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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Income Tax Case on Share Premium Utilization — Tribunal's Direction to Examine Section 78 of Companies Act, 1956 Set Aside as Beyond Scope of Income Tax Proceedings. The court held that the Assessing Officer cannot examine compliance with company law provisions in income tax proceedings, and the Tribunal's order was perverse....

The appellant, Shendra Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., was a joint venture between Indian promoters (Future Group) and a foreign company, Participatie Maatschappij Graafsshap Holland NV (PMG). As part of...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Application to Cancel Bail in Rape Case Based on False Promise of Marriage. Consensual Relationship Not Vitiated by Unfulfilled Marriage Promise....

The applicant, Leena Dashrath Gavkar, filed a criminal application before the Bombay High Court seeking quashing and setting aside of the bail order dated 16th August 2023 passed by the learned Additi...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Doctor in Medical Negligence Case Due to Lack of Gross Negligence. Death During Surgery Not Sufficient for Criminal Liability Under Section 304A IPC Without Proof of Recklessness....

The case arises from the death of Prakash Parekh, a young man who underwent a surgical procedure performed by Dr. Anil Pinto on 20/02/1984. The complainant, Nagindas Parekh, filed a complaint under Se...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to Termination of Lease and Eviction Orders in MIDC Land Dispute. Lease Termination Upheld as Petitioner Failed to Comply with Conditions and Was Not Entitled to Protection Under Bombay Government Premises (Eviction) Act, 1955....

The petitioner, M/s. Sesa Sterlite Ltd., a Public Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Husband and Relatives in Domestic Violence Case Due to Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction. FIR registered at Tasgaon Police Station for alleged offences under Sections 498A, 406, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 quashed as no part of cause of action arose within its jurisdiction....

The Bombay High Court allowed two writ petitions filed by the husband and his relatives seeking quashing of an FIR registered at Tasgaon Police Station. The husband and wife were married in February 2...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition for Unilateral Deemed Conveyance Under MOFA Act — Failure of Promoter to Execute Conveyance Within Agreed Time Entities Society to Seek Deemed Conveyance Under Section 11 of Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963....

The petitioner, Jai Jalaram Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., is a cooperative housing society registered under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. It is in possession of a plot of land ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition in Tenancy Dispute — Lease Created After Tillers' Day Not Subject to Purchase Obligation Under Sections 32-O and 32-P of Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Landlord's Claim for Restoration After 32 Years Held Time-Barred and Without Termination of Tenancy....

The petitioners, legal heirs of the original tenant, challenged the orders of the Tahsildar and the appellate authority directing eviction and restoration of land to the respondents, legal heirs of th...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Murder and Dacoity Case Due to Lack of Unlawful Assembly and Unreliable Identification Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302/149 IPC set aside as two of five accused acquitted, breaking the requirement of five or more persons for unlawful assembly....

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of Kishore, Bala, and Banaras (appellants) against their conviction for offences under Sections 148, 302/149, and 460/149 IPC. The case arose from an incident on t...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations and Abuse of Process. The court held that general and omnibus allegations against relatives residing separately do not sustain prosecution under Section 498A IPC and other offences, and quashed the charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC....

The judgment pertains to two criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of charge sheet in C.C.No.17788/2022 arising from Crime No.30/20...

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Karnataka High Court Considers Central Relief Committee's Challenge to Slum Declaration under Karnataka Slum Areas (Development) Act, 1973; Petitioner Seeks Quashing of Preliminary Notification and Order. Challenge Centered on Whether Slum Declaration Under Section 3 of 1973 Act Must Adhere to Procedural Requirements of Section 11 and Principles of Natural Justice....

Background: The writ petition was filed by the Central Relief Committee, a statutory committee constituted under Section 4 of the Karnataka Prohibition of Beggary Act, 1975, challenging the declaratio...