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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Employer's Challenge to Industrial Court Award on Wage Revision and Education Allowance. Industrial Court's power to grant ad-hoc wage rise upheld, but education allowance award set aside for lack of evidence....

The petitioner, Ganesh Industries, an employer engaged in trading of Papad, challenged an Award dated 11 June 2019 passed by the Industrial Court, Mumbai, which partly allowed a Reference filed by the...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision, Discharges Applicant in PITA Case for Lack of Prima Facie Evidence of Knowledge of Brothel Use. Applicant's flat was let out on leave and license basis; no material to show applicant knew premises were used as a brothel....

The applicant, Mahesh Panjabrao Andhale, filed a Criminal Revision Application before the Bombay High Court challenging the order dated 09/02/2021 passed by the trial court rejecting his discharge app...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Company Directors in PF Embezzlement Case Due to Lack of Criminal Intent and Civil Nature of Dispute. Directors Not Vicariously Liable for Company's Failure to Deposit PF Amounts Under Section 14 of Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 When Dispute Is Essentially Civil....

The petitioners, M/s. Edunetwork Private Limited and its directors Geetansh Bamania and Ajay Nain, filed a criminal writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Sect...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under MPDA Act Due to Unexplained Delay in Deciding Representation. Delay of 13 Days in Deciding Detenu's Representation Violates Constitutional Safeguard Under Article 22(5) and Section 8(1) of MPDA Act, 1981....

The petitioner, Vinod Dhannulal Jaiswal, challenged an order of preventive detention passed by the District Magistrate, Aurangabad (respondent No.1) under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Two Convicts in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction for Gang Rape and Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The case involves two appeals by convicts Ananda Sawant and Kunal Gaikwad against their conviction by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhokar in Special Case (POCSO) No. 3/2019 for offences under Sectio...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Company Directors in Cheque Dishonour Case Due to Lack of Specific Allegations — Section 141 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Requires Clear Averment of Role in Day-to-Day Affairs....

The petitioners, a private limited company and its directors, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking quashing of criminal proceedings in C.C. No. 12345/2021...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Caste Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating OBC Claim. Committee Failed to Consider Vigilance Cell Report and Documents, Violating Natural Justice Under Maharashtra SC/ST/OBC Act, 2001....

The petitioner, Pooja Naresh Lalwani, a student of Civil Engineering at Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering & Technology, challenged the order dated 12.7.2019 passed by the District Caste Certif...

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Bombay High Court Allows Bank's Writ Petition Against DRI Letter Restraining Sale of Secured Assets - Priority of Secured Creditor Under SARFAESI Act Over Customs Act Upheld. The court quashed the DRI letter dated 02.11.2015 as without authority of law and directed the DRI to disclose investigation status to the bank....

The petitioner, Bank of Maharashtra, had extended financial facilities to respondent No.2, who defaulted and the account was declared NPA on 19 August 2015. The bank initiated proceedings under the SA...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR for Abetment of Suicide in Theft Allegation Case — No Instigation Found. Allegations of theft against deceased employee did not constitute abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC as there was no direct or indirect instigation to commit suicide....

The applicants, Anirudh Arun Bhandarkar and Supriya Arun Bhandarkar, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No.238 of 2017 regist...