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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal by Vehicle Owner in Motor Accident Claim — Insufficient Evidence of Involvement of Vehicle in Accident. Claimants Failed to Prove That the Offending Vehicle Was Involved in the Fatal Accident, Leading to Setting Aside of Compensation Award....

The appellant, Anuradha Kulkarni, was the owner of a car bearing registration No. MP23B1960. The respondents, legal heirs of Sopan Dandge, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Compensation Case, Enhances Interest Rate from 6% to 9% Per Annum. The Court held that interest is compensation for being denied the use of money and modified the award of the Railway Claims Tribunal under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989....

The appellant, the mother of the deceased, filed a claim before the Railway Claims Tribunal after her son died in a train accident on 28.12.2013. The Tribunal initially awarded compensation of Rs.4,00...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Private School Teachers for Salary as per Pay Commission Reports. Teachers in Unaided Private School Entitled to Salary Under Rule 7 of MEPS Rules, 1981 and Pay Commission Reports....

The petitioners, qualified permanent teachers working in the fifth respondent school, an unaided private secondary English medium school recognized by the Government of Maharashtra, filed a writ petit...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition as Abuse of Process Where Withdrawal Sought After Full Hearing to Avoid Adverse Order. Court Refuses Permission to Withdraw Petition Filed in 2018 Challenging Execution Proceedings Under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, as Petitioners Sought Withdrawal Only After Full Hearing and to Circumvent Impending Adverse Order....

The petitioners, who were the legal representatives of the original judgment-debtor, filed Writ Petition No.13684 of 2018 in the Bombay High Court challenging the execution proceedings arising from a ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Upholds Finding That Suit Property Was Joint Family Property Based on Admission. Court holds that a finding of fact based on admission is not perverse unless contrary to evidence, and that the substantial question of law does not arise....

The appellants, original plaintiffs, filed a second appeal against the dismissal of their suit for partition of land Gat No.101/1A and House No.4. The plaintiff, Sudhakar Laxman Shewale, claimed the s...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to Trial Court's Order Allowing Additional Witnesses in Abduction and Murder Case. Section 311 CrPC Discretion Upheld as No Prejudice to Accused When Cross-Examination Opportunity Given....

The applicants, Kalpesh Ramnath Saroj @ Chhotu and Ravindrakumar Ramhatai Yadav, were accused in Sessions Case No.743 of 2012 pending before the Additional Sessions Judge, Thane, for offences includin...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Cancellation of Law College Admission for SC Candidate and Directs College to Grant Admission. External 12th Pass Candidate Not Required to Produce 11th Standard Marksheet Under Rules of Legal Education, 2008 as Per Precedent....

The case involved a challenge to the cancellation of admission to a five-year integrated LL.B. course by a law college in Pune. The petitioner, belonging to the Scheduled Caste category, had passed th...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Writ Petition Upholding Scrutiny Committee's Invalidation of Caste Certificate as 'Sutar OBC'. Claim of 'Sutar OBC' Rejected Despite Findings Indicating 'Hindu Lohar' as Marriage Does Not Confer Spouse's Caste Status Under Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961....

The petitioner, Smt. Kantabai Ramchandra Sutar, obtained a caste certificate dated 22 September 2015 certifying her as belonging to 'Sutar, Other Backward Class'. She contested and won the Panchayat S...

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High Court Quashes Order Excluding B.Ed. Teachers from Seniority List of Trained Graduate Teachers; Holds That B.Ed. Alone Sufficient Under G.R. 11/11/2011. B.Ed. Qualification Alone Confers Trained Graduate Status Overriding Earlier G.R. Requiring D.Ed....

Two groups of primary school teachers approached the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the exclusion of their names from the seniority list of trained graduate teachers main...