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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Due to Breach of Policy Terms - Private Jeep Used for Hire and Reward Without Permit...

The New India Assurance Company Limited appealed against the judgment and award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Dhule, in M.A.C.P. No. 873 of 1998. The appellant, original respondent No. 3 (In...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Compassionate Appointment Due to Inordinate Delay. Claim for compassionate appointment based on father's death in 1994 rejected as time-barred and family's financial distress no longer exists....

The petitioner, Satish Panditrao Ravate, filed a writ petition seeking compassionate appointment based on the death of his father in 1994. The petitioner's father was an employee of the Maharashtra St...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Dismissal of Revision Applications as Time-Barred Under MRTU & PULP Act. Limitation for Revision under Section 44 is Governed by Article 137 of Limitation Act, Not Article 113....

The petitioners, employees of the Irrigation Project, Ratnagiri, were appointed as River Gauge Readers and Rain Gauge Readers between 1979 and 1991. Their services were terminated in 1995. They filed ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rejection of Candidature for Retail Outlet Dealership Due to Invalid Land Documents. Petitioner's land documents executed after application date were not valid, and her candidature could be considered under Group 3....

The petitioner, Meenakshi Rajkumar Sonawane, filed a writ petition challenging the communication dated 29.06.2019 by which her candidature for allotment of a retail outlet dealership was turned down b...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Pharmaceutical Company and Directors in Drugs and Cosmetics Act Case — Sample Not Drawn in Accordance with Rules. Failure to Follow Sampling Procedure Under Rule 46 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 Renders Prosecution Unsustainable....

The petitioners, M/s Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd (a drug manufacturing company) and its Managing Director and Director, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seekin...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Labour Court Award in Industrial Dispute — Reinstatement with Back Wages Granted to Workman. Termination of a workman without conducting a proper domestic enquiry and without providing opportunity to cross-examine management witnesses was held illegal and unjustified....

The judgment pertains to two writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India. The first petition (WP No. 33097 of 2018) was filed by Smt. C. Sujatha, the workman, seeking ...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Hostile Witnesses and Lack of Evidence. Conviction Under Section 302 Indian Penal Code Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Death of Deceased and Complicity Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench, allowed a criminal appeal filed by the accused-husband challenging his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for the murder of his...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Remand Order by Appellate Authority Under Payment of Gratuity Act. Section 7(8) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 Does Not Confer Power to Remand; Appellate Authority Must Decide Appeal on Merits....

The petitioner, Dr. Gajanan Vithoba Jain, a former employee of the respondent-management running Shiv Vaibhav College of Education, Wardha, filed an application under Sections 4 and 7 of the Payment o...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR and Charge-Sheet in Abetment to Suicide Case — Suicide Note Alone Insufficient to Establish Abetment Under Section 306 IPC. Court holds that without evidence of active instigation or direct involvement, mere mention of names in suicide note does not constitute abetment under Section 107 IPC....

The petitioner, Lata Dangre, was one of two accused in FIR No. 429/2021 registered at Police Station Parva, District Yavatmal, for offence under Section 306 read with 34 IPC. The FIR was based on two ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeals in Commercial Summary Suit Cases — Triable Issues Raised on Guarantee and Limitation. Court holds that existence of disputed facts regarding limitation and discharge of guarantor requires unconditional leave to defend under Order XXXVII CPC....

The judgment arises from two commercial appeals filed by the defendants against the dismissal of their applications for leave to defend in commercial summary suits filed by IL&FS Financial Services Lt...