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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Service Tax Demand on Construction of Port Services. Services by way of construction of original works pertaining to a port are exempt from service tax under Notification No.25/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012, Entry No.14....

The petitioners, JSW Dharmatar Port Pvt. Ltd. and JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd., are companies engaged in developing and operating ports. In the course of their business, they availed construction services fr...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision Application, Discharges Wife Accused of Abetting Husband's Suicide Under Section 306 IPC. Marital Discord and Vulgar Messages Without Direct Instigation Do Not Constitute Abetment to Suicide....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by the applicant/accused wife against the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Thane, rejecting her discharge application in a prosecution un...

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Bombay High Court Issues Notice in Petition Challenging Inadequate Interim Maintenance Under Domestic Violence Act. Courts Below Awarded Only Rs.8,000 Per Month Despite Uncontroverted Evidence of Respondent's Salary of 1500 Dirhams Per Month Under Section 23(2) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The petitioner, Catherine Edward Anthony, filed a Writ Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the judgment and order dated 28.11.2013 passed by the learned Metropolitan Ma...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Juvenile Plea in Rape Case — Ossification Test Indicates Age Above 18 Years. Margin of Error Not Applied as Test Conducted Near Incident Date and School Records Not Produced....

The petitioner, Shaikh Azhar @ Shahrukh s/o Shaikh Shikur, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the rejection of his application to be tried as a juvenile. He was fa...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Rash Driving Case Due to Lack of Evidence on Identity and Negligence. Concurrent Conviction Under Sections 279, 337, 304A IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Accused Was Driver of KSRTC Bus Involved in Fatal Accident....

The petitioner, Chand Basha, was convicted by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bellary, in C.C. No. 165 of 2007 for offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (I...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Non-Cumulative Age Relaxation in Public Service Recruitment — Conflicting Division Bench Decisions Resolved. Age relaxation for multiple categories (physically handicapped, reserved category) cannot be cumulated unless rules expressly provide for cumulative benefit....

The Maharashtra Public Service Commission filed two writ petitions challenging orders that allowed cumulative age relaxation to candidates who were both physically handicapped and from reserved catego...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Assistant Teacher Seeking Salary as per Government Resolution — Held that Private Aided School Must Pay Salary as per Government Resolution and Not Less Than Minimum of Pay Scale. The court directed payment of arrears with interest at 6% per annum....

The petitioner, Sanjay s/o Umaji Kamble, an assistant teacher at Panchsheel Primary School, Nanded, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking direction to the respon...