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Supreme Court Allows Operational Creditor's Appeal in Insolvency Claim Delay Matter Applying COVID-19 Limitation Extension. The Court held that the period from 15.03.2020 to 14.03.2021 stands excluded in computing limitation for claim filing under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, making the appellant's claim filed before 14.01.2021 timely....

The dispute originated from a contractual relationship between GPR Power Solutions Private Limited (appellant) and Rohit Ferro Tech Limited (corporate debtor), where the appellant performed piping sys...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Cognizance Order in Election Disfigurement Case — Petitioners Acquitted of Section 171H IPC and Section 3 of Karnataka Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1981. Court holds that mere pasting of posters without evidence of hiring or procuring constitutes no offence under Section 171H IPC....

The petitioners filed a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of the order dated 13.07.2018 passed by the Civil Judge and JMFC, Muddebihal in C.C.No.167/2018, taking cognizance for offen...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Revision Petition, Discharges Accused in Rape Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Evidence of Sexual Assault. Promise to Marry Not Proven as False from Inception Under Sections 376 and 417 IPC....

The petitioner, Sri George, filed a criminal revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) challenging the order dated 20.09.2017 passed b...

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High Court Alters Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder Citing Sudden Fight and Lack of Intention. Conviction Under Section 302 IPC Set Aside and Substituted with Section 304-II IPC as Appellant Had No Premeditation and Incident Occurred in Heat of Passion; Sentence Reduced to 8 Years Rigorous Imprisonment....

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, heard a criminal appeal against the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by the Sessions Judge, Gondia. The appe...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Senior Citizen's Writ Petition Challenging Maintenance Tribunal Order; Holds Appeal Lies Under Section 16 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. Order Declining Maintenance and Cancellation of Gift Deed Found Appealable; Petitioner Relegated to Alternate Remedy of Appeal Before Appellate Tribunal....

The matter arose from an order passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Nagpur, acting as the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The petition...

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Bombay High Court Allows Mother’s Revision and Grants Temporary Custody of Minor Daughter Under Domestic Violence Act. Court Holds That Custody of Child Below Five Years Ordinarily Lies with Mother, and Father’s Circumstances Did Not Justify Departure from Statutory Preference....

The applicant wife and the non-applicant husband, both engineers, were married in 2015 and had a daughter born on 23 May 2016. After matrimonial discord, the wife alleged domestic violence and filed a...

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High Court Quashes Reopening of Assessment for AY 1998-99 Due to Lack of Allegation of Failure to Disclose Material Facts. Reopening Beyond Four Years Invalid as Reasons Did Not Indicate Assessee's Failure to Disclose Fully and Truly All Material Facts as Required by Proviso to Section 147 of Income Tax Act, 1961....

The dispute arose from a notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 seeking to reopen the assessment for Assessment Year 1998-1999, issued on 28 March 2005, beyond the period of four years f...

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Bombay High Court Examines Maintainability of Writ Petition Against Interim Election Orders in Cooperative Society Elections. Exclusion of Voter from Preliminary Voters List Challenged Under Article 226 Despite Availability of Alternative Remedy Under Section 91 and Rule 78 of Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960....

The writ petition challenged the order of the Divisional Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Pune, dated 29th September 2021, rejecting Objection Application No. 54/2021 filed by the petitioners. ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Commissioner's Remand Orders in Fisheries Cooperative Society Registration Matter Under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. Petitioners Contended That Remand Orders Were Unreasoned and That Rival Applicant Societies Lacked Locus Standi to Invoke Revision Under Section 152....

The matter arose from writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, challenging orders passed by the Commissio...