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COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 350 OF 2017...

The case concerns two petitions filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award dated 14 February 2017 that allowed the claim for specific performan...

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Bombay High Court Adjudges Two Petitions Challenging Collector's Order Forfeiting Reclamation Lease and Imposing Payment Conditions. Petitions Examine Validity of Forfeiture and Entitlement to Regularization Under Rule 40 of Bombay Land Revenue Rules, 1921....

Two writ petitions, WP No. 7104 of 2002 by M/s Baf-Hira Builders Private Limited and WP No. 2004 of 2015 by Eric Anselem Mendes and Austin Gabriel Mendes, challenged an order dated 20 November 2002 pa...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Prosecution of Occupier and Factory Manager Under Factories Act, 1948 Due to Lack of Employer-Employee Relationship. Deceased Cleaner of Transporter Held Not a 'Worker' Under Section 2(l) as He Was Not Employed by or Involved in Manufacturing Process of Factory....

The case involved a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by the occupier and factory manager of Grasim Industries Limited seeking to quash the proceedings ...

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Regular First Appeal Against Common Judgment Decreeping Suit for Perpetual Injunction and Dismissing Suit for Declaration That Sale Deeds Are Not Binding on Co-Parceners. Dispute Centered on Whether Property Was Joint Family Asset or Self-Acquired and Validity of Sale Deeds Executed by Karta or Power of Attorney Holder....

The appeals arose from two suits tried together. One suit (O.S.No.1611/1994) was filed by the plaintiffs, claiming to be co-parceners of an undivided Hindu joint family, seeking a declaration that sal...

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High Court of Karnataka considers appeal under Section 96 CPC against trial court's dismissal of suit for permanent injunction and grant of possession to defendants. Trial court held counterclaim for possession maintainable without separate declaration and that plaintiffs failed to prove lawful possession....

The plaintiffs filed a suit for permanent injunction to restrain the defendants from alienating, demolishing, or dispossessing them from the suit schedule property. They claimed to have been in posses...

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Bombay High Court Allows Union's Petition Challenging Government's Refusal to Refer Industrial Dispute Under Section 10 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Appropriate Government Exceeded Its Power by Delving into Merits and Considering Irrelevant Factors Such as Acceptance of Retrenchment Compensation by Some Workmen....

The petitioner, United Mine Workers Union, challenged the communication dated 3rd September 2019 issued by the Union of India (Ministry of Labour and Employment), the appropriate Government, declining...

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Bombay High Court Allows Inspection of Documents in Copyright Infringement Suit — Plaintiff Granted Access to Defendant's Assignment Agreements to Establish Title. Court holds that documents sought are relevant for adjudication of copyright ownership and plaintiff has right to inspect them before filing written statement....

The plaintiff, Sunil Darshan, filed a commercial IP suit seeking a perpetual injunction against the defendant, Saregama India Limited, for infringement of copyright in songs forming part of films prod...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Case — No Evidence of Demand for Dowry or Harassment Soon Before Death. Court upholds acquittal under Sections 304B, 498A IPC and Sections 3, 4, 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 as prosecution failed to prove essential ingredients....

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal against the acquittal of Suresh Sakharam Sawant and his wife Kunda @ Sushma Suresh Sawant (respondents/accused) by the trial court for offences under Sections ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Denial of Gratuity Under Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Misconduct of Issuing Lesser Denomination Tickets Does Not Constitute 'Theft, Fraud or Dishonesty' Under Section 4(6)(b)....

The petitioner, Vasant B. Bhujbal, was employed as a conductor with the respondent-corporation (a State Transport undertaking) from May 1968. On 29 August 1993, during a routine check, it was found th...