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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Lack of Subjective Satisfaction and Non-Application of Mind. Detention order set aside as detaining authority failed to consider that the petitioner was already in custody and no credible material showed likelihood of release on bail....

The petitioner, Mukesh Prakash Bhalerao, challenged an order of preventive detention dated 23rd January 2023 passed by the District Magistrate, Jalgaon, under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Preventio...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in POCSO Case Due to Unproven Age — Benefit of Doubt Given as Prosecution Failed to Establish Minority of Prosecutrix Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 4, 6 of POCSO Act and Sections 363, 376 IPC....

The appellant, Ashik Ramjan Ansari, was convicted by the Special Judge at Greater Bombay in POCSO Special Case No.203 of 2016 for offences under Sections 363, 376, 107, and 109 of the Indian Penal Cod...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Execution Order Against Insurance Company in Workers' Compensation Case — Attachment of Bank Account Without Notice Under Order 21 Rule 22 CPC Held Illegal. The court held that mandatory notice under Order 21 Rule 22 CPC must be issued before executing an ex parte decree, and failure to do so vitiates the attachment order....

The petitioner, The New India Assurance Company Ltd., challenged an order dated 19.04.2023 passed by the II Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Raichur, in Execution Petition No. 52/2022, whereby ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Appeal, Upholds Freedom Fighter's Pension to Widow — Delay in Application Not Fatal to Claim Under Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme, 1969. The court held that the Scheme is a beneficial legislation and must be liberally construed; the widow of a freedom fighter is entitled to pension despite delay in application....

The respondent, Smt. Tayawwa, is the widow of Basalingappa Tegur, who was a freedom fighter and participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942. After the introduction of the Freedom Fighters' Pension...

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Karnataka High Court Upholds Widow's Freedom Fighter Pension Claim Despite Delay and Lack of Co-Prisoner Certificate. State's Rejection Set Aside as Scheme Does Not Require Such Proof for Widows....

The respondent, Smt. Savakka, widow of Dundayya Vibhuthimath, applied for freedom fighters' pension under the Freedom Fighters' Pension Scheme, 1969, claiming her husband participated in the Quit Indi...

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Karnataka High Court Partly Allows State's Appeal in Freedom Fighter Pension Case — Limits Arrears to Date of Application. The court held that pension being a continuing cause of action, arrears cannot be granted from the date of death of the freedom fighter but only from the date of application....

The case involves a writ appeal filed by the State of Karnataka against an order of the learned Single Judge dated 14.09.2021 in W.P. No.103247/2021. The respondent, Smt. Savantrewwa, aged 89 years, i...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses State's Appeal, Upholds Freedom Fighter Pension to Widow Despite Delay. Court holds that beneficial legislation must be liberally construed and delay cannot defeat a widow's claim for pension under the Karnataka Freedom Fighters' Pension Rules, 2004....

The respondent, Smt. Fakirawwa alias Bhimawwa, is an 86-year-old widow whose husband, Fakirappa Sangoli, was a freedom fighter who participated in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned. She appli...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Appeal Against Grant of Freedom Fighter's Pension to Widow — Liberal Construction of Beneficial Pension Legislation Required Despite Delay in Application...

The respondent, Smt. Ningawwa, an 84-year-old widow, filed a writ petition before the learned Single Judge seeking quashing of the order dated 22.09.2021 passed by the State of Karnataka (first appell...