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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 ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conditional Leave to Defend in Summary Suit for Credit Card Dues — Defendant Must Deposit Entire Principal Amount. Court holds that under Order 37 CPC, conditional leave is justified when defendant fails to raise a triable issue or show substantial defence, and the amount claimed is admitted or undisputed....

The petitioner, Dhanaraj Meghraj Rajpal, proprietor of M/s Bombay Apparel Manufacturing Company, challenged an order dated 24 August 2022 passed by the Judge, City Civil Court at Bombay in Summons for...

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Bombay High Court Holds Revision Without Surrender Not Maintainable; Sentence Suspension Not Automatic. The court ruled that a convict whose appeal is dismissed must surrender before filing a revision under Section 397 Cr.P.C., and sentence suspension cannot be granted as a matter of course without surrender....

The judgment addresses a reference to a larger bench on the question of whether the High Court, in the absence of rules, can entertain a criminal revision under Section 397 Cr.P.C. without the convict...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Sub-Registrar's Refusal to Delete Agreement of Sale Entry from Encumbrance Certificate. Sub-Registrar Has No Power to Make Entries of Unregistered Agreements of Sale Under Registration Act, 1908, and Cannot Refuse Deletion....

The petitioner, Ramesh Timmanna Umarani, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, seeking two reliefs: (a) a wri...