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Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Husband in Suicide Case — No Prima Facie Case of Dowry Death Established. Court Holds Ingredients of Section 304B IPC Not Satisfied as Allegations Lacked Dowry Harassment, Quashes FIR for Offences Under Sections 304B, 313, 498A IPC....

The petitioner-husband filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash Crime No.139/2022 registered by Sanjay Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru, for offences...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Owner's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Insurer Liable Despite Expired Fitness Certificate and Permit. The court held that absence of fitness certificate and permit does not absolve insurer of liability to third parties under Section 149 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as these are not fundamental breaches....

The appeal was filed by the owner of a school bus involved in a fatal accident. On 28.9.2015, the deceased Syed Wali was riding a motorcycle when the bus, driven rashly, hit him, causing his death. Th...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Culpable Homicide Case, Dismisses State Appeal for Murder. The court held that the act of causing death without intention to murder falls under Section 304 Part II IPC, and acquittal under Section 302 IPC was proper....

The judgment arises from two cross-appeals: Criminal Appeal No.237/2009 filed by the original accused (Arun Gabhaji Pakade, Ankush Arun Pakade, Panchfula Arun Pakade, and Chandrabhan Ganpat Petkar) ag...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC and Section 325 IPC in Grievous Hurt Case - State Appeal Against Acquittal for Murder Dismissed. The court held that the common intention was to cause grievous hurt, not murder, and the trial court's acquittal under Section 302 IPC was justified....

The judgment pertains to two cross-appeals arising from a Sessions Case. The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of the accused for murder under Section 302 IPC, while the convicted ac...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Dismisses Writ Petitions by Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation Against Co-operative Bank and Borrowers in Recovery Proceedings Under SARFAESI Act — Petitions Challenging Auction Sale and Possession Found Premature as Statutory Remedies Under Section 17 Not Exhausted....

The judgment pertains to three writ petitions filed by the Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation (the petitioner) challenging the actions of the Pusad Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. (respondent no. ...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Writ Petition by Regularizing Lower Division Clerks from 2004 Government Approval Date. Court Holds That Delay in Regularization Was Due to Administrative Inaction Without Valid Exigencies, Making Retrospective Regularization Necessary for Old Pension Scheme Entitlement....

The petitioners, five women employed as Lower Division Clerks with the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeki...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union of India's Challenge to Settlement Commission Order Classifying Motor-home Under CTH 87.02. Settlement Commission Has Jurisdiction to Interpret Tariff Classification Under Customs Act, 1962....

The Union of India filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 28.07.2008 passed by the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission, Additional Bench, Mumbai under Section 127C(5) of the Cus...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Cheque Dishonour Case, Restores Conviction Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Presumption of Legally Enforceable Debt Under Section 139 N.I. Act Stands Unless Accused Rebuts with Probable Defence....

The appellant, Dilip Virumal Ahuja, filed a criminal appeal under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment and order dated 11th January 2010 passed by the learn...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Under Section 37 of Arbitration Act, Sets Aside Arbitral Award for Patent Illegality and Perversity in Awarding Damages for Breach of Agreement for Sale of Land. The court found that the arbitral tribunal failed to consider mitigation of damages and made a perverse computation of damages based on an incorrect price per acre....

The case involves a commercial appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, filed by Jagannath Parmeshwar Mills Private Limited (JPMPL) against an order of a learned Single J...