{
  "id": 4218967,
  "title": "Bombay HC Quashes Retrospective Mumbai Port Authority Rent Hikes, Says Authority Cannot Indulge In ‘Profiteering And Rack Renting’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/bombay-hc-quashes-retrospective-mumbai-port-authority-rent-hikes-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T14:46:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bombay-hc-quashes-retrospective-mumbai-port-authority-rent-hikes-says-authority-cannot-indulge-in-profiteering-and-rack-renting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Bombay High Court has quashed revised rents imposed retrospectively by the Mumbai Port Authority on its tenants, holding that the authority cannot indulge in “profiteering and rack renting” and must ensure that future rent revisions are fair and reasonable. Order Passed On 145 Petitions Filed By Tenants A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande passed the order while…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}