Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904

The State of Maharashtra issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act to acquire agricultural land belonging to a Hindu joint family under the Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1986. The appellants challenged the acquisition, contending that each coparcener's share should …

The tenant filed a proceeding under s.32G of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 seeking a price determination of land he claimed to have purchased. The Additional Tahsildar held the land was leased for sugarcane and dismissed the case, but the Sub‑Divisional Officer on appeal reversed that finding, sta…

The case concerned the election of a Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation. The incumbent Mayor and Deputy Mayor issued a notice for a meeting on 1 June 1988, but the Mayor later cancelled the notice and directed a postponement, after which a minority of councillors met and elected new officers.…

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation amended its promotion rules for Deputy Municipal Commissioner through Resolutions approved by the State Government, but the rules were not published in the Official Gazette until 28‑April‑2011. The petitioners, Assistant Municipal Commissioners, sought promotion under the amended rules,…

The respondents leased a plot to the appellant for a flour mill and, after the lease expired, obtained a decree for possession when the appellant failed to vacate. While the appellant's appeal against the decree was pending, the Gujarat government notified that Part II of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates…

The petitioners, manufacturers of washed cottonseed oil, challenged the constitutional validity of Sections 41 and 41A of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, alleging that the State of Maharashtra’s power to grant tax exemptions to new units in backward areas and to withdraw those exemptions for edible‑oil units only was arbitra…

A batch of 39 candidates filed writ petitions challenging Regulation 104(1) and (3) of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Regulations, 1977, which barred inspection, disclosure and re‑valuation of answer books after results were announced. The Bombay High Court split the petitions into two …

The Supreme Court examined whether the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969 and the Grocery Markets or Shops Unprotected Workers Scheme, 1970 could be applied to Pepsico India Holding Ltd., which manufactures petro‑chemical products, soft drinks and bottle…

Five couples entered into an agreement to jointly purchase about 172 acres of agricultural land in Gujarat, solely to simplify negotiations and later divide the land among themselves, with no intention of joint cultivation. After purchase they partitioned the land and obtained separate mutation entries. The Mamlatdar h…

The appellant, Dharangadhra Chemicals, challenged the levy of octroi duty at an enhanced rate imposed by Dharangadhra Municipality under its Octroi Rules and Bye‑laws of 1965. The dispute centered on whether the municipal rules could be brought into force without a statutory exemption from the Saurashtra Terminal Tax a…

The State of Maharashtra detained Santosh Shankar Acharya under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981, but failed to inform him that he could make a representation to the detaining authority. The High Court held that such non‑communication violated Article 22(5) of the Constitutio…