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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Culpable Homicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Common Intention and Doubtful Dying Declaration. Conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that appellants shared common intention to cause death of pregnant woman....

The case pertains to an appeal against the conviction of two women, Rahibai and Laxmibai, under Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for causing the death of a pregn...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Mesne Profits Award in Landlord-Tenant Dispute — Rate Fixed at Rs.1,24,099 per Month Based on Expert Evidence. Court Confirms That Mesne Profits Are Determined by Market Rent, Not Controlled Rent, and Interest at 6% p.a. Is Appropriate....

The case involves a dispute between Bata India Limited (the applicant/tenant) and Bindiya Co-operative Housing Society Limited (the respondent/landlord) regarding mesne profits for the period after te...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Caste Certificate for Tokre Koli Scheduled Tribe. Orders Fresh Verification by Scrutiny Committee Considering Documentary Evidence Including School Records and Old Certificates....

The petitioners, Prakash Shivram Nikumbh and his minor daughters Manasvi and Divya, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 23.07.2015 passed b...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Single Judge's Order Setting Aside Land Grant to Religious Trust Under Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1969. Lack of Competence in Government's Direct Grant Under Rule 27 and Liberal Locus Standi in Illegal State Largesse Cases Affirmed....

The intra-court appeals arose from a common order of a Single Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in two writ petitions. The appellant, Sri Adichunchanagiri Maha Samsthana Mutt, a religious trust, ha...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Against Unauthorized Construction and Inaction by Municipal Corporation — Directions Issued to MCGM to Act Within Four Weeks. Resident's Locus Standi Upheld Under Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 Sections 351, 354, 355A, 488....

The petitioner, Dr. Rahul Jain, a resident of Borivali West, Mumbai, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the inaction of the Municipal Corporation of Great...

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Bombay High Court Allows Landlord's Interim Application for Market Rent Deposit Pending Civil Revision Against Reversal of Eviction Decree. Tenant directed to deposit market rent as per Atma Ram Properties ratio, with liberty to withdraw by landlord subject to furnishing undertaking....

The landlord (original plaintiff) filed a suit for eviction against the tenant, which was decreed by the Trial Court. The tenant appealed to the Appellate Bench of the Court of Small Causes at Bombay....

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Inordinate Delay and Vague Allegations — Section 482 CrPC Petition Allowed. Court held that unexplained delay of five years in lodging FIR for cruelty allegations, coupled with pending civil proceedings, rendered the criminal prosecution an abuse of process....

The applicants, who are the husband and his family members, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of Crime No. 100 of 2019 registered a...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Revenue Circle Officer in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Independent Panch Witness. Demand and Acceptance of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The appellant, Rajaram Banderao Kulkarni, was a Revenue Circle Officer at Pangari, Taluka Barshi, District Solapur. On 24 May 1994, the complainant (PW-4) submitted an application for a mutation entry...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Disqualification in Tender for Supply of Micronutrient Supplements Due to Arbitrary Evaluation. Court Sets Aside Rejection of Technical Bid and Directs Re-evaluation with Transparency....

The petitioner, M/s. Pharmaveda (I) Pvt. Ltd., a manufacturer of specialty food products including dietetic foods, challenged its disqualification in a technical bid for a tender issued by the Chief E...