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Bombay High Court at Aurangabad Hears Letters Patent Appeal Against Dismissal of Review in Kulkarni Watan Land Regrant Case. Decides on Rights of Purchaser Versus Successors of Original Watandar Under Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950....

The dispute involved lands bearing Survey Nos. 135 and 144 at Jamda, Jalgaon, originally held as Kulkarni Watan. In 1944, the vendor Ramchandra Tembulkar sold the lands to Keshav Patil for Rs. 13,000,...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Three Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Related Witnesses and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was a close relative and her testimony was inconsistent with medical evidence....

The appellants, original accused Nos. 5, 6, and 8, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Omerga, for the murder of one person under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced to lif...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Application for Condonation of Delay and Setting Aside Abatement in Second Appeal Due to Inordinate Delay and Lack of Sufficient Cause. Legal heirs failed to explain delay of over 5 years in seeking restoration of appeal after appellant's death....

The present litigation arises from a second appeal filed in 1994 which was disposed of as abated on 20.07.2012 due to the death of the sole appellant Shankar Deoji Sonwane on 24.11.2007. The legal hei...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Information Commission Order Directing Disclosure of Notices Issued to Judges Under RTI Act. The Court held that notices issued by the High Court to its judges are exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 as they relate to personal information of judges....

The case involves two writ petitions filed by the State Public Information Officer and Deputy Registrar (Establishment) of the High Court of Karnataka challenging an order dated 30.04.2013 passed by t...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Information Commission Order Directing Disclosure of Notices Issued to Judges Under RTI Act — Notices Held to Be 'Personal Information' Exempt Under Section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act, 2005...

The High Court of Karnataka allowed two writ petitions filed by the State Public Information Officer and Deputy Registrar (Establishment) of the High Court of Karnataka, challenging an order of the Ka...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Minister's Order Setting Aside Supersession of Market Committee. Minister's order set aside for being unreasoned and without consideration of material on record under Section 45 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963....

The petitioner, Dr. Dipraj P. Ilamkar, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 19.09.2018 passed by the Minister for Co-operation, Government of Maharashtra. The Minister had allowed an appea...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Assistant Professor in Atrocities Act Case — Allegations of Caste-Based Insults Found to Be Vague and Malafide. The court held that the bar under Section 18 of the SC/ST Act does not apply when no prima facie case is made out, and the complaint appeared to be motivated by malafide intentions....

The appellant, Sapana Korde, an Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering, Pune, filed an appeal against the rejection of her anticipatory bail application in Crime No.3210/2017 registered at ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Injunction in Electricity Act Dispute — LILO Scheme Not a 'Works' Under Section 164. Court holds that LILO scheme does not constitute 'laying of electric lines' under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, and that the District Judge correctly upheld the injunction against the petitioner....

The petitioner, Century Rayon Limited, challenged an order dated 28 June 2018 passed by the learned District Judge-4, Kalyan, dismissing its Miscellaneous Civil Appeal No.13 of 2018. The appeal arose ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Application Challenging Maintenance Grant to Wife Under Section 125 Cr.P.C. Concurrent findings of courts below upheld as husband failed to prove wife's desertion or lack of means....

The applicant-husband, Ashok Bongulwar, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) challenging the concurrent findings of the learned 5th Judicial...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Complaint Against Directors in Dishonour of Cheque Case — No Vicarious Liability Without Specific Averments. Complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 quashed as petitioners were not signatories to the cheque and complaint lacked specific allegations of their role in day-to-day affairs....

The petitioners, Shaju K. Nair and Riya Nair, were directors of M/s. Clariya Marketing Services Private Limited. The respondent, M/s. S.L.V. Steels & Alloys Pvt. Ltd., filed a complaint under Section ...