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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Police Notice Freezing Bank Account in Absence of Statutory Power. Police Inspector's request to freeze account under Section 102 CrPC held invalid as no power to issue such notice to bank without court order....

The petitioner, Sri Narayan Yadav, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash a notic...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act Due to Non-Application of Mind and Unexplained Delay. Court holds that the alleged offences do not affect public order and the delay vitiates the detention order....

The petitioner, mother of the detenue, challenged a detention order dated 03.03.2021 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Pune, under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act Due to Blanks in In-Camera Statements and Non-Application of Mind. The Court held that the detenu's right to make an effective representation under Article 22(5) was violated as the in-camera statements contained blanks and the grounds of detention contained details not found in those statements....

The petitioner, Sanjay s/o Ramuji Phatode, was detained under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pir...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Caste Certificates of Thakur Scheduled Tribe Members. Held that the Committee acted beyond its jurisdiction by reopening settled claims without fresh material and ignoring earlier valid certificates and judicial orders....

The petitioners, Amarnath (since deceased, represented by his wife Rajani) and Raghvendra, were real brothers who had been issued caste certificates in 1979 by the Executive Magistrate, Jalgaon, certi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of FIR in Abetment to Suicide Case — No Proximate Link Between Alleged Acts and Suicide. FIR under Sections 306, 506 IPC Quashed as Allegations Did Not Disclose Instigation or Active Abetment by Applicant....

The applicant, Hafizur Rahman Sheikh, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No. 31 of 2020 registered at Basamba Police ...

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Bombay High Court Examines Challenge to Tender Conditions for Transportation and Supply Under Mid-Day Meal Scheme. Petition raises whether unmarked sample requirements and discretionary testing violate Article 226 of Constitution of India due to lack of transparency and level playing field; no final decision is reported in the provided excerpt....

By way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, a women's cooperative society registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, challenged a ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Allows Appellant in Hindu Marriage Act Case Seeking Divorce on Ground of Mental Cruelty. Family Court's Order Granting Judicial Separation Set Aside as Finding of Cruelty Under Section 13(1)(i-a) Was Incompatible with Refusal to Grant Divorce....

The appeal arose from a matrimonial dispute under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The appellant husband and respondent wife married on 4 July 2014 at Akola. After marriage they resided at Panjim, Goa, b...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Upholds Blue Flag Beach Notification for Miramar Beach — Environmental Clearance Dispensation Upheld as Reasonable. Court holds that the notification dated 12.07.2019 permitting structures for Blue Flag certification on 12 beaches, including Miramar, is valid and not arbitrary, as it balances environmental protection with tourism development....

The petitioners, eight residents of Goa, filed a Public Interest Litigation challenging a notification dated 12.07.2019 issued by the Union of India under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (EPA)....

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR in Criminal Breach of Trust Case — Dispute Found to be Purely Civil in Nature. Allegations of Dishonest Misappropriation of Sale Consideration Under Sections 403, 406, 420 IPC Do Not Disclose Any Criminal Offence as Transaction Was Consensual and Civil....

The petitioners, who were accused Nos. 1 and 2, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR in Crime No.254/2017 registered at Th...