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Bombay High Court Directs Removal of Encroachments Near Court Building and Bus Stand in Public Interest Litigation. Court Holds That Unruly Parking and Encroachments Causing Inconvenience to Litigants and Public Must Be Addressed by Competent Authorities....

The petitioner, Raosaheb Mahadev Borade, a social worker and agriculturist from Georai, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking removal of encroachme...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State's Revision in Excise Act Case — Confiscation of Vehicle Set Aside for Lack of Notice to Owner. Appellate Court's Order Upheld as Principles of Natural Justice Require Notice Before Confiscation Under Karnataka Excise Act, 1965....

The State of Karnataka filed a revision petition under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment and order dated 08.04.2011 passed by the Fast...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 326 IPC for Grievous Hurt with Dangerous Weapon. Appellate Court's Reversal of Acquittal Based on Proper Reappreciation of Evidence and Medical Testimony is Maintainable....

The case pertains to a criminal revision filed by Yogesh Gajanan Sayankar and Dhanraj Shalikrao Sayankar against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Wardha, dated 14.06.2018, in Criminal Ap...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction for Oral Sex on Minor Set Aside as Victim's Testimony Contradicted by Medical Evidence and Mother's Testimony....

The appellant, Rahul Shingade, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli in POCSO Case No.1/2015 for offences under Section 376(2)(i) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Pro...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Impleadment of Legal Representatives as Defendants in Individual Capacity in Specific Performance Suit. Order I Rule 10 CPC Allows Addition of Necessary Parties Claiming Independent Rights in Suit Property Despite Already Being on Record as LRs....

The petitioner filed a suit for specific performance of an agreement dated 11-11-2009 executed by the deceased defendant no.1 in respect of suit property. The deceased defendant filed a written statem...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Grandson in Murder of 82-Year-Old Grandmother over Property Dispute. Circumstantial Evidence Including Motive, Last Seen, Extra-Judicial Confession, and Recovery of Weapon Sufficient to Convict Under Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, Sagar Dwarkanath Patil, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his 82-year-old grandmother, Smt. Parvatibai Govind Pisekar, on 11 February 2009 at he...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Railway Employee for Theft of Parcels — Natural Justice Violation Claim Rejected. Disciplinary proceedings valid despite non-supply of inquiry report as employee failed to show prejudice....

The judgment concerns two cross writ petitions arising from disciplinary proceedings against V.M. Shukla, a Parcel Clerk employed by Central Railway, Kalyan. Shukla was charged with theft of parcels e...

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Bombay High Court Allows ESIC Appeal in Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd. v. ESIC — Club Held Not Exempt from ESI Act Coverage. Employees of a club engaged in betting activities are covered under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, as the club is a 'shop' within the meaning of the Act....

The case involves two writ petitions: one by Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd. challenging the applicability of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) to its employees, and another by the...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Suit for Possession Based on Title — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Court upholds that a co-owner can sue for possession without impleading other co-owners and that adverse possession cannot be claimed against a co-owner....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original defendants against the concurrent decrees of the trial court and first appellate court in a suit for possession and mesne profits. The plaintiff...

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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Contributory Negligence of Deceased. The Court apportioned liability 50:50 between the car driver and the truck driver, reducing the insurer's liability from full award to 50%....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the legal representatives of a deceased pillion rider. The deceased was riding pillion on a motorcycle when a car driven by one respondent and a tr...