The Municipal Council of Umri filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 8 December 2021 of the Industrial Court, Jalna, which had allowed a complaint filed by Shrinivas Pandharinath Anantwar without the council filing a written statement. The council argued that the Industrial Court decided …
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) appealed the arbitral awards that enhanced compensation for land acquired for the expansion of National Highway 361 in Chakur, Latur. The dispute centered on whether the arbitrator correctly applied the market‑value determination provisions of the 2013 …
The Municipal Council of Vaijapur promoted Dadasaheb Daguji Dale (respondent No.1) to the post of Assistant Librarian, a position that under the 1965 Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act must be filled by direct recruitment. The promotion was initially temporary and later made permanent by a council …
The petitioners challenged the order of the District Judge rejecting their appeal against a civil judge’s refusal to stay a municipal notice ordering removal of unauthorized constructions. The notice, issued under Sections 179 and 189 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act, 1965 and Sections …
Shivamma Yallappa Potenavaru filed a writ petition seeking to quash a government resolution that declared Anjali Yoginath Bajaramath as President of Maindargi Municipal Council following the 2025 municipal election. The petitioner argued the election was invalid, while the respondent argued that …
The petitioner, Bhimrao Hanumant Rede-Patil, a newly elected councillor, challenged a notice dated 14 August 2026 calling a special meeting on 19 August 2026 to consider a no‑confidence motion against him under Section 55‑1A of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial …
The petitioners sought a temporary injunction to restrain the Satara Municipal Council from removing sheds on plot No. 95, claiming they held the land under a lawful leave‑and‑license agreement and that no part of the public road was encroached. The Municipal Council relied on Sections 179 and 188 …
The petitioners, owners of a 260 sq.m plot in Chakan, challenged a notice issued by Chakan Nagar Parishad alleging unauthorized construction on a 20‑foot road passing through their land. After denying the existence of the road and filing an application for regularisation under the MRTP Act, the …
The case concerned Sudhir Vilas Kalel (Appellant No.1), who was elected to a reserved OBC seat in Jambulani Gram Panchayat but failed to obtain a Validity Certificate for his caste certificate within the statutory twelve‑month period, leading to his automatic disqualification. He later obtained the …
The appellants, who bought a building in 1992, sought to evict two tenants after a municipal demolition notice was issued in 2002, invoking sections of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 relating to bona‑fide need, demolition and rent default. The trial and appellate courts granted eviction …
The appellants challenged High Court orders that allowed elected councillors, whose caste validity certificates were rejected by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, to retain their seats pending judicial review. Section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act provides that failure to submit a caste …
The appellants, small‑scale shopkeepers near the Shirdi Sai Baba shrine, had a 1979 compromise decree granting them rehabilitation on their occupied plots. Subsequent town‑planning, development‑plan and highway‑control‑line notifications rendered the decree practically impossible to execute, …
Ravi Yashwant Bhoir, elected President of Uran Municipal Council, was disqualified for the remainder of his term and barred for six years under Section 558 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act on allegations of misconduct, including failure to call a General Body meeting and awarding tenders at …
Pragati Mahila Mandal, a charitable trust, was allotted a 60‑year lease of a plot by Nanded Municipal Council to start a school for girls. Unable to fund the school, it instead operated a hostel for girls and working women on a no‑profit basis. A public‑interest writ petition filed by Anil …
The case concerned the resignation of Councillor Rupesh Yogeshwar Dhepe under Section 41(2) of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965. Dhepe submitted a typewritten resignation that he had already signed, but after the Collector’s corrections he only …
The Bhiwandi Municipal Council took over a strip of land for road widening and granted the appellants only repair permission for the remaining land (ground + two storeys). The appellants nevertheless erected a six‑storey building. The Council served a notice under Sections 52 and 53 of the …
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