High Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order in MCOCA Case Due to Non-Application of Mind by Detaining Authority. Failure to Consider Relevant Material and Mechanical Reproduction of Grounds Renders Preventive Detention Invalid....

The petitioner, father of the detenu Ashish @ Sonu Manmurad Pande, filed a writ petition challenging the detention order passed by the Commissioner of Police, Thane, under the Maharashtra Control of O...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Interested Witnesses and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Udhav Punjaram Nawsagre, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge-I, Nanded on 16.05.2018 in Sessions Case No.100 of 2015 for the murder of his wife Laxmibai under Section 302 of ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Partly Allows Appeal by NEKSRTC and Cross-Appeal by Claimants in Motor Accident Claim Case — Enhances Compensation for Death of Engineer in Bus Accident. The Court reassessed income, applied correct multiplier, added future prospects, and enhanced non-pecuniary damages under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The present appeals arise out of a judgment and award dated 10.02.2011 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambajogai, in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.38/2008, whereby the claim petition ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Ganesh Bhatu Shinde (Patil), was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Dhule, for the murder of Sunil Lakade under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced to life ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree Under Section 13(1A)(ii) of Hindu Marriage Act — Non-Compliance with Restitution of Conjugal Rights Decree for Over One Year Constitutes Ground for Divorce....

The appellant-wife challenged the judgment and decree dated 25.01.2022 passed by the I Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Mysuru in M.C.No.53/2021, which allowed the husband's petition under Se...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Directs Release of Passports in DRT Proceedings - Mandamus Issued for Return of Passports Surrendered Under Section 22(2)(h) of RDB Act. The court held that the DRT has no power to impound a passport and cannot retain it indefinitely, as it infringes on the fundamental right to travel under Article 21....

The petitioner, Nitin Shambhukumar Kasliwal, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to the Debt Recovery Tribunal-1...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging State's Refusal to Modify Development Plan Reservation. State's Discretion to Revert Land to Original Reservation Upheld Under Section 37 of MRTP Act, 1966....

The petitioner, Ramchandra Tukaram Mohite (since deceased through legal representatives), filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court. The princip...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Municipal Corporation's Challenge to Labour Court Awards in Industrial Dispute Cases. Court upholds reinstatement with continuity of service and back wages for workmen whose services were terminated without compliance with Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The judgment pertains to three writ petitions filed by Pimpri-Chinchwad Mahanagarpalika (Municipal Corporation) challenging separate awards passed by the Labour Court, Pune, in favour of workmen repre...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Defamation Case for Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Legal Practitioners as Public Servants Require Sanction for Prosecution for Acts Done in Discharge of Official Duty....

The judgment arises from two criminal writ petitions filed before the Bombay High Court. The petitioners, Anantrao Shankarrao Jagtap (original accused no.1) and Gangubai K. Wadhavane (original accused...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition by Father for Custody of Minor Child from Mother. Habeas Corpus Not Maintainable When Child in Lawful Custody of Mother; Proper Remedy Under Guardians and Wards Act, 1890....

The petitioner, Richard Alexander Geary, a UK citizen, married respondent No. 2, Aishvarya Krishnan Geary, an Indian citizen, in New York on 26 December 2018. Their daughter Anika was born on 27 March...