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High Court of Karnataka Allows Petitions Challenging Appointment of Administrator and Election Notification for Cooperative Societies. Violation of Section 30 of Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act, 1959 and Rules 13, 14 of Karnataka Cooperative Societies Rules, 1960....

The petitioners, directors of various cooperative societies, challenged the appointment of an Administrator and the subsequent election notification issued by the respondents. The court examined the p...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Demolition Notices by Nagpur Improvement Trust — Delay in Execution Does Not Invalidate Statutory Notice. Statutory notice under Section 53 of Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936 remains executable despite lapse of over two years, as no legal impediment existed....

The judgment concerns three writ petitions filed by occupants of shops in a building owned by the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT). The NIT had issued notices under Section 53 of the Nagpur Improvement ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Part, Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder in Property Dispute Assault. Single Axe Blow on Head Without Premeditation or Intention to Kill Reduces Offence from Section 302 IPC to Part I of Section 304 IPC....

The case arises from a property dispute between two brothers, Ramesh (appellant no.1) and Gajanan (deceased), who lived adjacent to each other. On 9 June 2013, around 4 pm, Gajanan was talking with ne...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Penalty Order in SEZ Case for Violation of Natural Justice — Authority Who Heard Must Decide. Development Commissioner's order imposing penalty set aside as Joint Development Commissioner who heard the petitioner did not pass the order, breaching the principle that the person who hears must decide....

The petitioner, M/s Alcon Real Estate Pvt. Ltd., challenged three orders dated 14.3.2008, 20.7.2009, and 17.2.2010 passed by the respondents under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) framework. The primar...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Industrial Court's Rejection of Permanency Claim - Government Resolution for Absorption of Daily Wage Workers Must Be Liberally Constructed. The court directed the Respondent to grant permanency to the Petitioner with effect from 1 June 2012 under the Government Resolution dated 16 October 2012....

The Petitioner, a daily wage worker engaged by the Respondent-Corporation (fully owned by the Forest Department of Maharashtra) since 1999, sought absorption/permanency under a Government Resolution d...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Daughter-in-Law and Her Relatives in Dowry Case — Allegations Vague and Lacking Specificity Under Section 498A IPC. The court held that the FIR did not make out a prima facie case of cruelty against the petitioners, who were the daughter-in-law, her father, and brother, and quashed the proceedings to prevent abuse of process....

The petitioners, a daughter-in-law (Zeba Mohasin Pathan), her father (Easak Gulab Pathan), and her brother (Amir Easak Pathan), filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India rea...

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Bombay High Court Allows Employer's Appeal in Workmen's Compensation Case — Remands for Fresh Determination on Disability and Wages. Commissioner's order set aside for failure to consider relevant evidence and apply correct legal principles under Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923....

The appeal was filed by the Shipping Corporation of India Limited, the employer, under Section 30 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, challenging the judgment and order dated 13.02.1996 passed by...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Conviction Under UAPA and IPC for Terrorist Conspiracy and Murder. Conspiracy to Kill Rationalist Activist Proved Through Circumstantial Evidence and Confession of Co-Accused....

The appellant, Mirza Himayat Beig @ Umar, was convicted by the trial court for offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for his involv...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Conviction for Murder in Unlawful Assembly Case — Conviction Based on Consistent Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence. Appellant's Conviction Under Section 302 IPC Read with Section 149 IPC Sustained as Part of Unlawful Assembly with Common Object to Kill....

The appellant, Santosh Kantilal Kharva, was convicted by the Special Judge (CBI), Greater Mumbai, in Sessions Case No. 666 of 2011 for offences under Section 302 read with Section 149 and Section 147 ...