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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Failure to Prove Circumstantial Chain. Conviction under Sections 302, 201, 379 IPC read with 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The case pertains to the murder of Nilesh, whose body was found in a suitcase near a temple. The appellants, Prajakta Shyam Shelar and Prafulla Mahendra Ghadi, were convicted by the trial court under ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Home University Reservation in Technical Courses. Rules 9(3)(c), 9(3)(d) and 13 of Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions Rules, 2017 held intra vires the Act and not violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21, 15(4) and 29(2)....

The petitioners, eight students from various districts in Maharashtra, filed a writ petition challenging Rules 9(3)(c), 9(3)(d) and 13 of the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Insti...

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Bombay High Court Allows Compassionate Appointment Claim of Son of Deceased Municipal Employee Despite Initial Daily Wage Status. Continuous Service from 1992 to 2016 and Regularisation Prior to Death Entitle Family to Appointment Under Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965....

The petitioner, Mahek s/o Laxman Pusollu, is the son of Laxman Narsayya Pusollu, who died in harness on 20.2.2016 while serving as a Kamathi in the Sanitary Division of the Municipal Council, Hadgaon ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Voting Rights for APMC Representatives in Legislative Council Elections. Agricultural Produce Market Committee Not a Local Authority Under Article 171 of the Constitution of India....

The petitioner, Radhakishan Deorao Pathade, Chairman of the Super Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), Aurangabad, filed a writ petition seeking directions to hold that elected representative...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Dismissal Order in Service Dispute — Violation of Natural Justice. Dismissal under Rule 8(viii) of Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 without disciplinary inquiry held illegal....

The petitioner, B.Y. Nilugal, an Assistant Executive Engineer in the Karnataka Housing Board, was dismissed from service by an order dated 25.06.2019 passed by the Commissioner for Housing and Discipl...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Reverses Acquittal for Dishonour of Cheque. Presumption of Legally Enforceable Debt Under Section 139 of N.I. Act Stands Unless Rebutted by Accused....

The appellant, Sri Rangaswamy, filed a criminal appeal under Section 378(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment dated 15.04.2015 passed by the II Additional Civil Judge a...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Criminal Petition for Concurrent Sentences in Multiple Theft Cases — Petitioners Convicted Under Sections 457 and 380 IPC Granted Concurrency to Avoid Excessive Incarceration. Offences Committed in Same Transaction on Single Night Justify Concurrent Running of Sentences Under Section 427 Cr.P.C....

The petitioners, Azgarkhan @ Yanna and Fayaz @ Fayyu, were convicted by the Court of Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Sira, in three separate cases (C.C. Nos. 275/2014, 276/2014, and 277/2014) vide judgme...

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High Court of Karnataka Reverses Discharge of Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case — Prima Facie Case Made Out for Trial Under Section 306 IPC. The court held that a suicide note and the deceased's unhappiness over the accused's decision to go abroad constitute sufficient grounds to frame charges under Section 306 IPC....

The State of Karnataka filed a criminal revision petition challenging the order of the Principal Sessions Judge, Udupi, dated 30.05.2015, which discharged the accused Tushar Kotian for the offence und...