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Time of India
23-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
HC seeks response on illegal Tivim land grant to MIT Group
Panaji: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has called for replies from the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research's MIT Group of Institutions, Pune, and the state govt in a petition challenging the 'illegal' allotment of 2 lakh sqm of Tivim comunidade land to the institute at just Rs 12.5 per sqm. Eight gauncars of the comunidade of Tivim moved the HC challenging govt's approval of the land grant without auction and alleging fraudulent allotment of the land to the institute. They submitted that the managing committee and the comunidade escrivao committed fraud and forgery to secure govt approval for a permanent lease of the comunidade land without auction. 'The rate of Rs 12.50 per sqm for which the grant was made was neither requested by the institute, nor notified in the agenda, manipulated in the record, and much lower than the market rate of Rs 10,000 per sqm on the date of grant approval,' the petitioners, represented by senior counsel Carlos Alvares Ferreira, submitted to the HC. Petitioners said the investment promotion board stated that the institute is a multi-billion educational enterprise and is planning to invest Rs 256 crore in the project. It is expected that students will be charged hefty fees in lakhs of rupees per year, and OCI/NRI/foreign students who would pay in foreign exchange, the petitioners said. 'There is no justification why the land of any comunidade should be frittered away to the detriment of the comunidade to such rich barons/entities,' the petitioners stated. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Memperdagangkan CFD Emas dengan salah satu spread terendah? IC Markets Mendaftar Undo Petitioners also told the court that the fraudulent act by the committee and escrivao deprived the comunidade of higher revenue and gauncars of greater dividends. They are seeking to set aside the direction of govt, which accorded approval for the grant of the plot without auction, and quash the Tivim comunidade's resolution granting a long-term lease to the institute.
Indian Express
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
High Court notice to Goa govt over fees waved for land zone corrections
The High Court of Bombay at Goa Thursday issued notice to the state government, Secretary Town and Country Planning department, Town and Country Planning Department, Directorate of Vigilance and former chief town planner in a petition seeking directions to the authorities to recover the fees allegedly 'illegally waived' under a contentious provision of the Goa Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act. According to the petitioner, activist Swapnesh Sherlekar, the fees for correction of certain land zones was illegally waived under section 17 (2) of the Goa Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act on the 'specious' ground that 'deletion of proposed road fee is not applicable'. The section 17(2), which was introduced through an amendment to the TCP Act and notified in 2023, allows the conversion of privately owned plots in Goa's Regional Plan 2021, based on individual applications from such parties to 'correct inadvertent errors' and 'rectify inconsistent or incoherent zoning'. The government notified the fees for correction of zones under section 17 (2) of the Act on March 16, 2023. Subsequently, the revised fee for zone changes was notified through the supplement official gazette on March 28 last year. The HC read down the section in March this year. The petition states in the list of cases considered for correction of zone under section 17 (2) of the Act, several entries contained a notation 'deletion of proposed road fee not applicable' without any statutory basis for such exemption. The petition stated that among such cases were properties belonging to TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane, who is also a respondent in the petition, alleging that he 'benefited from an unauthorized exemption of fees'. The petition said there are 'numerous' cases of deletion of proposed roads since the Act was notified, which require scrutiny for similar unauthorised exemptions. It further said that there is no provision in the TCP Act or any rules, regulations or notifications thereunder that provide exemption of fees for deletion of proposed roads under section 17 (2) of the Act. The petition said the respondent authorities have acted with 'manifest arbitrariness, mala fide and abuse of power in exempting certain applications from payment of statutory fees without any legal basis or justification.' The petition further claimed that the respondent authorities have failed to discharge their duties in accordance with law and have instead acted in a manner that suggests collusion to confer undue benefit on certain individuals at the expense of the public exchequer. On Thursday, the High Court heard the submissions of the petitioners. In the order, the court said: 'At this stage, we deem it appropriate to issue notice to respondent 1 to 4 as well as respondent 6 in the capacity of chief town planner (planning)…' The Court also directed the respondents to file an affidavit in response within three weeks. The court said it has 'noted the specific pleadings in the petition, which revolve around the properties' belonging to Rane, but did not issue a notice to him.
New Indian Express
29-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
UOI notifies appointment of three new judges to SC; strength rises to 34
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday notified the elevation of three new judges to the Supreme Court following the President's assent to the collegium's recommendations. The three new judges who are elevated to the top court are; Justices V. Anjaria, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, (ii) Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice, High Court of Gauhati and (iii) A.S. Chandurkar, Judge, High Court of Bombay. These three new judges are expected to be sworn in by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai on Friday morning, as per sources. With the elevation of these three new judges in the top court, the actual number of judges rises to 34, which is also the sanctioned capacity of the top court. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ram Meghwal, talking to X (Formerly known as Twitter), shared the news. "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) N.V. Anjaria, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, (ii) Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice, High Court of Gauhati and (iii) A.S. Chandurkar, Judge, High Court of Bombay as Judges of the Supreme Court of India," Meghwal posted.
