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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Writ Petition by Two Companies Challenging Gratuity Payment Order — Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Employee's continuous service under same management entitles him to gratuity despite separate corporate identities....

The petitioners, Varma Industrial Private Limited and IBC Knowledge Park Private Limited, challenged the order dated 31.05.2018 passed by the Assistant Labour Commissioner and Appellate Authority unde...

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High Court of Bombay Admits Appeal and Grants Rule in Writ Petitions Seeking Release of Undertrial on Medical Grounds. Court Examines Right to Health and Interim Bail for Prisoner Aged 81 with Multiple Ailments Under NIA Act and UAPA....

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, considered an appeal and two writ petitions concerning the custody of Dr. P.V. Varavara Rao, an undertrial prisoner aged 81 yea...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Culpable Homicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Knowledge. Conviction under Section 304 Part-II IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that the accused had knowledge that his act of throwing a stone was likely to cause death....

The appellant, Vilas Bajirao Jadhav, was convicted under Section 304 Part-II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 by the Sessions Court in Sessions Case No. 298/1990 and sentenced to five years rigorous imp...

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Bombay High Court Allows Promotion Approval for Handicapped Employee in Grant-in-Aid School — Education Officer Cannot Reject on Grounds Not Specified in MEPS Rules. Promotion from Peon to Junior Clerk based on seniority and roster upheld as valid under Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981....

The petitioners, including Sangramsinh Bhausaheb Ghule (petitioner no.1), Marutrao Ghule Patil Shikshan Sanstha (petitioner no.2 society), and the Headmaster of Jijamata Secondary & Higher Secondary S...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Private Security Agency for Lack of Sanction Under Section 20 of Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005. Court held that prosecution under Section 20 requires prior sanction of the controlling authority as per Section 21 of the Act, and in absence thereof, FIR is liable to be quashed....

The petitioner, M/s. G.C.D Motors and M/s. Mangesh Motors, filed two petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) seeking quashing of FIR in Crime No.8/2018 registered...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Mechanical Remission Opinion in Favor of Convict — Additional Sessions Judge Exceeded Eligibility Conditions in Government Resolution. Remission Eligibility Must Be Based Strictly on Government Resolution Conditions, Not Extraneous Factors....

The petitioner, Virendrasingh Ramprakarsingh Khairnar, a convict detained at Central Prison, Nagpur, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, challenging the mechanic...