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Bombay High Court Quashes NBW Against Accused with 83% Disability in CBI Corruption Case — Court Directs Trial Court to Consider Video Conferencing for Evidence Recording. The court held that the trial court ought to have considered the accused's disability and the earlier order permitting video conferencing before issuing NBW....

The petitioner, Ashwini Kumar Sharma, was an accused in Criminal Special Case CBI No. 68 of 2013 pending before the Sessions Special CBI Court, Mumbai, for offences under Sections 420, 120B, 419, 384 ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition to Defreeze Bank Accounts in NDPS Act Case — Petitioner Company Not an Accused Under Section 68F. Freezing order under Section 68F of NDPS Act, 1985 cannot be sustained against a company that is not an accused in the predicate offence....

The petitioner, M/s. Ownpath Learning Private Limited, a registered startup under DPIIT, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the 2nd re...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Petitioner's Writ for Return of Passport and OCI Card from Bank — Bank's Retention of Passport as Security for Loan Held Illegal Under Passports Act, 1967. Passport is a personal document and cannot be subject to banker's lien; direction issued to Bank to return documents within two weeks....

The petitioner, Mr. Koshy Varghese, a citizen of the United Kingdom holding an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Hig...

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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...