2026 March

Order 9 Rule 13 CPC, Principal of Natural Justice – violated – An order allowing application for intervention by former attorney in an application filed by Communidade of Cortalim under Order 9 Rule 13 of CPC is passed without hearing the parties, is a nullity – If the intervenor had no right to be impleaded, independently as a defendant in the suit, he ought not to be impleaded as an intervenor in the application under Order 9 Rule 13 CPC.

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA (BEFORE VALMIKI MENEZES J.) WRIT PETITION No.7 OF 2026 MARIA EULALIA LEOPOLDINA CARVALHO AND…

A. Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 – Scope of Section 303 – The revisional powers can be exercised only if, the Government records its satisfaction that an order examined by it, suffers from illegality or is the product of an irregular procedure followed by the authority or the council. The scope of revision is therefore much narrower than that of an Appeal, and unless the illegality in the order is manifested or the proceedings that were conducted in such an irregular manner that would vitiate the order itself, the powers of revision cannot be exercised to set aside the order under examination.

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA ( BEFORE VALMIKI MENEZES J.) Writ Petition No. 41/2026 KAPIL MADHUKAR BETGIRI                                              ……

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Order 23 Rule 3 of CPC – compromise of suit – where the Consent Terms have been filed before the Court and the parties are requesting to draw a Consent Decree in terms of the consent before the Court – The provision mandates the Court to order such an agreement, compromise or satisfaction, which is to be recorded and a Decree to be passed in terms of the agreement of compromise.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 18 OF 2026 ASVAS HOMES LLP                                                                       … PETITIONER VERSUS…