrary and illegal, the court has directed a fresh hearing with full transparency.

This Housing Society Lost Its Registration, Read To Know Why?

The Bombay High Court has cancelled the registration of a proposed housing society after ruling that the Registrar approved it without providing required legal reasoning. Calling the order arbitrary and illegal, the court has directed a fresh hearing with full transparency.
A 1968 typing mistake quietly transferred 9 aare of ancestral farmland from Kachru Bansod’s family to their neighbours, only on paper. For 57 years the Bansods continued cultivating it. On 21 November 2025, the Bombaybos HC quashed the injustice and restored the land, ruling that a clerical error can be corrected anytime when possession was never actually transferred.

57-Year Clerical Error That “Stole” a Family’s Land on Paper Finally Corrected

A 1968 typing mistake quietly transferred 9 aare of ancestral farmland from Kachru Bansod’s family to their neighbours, only on paper. For 57 years the Bansods continued cultivating it. On 21 November 2025, the Bombaybos HC quashed the injustice and restored the land, ruling that a clerical error can be corrected anytime when possession was never actually transferred.
In a landmark ruling on November 25, 2025, the Bombay High Court clarified that the contractual term 'built-up area wall to wall' equates to carpet area, dismissing a developer's challenge to an arbitral award in a Mumbai land development dispute. The decision highlights the need for precise language in real estate agreements to prevent ambiguities over usable space.

From ₹8,000 to ₹9,500: How a Rate Row Between Two Builders Delayed 80 Families for Two Years

“₹8,000 or ₹9,500 per sq.ft.? One builder’s greed over ₹1,500/sq.ft. kept 80 ready Pune flats locked for two years. Today the Bombay High Court said ENOUGH — quashed the stop-work notice and ordered immediate possession. When private fights hurt real home-buyers, the court steps in.”
The Bombay High Court on March 6, 2026, dismissed a petition alleging a co-op society's voters' list ballooned from 23 to 61 members, ruling petitioners ignored the objection remedy and that factual disputes require evidence, not writ jurisdiction.

Bombay HC: Cooperative Societies Alone Have the Right to Decide Membership – Registrar Cannot Force Admission

Bombay High Court delivers big win for cooperative housing societies: “Only the society can decide who its members will be – Registrar has no power to force admission.” In a 30-year-old Peddar Road dispute, the Court quashed direct membership granted to heirs who never paid the original contribution.