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Bombay High Court Dismisses Informant's Petition for Additional Charge in Summary Trial Case. Court holds that once charge is framed under Section 211 CrPC, no further charge can be added in a summary trial as per Section 262 CrPC....

The petitioner, Jainab Sayyed Akhtar Ali, the original informant, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad challenging the order dated 18-08-2018 passed by the learned...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree on Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion Under Hindu Marriage Act. Filing of false criminal complaints and leaving matrimonial home without cause held to constitute cruelty and desertion under Section 13(1)(i) and (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955....

The appellant, Kalpana, wife of respondent No.1 Ishwar, filed this Miscellaneous First Appeal under Section 28(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, challenging the judgment and decree dated 11.10.2013 ...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Pensioners in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute and Lack of Criminal Intent. The court held that the dispute was purely civil and no criminal intent was made out under Sections 403, 406, 420 IPC....

The petitioners, Syed Salavuddin and Sudhakar, were accused Nos.1 and 2 in C.C.No.463/2013 pending before the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC at Humnabad, for offences under Sections 403, 406, 409, an...

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Bombay High Court Holds Limitation Under Section 36(8) of Waqf Act, 1995 is Directory — Waqf Board Can Entertain Registration Applications Beyond Three Months. The court overruled the earlier view in Mohd. Ansar Salik v. Shaikh Hamid Babumiya Inamdar that the limitation was mandatory, allowing the petitioners' application to be considered on merits....

This judgment by a Larger Bench of the Bombay High Court at Nagpur addresses a reference arising from a writ petition where a learned Single Judge disagreed with an earlier Single Judge's decision in ...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses School's Petition and Allows Teacher's Challenge to Transfer Order. Transfer of teacher from aided to unaided school without prior approval of Director of Education held invalid under Section 36 of Goa School Education Act, 1984....

The judgment concerns two connected writ petitions: Writ Petition No. 410 of 2019 filed by Shubhangi Manerkar, a teacher at Shri Kamakshi High School, challenging her transfer from the aided section t...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows PIL Seeking Remedial Measures Against Illegal Sand Mining and Withdraws Environment Clearance for Non-Compliance. Court Directs State to Formulate Comprehensive Policy and GSEIAA to Re-evaluate Clearance Under Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines....

The Federation of Rainbow Warriors, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the High Court of Bombay at Goa seeking remedial measures...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Summons in Defamation Case Against Newspaper Publisher and Editor for Reporting FIR — Reporting of Police Press Release Constitutes Fair Comment and Substantial Truth Under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC....

The petitioners, Manish Karapurkar (Publisher) and K. R. Sreenivas (Editor) of The Times of India, Goa Edition, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Section 482 CrPC challenging the order of the Addit...