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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Scheduled Tribe Claim of Thakar Candidate. Pre-Constitutional School Records and Consistent Entries of 'Thakar' Caste Outweigh Discrepancies in Father's Certificate....

The petitioner, Manisha Thakar, obtained a caste certificate on 12 October 2001 from the Sub-Divisional Officer, Kankavli, declaring her as belonging to the Thakar Scheduled Tribe (Sr.No.44 of the Con...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Scheduled Tribe Certificate. Committee Failed to Consider Relevant Documents and Applied Incorrect Standard of Proof....

The petitioner, Vithoba Balkrishna Thumbare, obtained a caste certificate dated 28 June 2002 from the competent authority declaring him as belonging to Thakar (Scheduled Tribe). Relying on this certif...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Invalidated Tribe Claim for Thakar Scheduled Tribe. Scrutiny Committee's order set aside for ignoring settled legal principles and Division Bench directions in Madhuri Nitin Jadhav case....

The petitioner, Abhimanyu Dattu Thakar, was issued a caste certificate on 22 June 1981 and appointed as a peon in the office of respondent No.3, Executive Engineer, Maharashtra Electricity Distributio...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim for Death of 10-Year-Old Girl, Sets Aside Contributory Negligence Finding. Court holds that a child passenger cannot be held contributorily negligent and enhances compensation under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appellants, father and siblings of the deceased Savita, a 10-year-old girl, filed a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for her death in a motor vehicle a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim, Reduces Contributory Negligence of Deceased from 60% to 40%. Compensation Enhanced from Rs.92,000 to Rs.1,72,400 with 9% Interest....

The appellants, being the widow, children, and father of the deceased Ramesh Pagar, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation of Rs.3 lakhs for the...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Promise-to-Marry Rape Case — Lack of Evidence of False Promise. Consent Based on Promise to Marry Not Vitiated When Promise Was Not False from Inception Under Section 376 IPC....

The applicant, Rajesh Sankarsan Tripathy, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashment of FIR No. 195/2017 and the resultant Sessions Case No. 333/...

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Bombay High Court Allows Regularisation of Shikshan Sevaks as Junior Assistants in Zilla Parishad Schools — Promissory Estoppel and Legitimate Expectations Enforced. Government Resolution dated 30.04.1998 promised regularisation after three years of service; court held that arbitrary inaction violates fundamental rights....

The petitioners, ten individuals appointed as Shikshan Sevaks in Zilla Parishad High Schools in Gondia district, filed a writ petition seeking regularisation of their services as Junior Assistants. Th...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Conviction of Japanese National in NDPS Case for Possession of LSD and Charas — Procedural Lapses Not Fatal to Prosecution. The court held that Section 50 of NDPS Act does not apply to vehicle searches, and conscious possession was proved beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, a Japanese national, was convicted by the Special Judge of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Court, Mapusa, for offences under Section 8(c) read with Section 22(C) and 20(b...