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Bombay High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Woman in Bigamy Case Under Section 494 IPC — Offence Not Made Out as She Married for First Time. The essential ingredient of Section 494 IPC is that the accused must have married another during subsistence of first marriage; a woman marrying for the first time cannot be charged with bigamy....

The applicant, Rekha Walke, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of Regular Criminal Case No. 93/2018 arising from Crime No. 649/2017 regist...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Compassionate Appointment Against MSRTC Due to Unfair Labour Practice. Court Condemns MSRTC's Inhuman Treatment and Imposes Costs of Rs. 25,000 for Delaying and Denying the Claim of Deceased Employee's Son....

The petitioner, Mahesh Bahad, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) seeking compassionate appointment after the death of his father, Sanjayrao Bahad, who was a permanent em...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Probate Petition in Will Dispute Due to Suspicious Circumstances and Failure to Prove Valid Execution. Will dated 21st March 1989 held not proved as the attesting witness failed to establish due execution and the propounder failed to dispel suspicious circumstances surrounding the Will....

The suit was a challenge to a Will dated 21st March 1989 purportedly executed by late Tarapada Chatterjee, who died on 24th August 1990. The plaintiff, his daughter Shanta Chatterjee, sought probate c...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Letters Patent Appeal in Voluntary Retirement Scheme Dispute — No Unfair Labour Practice Established. Appellants failed to prove coercion or collusion in voluntary retirement scheme under Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act....

The case involves a Letters Patent Appeal filed by five appellants against an order dated 01-03-2005 in Writ Petition No. 728 of 2005, which had dismissed their writ petition challenging an Industrial...

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Bombay High Court Allows Peaceful Protest in Maharashtra Police Act Case — Prohibitory Order Quashed. Right to peaceful demonstration upheld; order under Section 37(1)(3) of Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 set aside for lack of material showing threat to public order....

The petitioner, Iftekhar Zakee Shaikh, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an order dated 21.01.2020 passed by the Police Inspector, City Police Station, Majalgaon,...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Appeal in Municipal Tax Revision Case — Notice Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Section 147 of Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964. The court held that the Commissioner's notice revising property tax was invalid as it failed to provide a mandatory opportunity of hearing to the petitioner before revision....

The appellant, Smt. R. Sharada, filed a writ appeal against the order of a learned Single Judge dismissing her writ petition challenging a notice dated 06.05.2019 issued by the Commissioner, City Muni...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Tribunal Order in Teacher Recruitment Dispute — Petitioner Failed to Establish Superior Merit Over Selected Candidate. The court upheld the Tribunal's dismissal of the application as the petitioner did not produce any material to show he had higher marks than the selected candidate....

The petitioner, Appa Saheb S/o Tukaram Kalal, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 05.10.2016 passed by the Karnataka State Adminis...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes BBMP Closure Order Against LPG Dispensing Station for Violation of Natural Justice. License Cancelled Without Show Cause Notice or Hearing, Violating Principles of Audi Alteram Partem Under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India....

The petitioner, Sipani Energy Ltd., a company registered under the Companies Act, engaged in the business of manufacturing, stocking, and distribution of conventional and non-conventional renewable en...