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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Step-Daughter Not Entitled to Inherit from Step-Mother Under Hindu Succession Act. Section 15(2)(b) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 restricts inheritance of property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband to heirs of the husband, excluding step-daughters....

The case involves a second appeal before the Bombay High Court arising from a partition suit. The plaintiff, claiming to be a daughter of Gajiram Bhise, sought partition and separate possession of pro...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal in Drugs and Cosmetics Act Case Due to Procedural Lapses. Acquittal of partners and manufacturing chemist upheld as prosecution failed to establish manufacturing link and compliance with sampling rules....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of four respondents (Laxmichand Nagaji Jain, Jeetendra Nagaji Jain, Chaburao Sampatrao Nagre, and Sampatrao Narayan Chavan) and the firm M/s Esj...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in Imports and Exports Control Case — Export Obligations Fulfilled Within Extended Time. Failure to Prove Contravention of Licence Conditions Under Section 5 of Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 as Export Obligations Were Completed Within Extended Period....

The Union of India, through the Deputy Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, filed an appeal against the acquittal of Hukmichand Jain and M/s Diarough International (respondents) for an alleged off...

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Bombay High Court Allows Restoration of Eviction Suit Dismissed for Default, Emphasizing Liberal Approach Under Order IX Rule 4 CPC. The Court set aside the Trial Court's orders dismissing the suit for want of prosecution and rejecting the restoration application, finding that the plaintiff's illness constituted sufficient cause for non-appearance....

The case involves a landlord-tenant dispute where the original plaintiff, Smt. Kamla A. Bharwani (since deceased, represented by legal representatives), filed a suit for eviction against the responden...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal to Recognize Admissions for Increased Intake in Ayurvedic College. Admissions to increased intake capacity must be made through centralized process as per AYUSH rules, not unilaterally by the institution....

The petitioner, Prakash Shikshan Mandal's Loknete Rajaram Bapu Patil Ayurvedic Medical College, Islampur, through its Vice Principal Dr. Ranjit Shamrao Mohite, filed a writ petition under Article 226 ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Original Complainant to Challenge Magistrate's Order Granting Anticipatory Bail in SC/ST Act Case — Held That Victim Has Right to Be Heard Before Grant of Pre-Arrest Bail Under Section 438 CrPC. The court set aside the bail order and directed the magistrate to hear the complainant before passing any order on the anticipatory bail application....

The petitioner, the original complainant in a case under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, filed a criminal writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 o...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Dowry Demand and Unreliable Dying Declaration. Conviction under Sections 302, 498-A read with Section 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove cruelty or dowry demand beyond reasonable doubt....

The case pertains to the death of Pallavi, who was married to appellant No. 3 Vijay about one year prior to the incident. The appellants are Vijay, his parents (Bhausaheb and Nirmalabai), and his sist...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Summoning Order Against Accused in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Evidence. Criminal conspiracy allegations under Section 120B IPC failed as no material showed meeting of minds between accused and main assailants....

The judgment pertains to two criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) by accused Nos. 6 and 7 in Crime No. 641/2007 (originally Vidyanaagar P.S. Cri...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Appeal for Sentence Enhancement and Partly Allows Accused's Appeal by Reducing Sentence in Abetment of Suicide Case. Conviction Under Section 306 IPC Upheld but Sentence Reduced to Period Already Undergone Due to Age and Family Circumstances....

The case involves two cross-appeals arising from a common judgment of the Fast Track Court, Devanahalli in S.C.No.271/2010 dated 25.02.2011. The State filed Criminal Appeal No.787/2011 under Section 3...