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Bombay High Court Awards Compensation for Illegal Arrest in Electricity Theft Case Despite Full Payment of Dues. Petitioner's Arrest Violated Article 21 as Police Failed to Verify Payment from Complainant Before Arrest Under Sections 135 and 150 of Indian Electricity Act, 1886....

The petitioner, Alex Isaac, filed a criminal writ petition seeking a direction for legal action against persons responsible for his illegal arrest and detention, and compensation of Rs. 50 crores for ...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Son in Brutal Matricide Case — Gruesome Murder of 60-Year-Old Mother with Evisceration of Body Parts. Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 302 IPC and Death Penalty, Finding No Mitigating Circumstances and Rejecting Defenses of Insanity and Intoxication....

The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence of Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi for the brutal murder of his 60-year-old mother, Yallava, on 28 August 2017 at Makadwala Vasahat, Kolhapur. The convict, an ...

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Bombay High Court Partially Allows Insurance Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Deduction for Personal Expenses from 1/3rd to 2/3rd for Earning Spouse. Court holds that where both spouses are earning and living together without children, the appropriate deduction for personal expenses is 2/3rd of the deceased's income, not 1/3rd....

The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. appealed against the Judgment and Award dated 23.12.2021 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Alibaug in MACP No. 138 of 2017, which awarded Rs.1,06,94,116/- ...

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High Court Upholds Appellate Court's Ruling in Rent Control Case Due to Insufficient Evidence of Tenant Status. Claim of Tenancy Rights Fails as Relationship with Original Tenant Not Established Under Section 5(11)(c) of the Bombay Rent Act, 1947....

The dispute arose from a challenge to a judgment and decree passed by the Appellate Bench of the Small Causes Court, which set aside a prior ruling declaring the Applicant as a tenant of the suit prem...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Suo Moto Revision by Sessions Judge in Arrest Permission Case — No Cause or Reason for Exercise of Revisional Powers. Sessions Judge's Suo Moto Revision of Magistrate's Order Permitting Night Arrest of Female Accused Quashed for Lack of Any Trigger or Reason, as Neither Party Was Aggrieved....

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur was faced with a criminal writ petition challenging the suo moto invocation of revisional jurisdiction by the learned Sessions Judge, Nagpur, to examine an order passed...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Truck Driver Held Solely Negligent Despite Head-On Collision. Interest on Future Prospects Granted Following Supreme Court Precedent....

The appellant, IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Co. Ltd., challenged the judgment and order dated 11.12.2012 of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Osmanabad, in MACP No.12 of 2009, which awarded compens...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Eviction Decree on Ground of Unauthorized Subletting in Small Causes Court Appeal. Tenant's claim of club membership occupancy fails as evidence shows exclusive possession by third parties without landlord's consent....

The petitioner, Louis Lobo, was the defendant in a rent suit filed by the original plaintiffs, Mohamed Yusuf Moosa and subsequently Parasmal Keshrimal Surana (since deceased, represented by legal heir...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Grant of Probate — Secondary Evidence of Will Held Admissible Despite Non-Production of Original. Attestation Proved Through Scribe's Son and Attesting Witness's Daughter; Delay and Exclusion of Heirs Not Suspicious....

The present appeal was filed under Section 96 read with Order 41 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 by the original Opponents against the judgment dated 29th May 2014 passed by the Civil Judge (Seni...

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High Court Rejects Bail Application in Organized Crime Case Due to Sufficient Evidence of Involvement. Evidence Established Nexus with Organized Crime Syndicate Under MCOC Act, 1999....

The applicant sought regular bail in connection with Crime No.397/2020, involving serious charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 19...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes Suspension of KSPCB Chairman for Violation of Natural Justice — Government Order Set Aside for Lack of Hearing and Non-Application of Mind. Suspension of Chairman under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 held invalid without prior notice and opportunity....

The petitioner, Dr. Shanth A. Thimmaiah, was the Chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). He challenged his suspension by the State Government through an order dated 31/05/2024...