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Bombay High Court Quashes Board's Decision Canceling 12th Standard Examination and Debarring Student for Three Years Due to Disproportionate Penalty. Court holds that cancellation of entire examination and debarment for three years for minor irregularities like change of pen and handwriting variation is disproportionate and violative of principles of natural justice....

The petitioner, Swarnim Sachin Chingre, a 12th standard science student, appeared for the March 2019 final examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Educat...

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High Court Upholds Auction Sale of Cooperative Bank Property; Dismisses Challenges on Grounds of Adequate Upset Price and Proper Procedure. Court Holds that Modification of Auction Condition to Negotiate Only with Highest Bidder is Permissible and Allegations of Fraud and Collusion are Unsubstantiated....

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, heard three writ petitions filed by different petitioners challenging the auction sale of a plot and building owned by Parbhani People's Co...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Land Encroachment Suit — Remands for Fresh Consideration of Measurement Evidence. Court holds that the lower appellate court failed to consider the TILR's map and report, which constituted a substantial question of law under Section 100 CPC....

The present second appeal arises from a suit for possession of encroached land. The appellants, original plaintiffs, are members of a joint family owning agricultural land Gut No.133. They alleged tha...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition, Discharges Accused in Attempt to Murder Case — No Prima Facie Case Under Sections 307 and 394 IPC. The court held that the trial court's rejection of discharge under Section 227 CrPC was erroneous as the material on record did not establish a prima facie case against the petitioners....

The petitioners, Dr. M.S. Bhavani and Suresh Babu D.C., were accused Nos.2 and 3 in S.C. No.556/2013 pending before the FTC-XIV, Bangalore City, for offences under Sections 307 and 394 of the Indian P...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Suspension of Stone Quarrying Licence for Violation of Natural Justice — Licence Suspended Without Show Cause Notice, Order Set Aside...

The petitioner, Sri D. Shankar, held a stone quarrying licence valid until 15 March 2023. On 26 March 2018, the Deputy Conservator of Forests (third respondent) directed the Director of Mines and Geol...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Mother in Son's Drowning Death Due to Lack of Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove homicidal death beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Shalini Gaikwad, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of her seven-year-old son Roshan. The prosecution alleged that on 26 March 2018, the appellant t...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Rape Minor and Causing Hurt — Evidence of Victim and Rescuer Found Credible, Medical Evidence Corroborates Sexual Assault. Conviction under Section 376 read with Section 511 IPC and Section 324 IPC sustained as prosecution proved case beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Vijay Kisan Kumbhare, was convicted by the 6th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Amravati in Sessions Trial No. 145 of 1999 for offences under Section 376 read with Section 511 IPC (atte...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Penalty Order Against Headmaster for Violation of Natural Justice in Disciplinary Inquiry. Failure to Supply Documents and Denial of Cross-Examination Renders Proceedings Unfair Under Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules, 1964....

The petitioner, Manik Shravan Dukare, was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in a Zilla Parishad school in 1985 and later promoted to Headmaster. On 06/10/2015, he was served with a charge-sheet contai...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Homicidal Death and Chain of Circumstances Was Incomplete....

The appellant, Hanamant Tatyaba Dhokale, was convicted by the IInd Additional Sessions Judge, Satara in Sessions Case No. 23 of 1993 for the murder of his wife Rukmini under Section 302 of the Indian ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Possession Suit Based on Settled Exclusive Possession — Title Not Required for Injunction. A suit for perpetual injunction to protect possession of immovable property cannot be dismissed solely on the ground that the plaintiff failed to prove title, if settled exclusive possession is established....

The case involves a second appeal before the Bombay High Court challenging an appellate order of the District Court at Nashik. The original plaintiff, Kadar Raju Shaikh (since deceased, represented by...