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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Reduces Compensation Due to Lack of Proof of Income and Negligence. Claimants failed to establish deceased's income and contributory negligence was not considered, leading to reduction in award under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the legal representatives of Ananta Nana Chaudhari, who died in a road accident on 22nd September 2015. The deceased was riding a motorcycle when h...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petitions Challenging Judicial Custody Beyond 15 Days Under Section 309(2) Cr.P.C. — Remand Orders Not Vitiated as Petitioners Failed to Show Prejudice or Illegality....

The petitioners, Harshad Dinanath Bari and Ravindra Vasudev Bari & Ors., were accused in Boisar police station C.R. No. I-267/2017 (MPID Case No. 2 of 2018) for offences punishable under Sections 406,...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Against DRT Order in Debt Recovery Case — Bank Entitled to Recover Debt Under RDB Act. DRT Has Inherent Power to Reject Frivolous Counterclaim Without Recording Evidence, and High Court Should Not Interfere When Alternative Remedy of Appeal Exists....

The case involves two writ petitions arising from proceedings before the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (RDB Act). The first...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Against Rejection of Order 7 Rule 11 CPC Application in Eviction Suit — Maintainability Under Article 227 Not Available When Revision Under Section 115 CPC Lies. Composite Application Including Issues Beyond Plaint Rejection Does Not Convert Order into One Not Subject to Revision....

The petitioner, Jasraj Lalaji Oswal, was the defendant in Civil Suit No. 9 of 2016 filed by the respondents (plaintiffs) seeking his eviction. In that suit, the petitioner filed an application under O...

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Bombay High Court Allows DNB Trainee Doctors' Petition Against Stipend Reduction. Court holds that stipend reduction by Railway Hospital violates principles of legitimate expectation and fairness, directing restoration of original stipend....

The petitioners, a group of doctors pursuing postgraduate DNB courses at Jagjivan Ram Railway Hospital, Mumbai, filed a writ petition challenging the reduction of their stipend by the Medical Director...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Contractor's Writ Petition Challenging Disqualification in Tender Process; Holds Filing of False Documents Renders Bidder Ineligible. The Court Rules That Lowest Bidder Acquires No Vested Right Before Final Approval by Competent Authority, Upholding Rejection Under Clause Permitting Rejection of Any Tender....

The writ petition arose from a tender floated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation for reconstruction of a bus stand at Beed. The petitioner, a private contractor, submitted its bid and...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Outraging Modesty Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence. Conviction under Section 354 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The petitioner, Mohana @ Mohi @ Thimmaiah, was convicted by the Trial Court (C.J. (Sr. Dn.,) and JMFC, Gubbi) in C.C.No.188/2007 for the offence under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and se...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Suit — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Suit for Declaration and Injunction Dismissed as Plaintiffs Failed to Prove Title and Possession Over Suit Property....

The present second appeal arises out of a suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction filed by the original plaintiff Basavaiah (since deceased, represented by his legal representatives) ag...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds Tribunal Order in Service Matter — Seniority and Promotion Dispute Among Tahsildars. Court holds that the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal's interim order directing status quo regarding seniority and promotion of Tahsildars was justified pending final adjudication....

The case involves two writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging a common order dated 22.10.2019 passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KS...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Partition Appeal by Son in Ancestral Property Dispute — Daughters' Claim for Partition Upheld as Coparcenary Property Includes Daughters Under Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The court affirmed that daughters are coparceners by birth and entitled to equal share in ancestral property, rejecting the brother's claim of adverse possession....

The case involves a Regular First Appeal filed by the second defendant in a partition suit (O.S.No.13/2011) before the Senior Civil Judge, Bhalki. The plaintiffs, who are the daughters of defendants 1...