Indian Express
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Ex-Goa CM Alemao's plea to stop release of film starring Nawazuddin rejected by Bombay HC
The High Court of Bombay at Goa has dismissed an appeal by former Goa chief minister Churchill Alemao for an injunction to restrain the release of the film 'Costao'. The 'biographical' film – which released Thursday on an OTT service, stars actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and is based on the life of a retired customs officer Costao Fernandes, who was posted in Goa in the 1990s. Churchill had filed a civil defamation suit before the Civil Judge Senior Division at Margao last year seeking an order of temporary injunction to restrain the production companies and director of the film from carrying on any further production of the movie and from releasing it in theatres or OTT platform or any other source in India or abroad. The veteran politician sought Rs 100 crore in damages or compensation claiming that the film was 'solely based on the narrative given by Costao Fernandes, in complete ignorance of various judicial proceedings that were initiated in respect of the incident, and which are contained in various judgments of this Court and of the Supreme Court'. In 1991, Costao Fernandes, an intelligence officer attached to the Customs House at Mormugao in South Goa, claimed to have received credible information that the Alemao brothers and their associates were planning to smuggle gold into the country. Fernandes had chased and intercepted a car allegedly driven by Churchill's brother Alvernaz and in the ensuing scuffle and knife-fight, Alvernaz was grievously hurt and later succumbed to his injuries. In the petition, Churchill, representing the entire Alemao family consisting of his brothers – Joaquim, the late Alvernaz and the late Ciabro and their spouses and children – said the movie, if allowed to be produced and released, would portray him and his family as a 'villain' and would allow the producers to make commercial gain at the cost of his reputation and political career and of his family members. His counsel submitted 'that the incident being well-known, in the absence of also including the findings exonerating the plaintiff [Churchill] of the customs and criminal case, the public would carry an impression that the plaintiff and his family were smugglers'. In their reply, the respondents said that the movie does not purport to be a true story and is a fictional account in which the real-life incident 'may have inspired the film'. The respondents said that the film is merely a narrative based on Costao's version of events, 'with creative liberties of fictionalization and dramatization.' The lower court had rejected the application for temporary injunction, observing that the plaintiff sought an order of restraint on the assumption that the film would be defamatory of the plaintiff and of his deceased brother. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ZEE5 (@zee5) In an order Wednesday – a day before the movie was released — the HC bench of Justice Valmiki Menezes, said the findings of the trial court do not call for any interference in appeal. The High Court said 'the plaintiff has not made out any prima facie case and spelt out in what manner his reputation has been affected, based upon news articles which are, not proved to be at the behest and on information given by the defendants. The film is yet to be released and the plaintiff is basing his claim on a conjecture that the film would contain defamatory material.' '…At least at this stage, before the release of the film, the defendants have set out a case that the film is a work of fiction, dramatizing an incident which is described in records of various courts. The defendants also claim that the film is based on inspiration derived from the facts stated in court records and from the version of the incident stated by Costao. The claim is that the film is a work purely of fiction and dramatizing the incident to give it a certain entertainment value for viewers. There are enough of safeguards also placed in the form of a disclaimer. Nothing is shown on record to draw any likeness of any character in the film, which is not yet released, or for the plaintiff to believe from any material that the character has a likeness similar to the plaintiff or any members of his family,' the court said.
India Today
29-04-2025
- India Today
Bombay High Court upholds life sentences of 2 men in businessman murder case
The High Court of Bombay dismissed an appeal and upheld the life sentences of two men from Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgad and Gorakhpur for killing a businessperson in the Ghatkopar area of Mumbai on November 5, Kumar alias Chhotelal Yadav, 27, and Nagendra Kumar alias Monu Lalkrishor Kanojiya, 25, were arrested in Lucknow and Gorakhpur, respectively, for killing Shankar Thakkar, a businessperson engaged in an embroidery visited his workshop on the fateful day of November 5, 2011, and did not return. His phone was unreachable and when his family reached the workshop the next day, the shop was locked, but it was only two days later that a foul smell coming from the shop alerted the family members. The police broke open the lock, after which Thakkar's body was found lying dead in a pool of blood on his cabin floor with a computer wire tied around his neck and some oozes of blood on stained probe revealed that a gold chain, ring, cash and the mobile phone of the deceased were Call Data Record (CDR) and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers of the mobile phones of the deceased revealed that the same was being used by Kanojiya. The broken gold chain of the deceased was seized from a jewellery shop and blood-stained clothes worn by the accused were also seized after the accused revealed the details through trial was conducted by the Mumbai Sessions Court, where the prosecution's case was based on circumstantial evidence including two accused were seen sipping tea with Thakkar. However, the statement of an employee of a nearby hotel who served tea to those in the workshop at around 4 pm was the key evidence. Also, the statement of a printing press owner who had seen the accused close the shutter of the workshop and lock it around 5 pm, was crucial in the 2015, a trial court sentenced the duo to life imprisonment for they filed an appeal which came up for hearing before the bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Dr Neela Additional Government Pleader in the case, SS Kaushik, took the court through the testimonies of 14 witnesses and submitted that the prosecution had established all incriminating evidence against the appellants by reliable and cogent submitted, "The circumstances so proved by the prosecution form a chain of events so complete that there can be no other hypothesis other than the guilt of the appellants."The bench opined that the sessions court judgment "is a well-reasoned and legally sound decision".advertisementIt further stated, "The observations of the trial court pertaining to the last seen theory and the reliability of the statements of the witnesses examined, the corroborated evidence etc. are compelling and do not warrant any interference."The appeal against the trial court's order of life sentence to the two accused was then dismissed.
