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Bombay HC strikes down MbPA’s retrospective rent hikes, grants major relief to over 200 traders and tenants

Mumbai, Sep 7 (UNI) Over 200 traders, tenants, and families operating on Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) land can finally breathe a sigh of relief following a pivotal legal breakthrough that shields them from financial ruin.
In a landmark judgment, a Bombay High Court division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande decisively struck down the MbPA's controversial retrospective rent hikes, invalidating gazette notifications and recovery notices that slapped tenants with astronomical differential lease arrears dating from October 2012 to September 2022.
The court ruled that the historical compromise proposal, backed by the Supreme Court in the landmark Jamshed Hormusji Wadia case, legally governs these properties with an annual 4 per cent increase up to March 31, 2024. The bench sternly rebuked the port authority, declaring that statutory public bodies cannot function like private landlords or indulge in "profiteering and rack-renting" through internal rate revisions tied to hypothetical, highest-market land values.

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Mah govt, Mazagon Dock sign Rs 27,000-crore pact for mega Greenfield Shipbuilding Project at Dighi

16 Sep 2026 | 9:44 PM

Mumbai, Sep 16 (UNI) The Maharashtra government and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) have signed a historic agreement for setting up one of the country's largest greenfield shipbuilding projects at Dighi, in Raigad district, with an estimated investment of around Rs 27,000 crore.

Bombay HC strikes down MbPA’s retrospective rent hikes, grants major relief to over 200 traders and tenants

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BENGALURU, SEP (UNI):- Union Finance Miniter Nirmala Sitharaman attended the 110th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Bharat Ratna Smt MS Subbulakshmi in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO P26U

BENGALURU, SEP (UNI):- Union Finance Miniter Nirmala Sitharaman attended the 110th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Bharat Ratna Smt MS Subbulakshmi in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO P25U

BENGALURU, SEP (UNI):- Union Finance Miniter Nirmala Sitharaman attended the 110th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Bharat Ratna Smt MS Subbulakshmi in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO P24U

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BENGALURU, SEP 16 (UNI):- Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, along with his team, called on Chief Minister Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivkumar at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO P22U

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BENGALURU, SEP 16 (UNI):- Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, AVSM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, along with his team, called on Chief Minister Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivkumar at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO P20U

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Tirumala, Sept 16 (UNI): he second day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at Tirumala witnessed a vibrant confluence of Indian classical and folk art forms in front of the Chinna Sesha Vahana Seva on Wednesday morning. UNI PHOTO-D206U

Tirumala, Sept 16 (UNI): he second day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at Tirumala witnessed a vibrant confluence of Indian classical and folk art forms in front of the Chinna Sesha Vahana Seva on Wednesday morning. UNI PHOTO-D205U

Tirumala, Sept 16 (UNI): he second day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at Tirumala witnessed a vibrant confluence of Indian classical and folk art forms in front of the Chinna Sesha Vahana Seva on Wednesday morning. UNI PHOTO-D204U

Tirumala, Sept 16 (UNI): he second day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at Tirumala witnessed a vibrant confluence of Indian classical and folk art forms in front of the Chinna Sesha Vahana Seva on Wednesday morning. UNI PHOTO-D203U

Tirumala, Sept 16 (UNI): he second day of the ongoing annual Brahmotsavams at Tirumala witnessed a vibrant confluence of Indian classical and folk art forms in front of the Chinna Sesha Vahana Seva on Wednesday morning. UNI PHOTO-D201U