Churchgate · Navi Mumbai · 17 October 2026
Legal Updates & Practice Notes
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11 notes
Litigation
Candour and Continuity When Seeking Urgent Interim Relief in Civil Matters
Advocates appearing in Maharashtra trial courts and the High Court regularly face pressure to secure immediate protection for clients. This note restates practical habits that keep urgent applications accurate, proportionate, and usable for the court without turning the chamber note into advice on a live brief.
4 minSource · YLA English Desk
Banking & SARFAESI
SARFAESI Section 14: What Happens When the Bank Asks the District Magistrate / CMM for Possession
Section 14 lets a bank ask the CMM or District Magistrate to take possession of a secured asset. Who the Magistrate is, the ministerial role, the 30/60-day limit, and the 45-day Section 17 remedy before the DRT.
6 minSource · YLA Banking Desk
Cooperative Housing
When a Defaulting Developer Goes Insolvent: Can the Society Still Redevelop? Lessons from the Supreme Court in A A Estates v. Kher Nagar Sukhsadan CHS
On 28 November 2025 the Supreme Court held that a development agreement validly terminated before a developer's insolvency is not an 'asset' protected by the IBC moratorium, and upheld a Bombay High Court writ directing authorities to process a housing society's redevelopment proposal with a new developer.
7 minSource · YLA article pack (17 Oct 2026)
Constitutional & Electoral
SIR electoral roll revisions — what the Supreme Court’s proportionality ruling decides
The May 2026 judgment upholds the Bihar special intensive revision as a proportionate use of the Election Commission’s power. It is not a blank cheque for every later change to Form 6.
3 minSource · YLA Electoral Desk
Cooperative Housing
AGM notices under the MCS Act after the 30 September 2026 framework
For a society whose year ends on 31 March, 30 September is the outer limit in section 75. This is the desk’s framework for notices, hybrid meetings, and what a late AGM cannot cure.
3 minSource · YLA Cooperative Desk
Builders & RERA
Title due diligence before a development agreement — Navi Mumbai and Thane
A development agreement does not improve a bad title. In Navi Mumbai the land is often CIDCO leasehold. In Thane the revenue record, the planning limit and the conveyance each have to be read.
3 minSource · YLA Property Desk
Banking & SARFAESI
SARFAESI notices — practical points on the Bombay side
The High Court is not the first forum for a section 13(4) measure. It does still look hard at whether the section 13(2) notice and the section 13(3A) reply were real.
3 minSource · YLA Banking Desk
Family & Succession
Why a will is not enough for family property in Maharashtra
A will does not pass a CIDCO lease by itself, it does not sweep a coparcenary, and in Mumbai it often cannot be acted on until probate. Nomination is a different question.
3 minSource · YLA Family Desk
Startups & SMEs
Founders’ agreements — common gaps in Navi Mumbai startups
The dangerous paper is not the hostile one. It is the two-page understanding between friends that never reaches the articles, never assigns the code, and splits the company in half with no way out.
3 minSource · YLA Startup Desk
Legal Tech
AI in chambers — what the tool may draft, and what the advocate must own
A model can arrange a list of dates. It cannot sign the vakalatnama, and it is no answer when a citation in the paper book does not exist. Client papers do not belong in a public prompt.
3 minSource · YLA Legal Tech Desk
Litigation
The paper the Bombay High Court actually reads
Urgency is not a paragraph of adjectives. On the appellate side a list of dates and a short proposition do more than a long petition that hides the point in an annexure.
3 minSource · YLA Litigation Desk