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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Land Dispute Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute and Lack of Criminal Intent. Allegations of Forgery and Cheating in Revenue Records Held to Be Essentially Civil Disputes Not Attracting Criminal Penalties Under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 IPC....

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad, by its judgment dated 4 December 2020, allowed Criminal Application No. 547 of 2012 filed by Paraji Sheshrao Madan and others (original accused) seeking quashing o...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Dispute Between Society and Former Employees Over Alleged Misappropriation Held to Be Civil, Not Criminal, Under Section 420 IPC....

The applicants, Mahadeorao Uttamrao Rajurkar and Sanjay Dyaneshwar Dhok, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No.406 of 2017 re...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 302, 326, 396 read with 34 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 10th December 2001 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Baramati in Sessions Case No. 85 of 1998, acquitt...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition Against Judicial Officer for Alleged Disregard of Precedents. Court holds that mere erroneous orders or non-mention of cited judgments do not constitute contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971....

The petitioner, Yogesh Waman Athavale, an advocate practicing in Chiplun, filed a contempt petition under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, against respondent No.1, Vikram Abasaheb Jadhav, a Civil Jud...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Railway's Refusal to Grant NOC for Redevelopment of Cooperative Housing Society. Held that Railway land vests in the President of India and the Railway has no authority to demand NOC for redevelopment on land owned by MHADA....

The petitioners, Vinobha Bhave Nagar Godavari Adhyapak Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. and M/s. Nisar Properties Pvt. Ltd., filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Lack of Public View and Intent. Alleged Caste-Based Insult in Private Cabin Does Not Attract Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The applicant, Santosh Thaware, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of FIR No. 3034 of 2015 registered at MIDC Police Station, Walu...

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High Court of Karnataka Enhances Compensation for Accident Victim and Fixes Liability on Insurance Company in Motor Vehicle Accident Case. Claimant sustained grievous injuries due to driver's negligence; Insurance Company held liable as no evidence of invalid license....

The case involves an appeal filed by the claimant under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and award dated 27.06.2012 passed by the Principal Motor Accident Claim...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Prosecutrix's Testimony Found Unreliable as Medical and DNA Evidence Did Not Support Allegations of Rape by Accused Vishnu....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of four accused persons (Vishnu, Tulshiram, Siddhu, and Rukminabai Karwate) by the Sessions Judge, Akola, in Sessions Trial No. 90/2008 for offe...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal in Acquittal for Murder and Cruelty. Dying Declaration Found Unreliable and Prosecution Witnesses Inconsistent....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of three respondents (Sadhana Suresh Jadhav, Anusaya Dunda Jadhav, and Sunil Dunda Jadhav) for offences under Sections 302, 498A read with 34 of...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Eyewitness Testimony. The court held that the trial court's acquittal was not perverse as the sole eyewitness's testimony lacked corroboration and contained material inconsistencies....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Amar Dnyaneshwar Dhake and Amit Vilas Pardeshi for the murder of Balu under Section 302 read with 34 IPC. The prosecution alleged that on 28 ...