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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Orders Against Petitioners in Maharashtra Police Act Case — Orders Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Section 56(1)(b) Requirements. Failure to Record Subjective Satisfaction and Provide In-camera Statements Renders Externment Orders Invalid....

The Bombay High Court at Nagpur Bench heard three criminal writ petitions challenging externment orders passed under Section 56(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. The petitioners, Shaikh Shahi...

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Bombay High Court Quashes MPDA Detention Order for Non-Communication of Documents — Violation of Section 8 MPDA Act. Preventive Detention Order Set Aside as Detenu Was Not Supplied Copies of In-Camera Statements and Bail Order, Depriving Him of Right to Make Effective Representation....

The petitioner, Omkar Chandrashekhar Kapare, challenged his preventive detention under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous Persons a...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Tuition Teacher for Sexual Assault of Minor Student Under POCSO Act and IPC. The court held that the victim's testimony was credible and corroborated by medical evidence, and the appellant's conduct of assaulting the victim constituted sexual assault under Section 9(l)(o)(p) of POCSO Act....

The appellant, Vikram Sakharam Jadhav, was a tuition teacher conducting classes under the name Gurukul Coaching Class. The victim, a minor boy aged about 14 years, was attending Sanskrit tuition since...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Common Intention. Conviction under Section 307 r/w 34 IPC Set Aside as Role of Appellant Was Only to Hold Victim's Hands, Not to Inflict Fatal Injury....

The appellant, Mogallappa Pentappa Komadi, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, for the offence punishable under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (I...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Collector's Refusal to Disqualify Sarpanch for Encroachment — No Encroachment on Public Land Found; Toilet Constructed on Private Land Does Not Attract Disqualification Under Section 14(1)(j-3) of Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act....

The petitioner, Sanjay Kantilal Thakare, an elected member of Grampanchayat Akkalkuwa, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad challenging the judgment of the Additional Commi...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Partition Suit — Res Judicata Not Applicable to Earlier Consent Decree Without Adjudication. Consent Decree Does Not Bar Subsequent Suit Under Section 11 CPC as There Is No Adjudication on Merits....

The appellant-plaintiff filed a suit for partition and separate possession of suit schedule A, B and C properties, claiming they were ancestral joint family properties governed by Mitakshara Hindu law...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Cold Storage Firm in Cattle Transport Case — No Prima Facie Offence Made Out Under Cow Slaughter Act. Allegations of illegal transport of cows for slaughter fail as the vehicle was carrying buffaloes, not cows, and the petitioners were not involved in the alleged cruelty....

The petitioners, Shrusthi Agro & Cold Storage and its partners, filed a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR No. 42/2018 registered at Mal Maruti Police Station, Belagavi, for of...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal for Non-Prosecution in Partition Suit — Appellant Absent Despite Adjournments. Failure to Appear Leads to Dismissal Under Order XLI Rule 17 CPC....

The appellant, Domegunta Venkatasesha Reddy, filed a Regular First Appeal under the Partition Act before the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru against multiple respondents. The appeal was listed fo...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petitioner's Claim for Deemed Lapse of Land Acquisition Under Section 24(2) of RFCTLARR Act, 2013 — Petitioner Failed to Prove Non-Payment of Compensation or Non-Taking of Possession....

The petitioner, claiming to be the owner of land acquired under a notification dated 24.06.1986 issued under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, filed writ petitions seeking a declaration ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Partition Suit — Res Judicata Not Applicable to Earlier Consent Decree Without Adjudication. Consent Decree Does Not Bar Subsequent Suit Under Section 11 CPC as There Is No Adjudication on Merits....

The appellant-plaintiff, Sangramappa, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of suit schedule A, B and C properties against his mother (first defendant) and sister-in-law (second defendant...