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Bombay High Court Quashes Process Against Advocate in Cheating Case — No Prima Facie Case Made Out. Alleged Agreement to Sell Not Registered and Complainant Aware of Litigation, Lacking Ingredients of Section 420 IPC....

The applicant, Nasir Mohammed Khan, an advocate by profession, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) challenging the order of issuance of proces...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Dowry and Cruelty Case Following Amicable Settlement Between Spouses. The court held that continuation of proceedings after settlement would be an abuse of process of law under Section 482 CrPC....

The petitioners, who were accused Nos.1, 3 to 6 in C.C.No.16/2017 pending before the Prl. Munsiff and JMFC Court, Raichur, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 se...

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High Court of Karnataka Hears Revenue's Appeals Against ITAT Decision Favoring Assessee on Deduction of Distributable Surplus Payment to Brand Owner. Court Examines Whether Payment is Allowable Under Section 37 of Income Tax Act, 1961 or Constitutes Application of Income or Diversion by Overriding Title....

The present set of five tax appeals arises under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, filed by the Revenue against the common order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bengaluru, for assessmen...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Deletion of Names from Electoral Rolls After Elections Held. Election Results Cannot Be Set Aside Without Proving Material Effect Under Section 12 of Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act, 1958....

The petitioners, Avantika Ramesh Lekurwale and Atul Ramdas Balbudhe, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) seeking a direction to the respondents (State Electi...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Allows Writ Petition in Part and Directs Extension of Liberalised Compensation Policy to Cooperative Landowners. Distinction Between Landowners Based on Protest Held Arbitrary and Violative of Article 14; Possession Taken After Enactment of Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013....

The petitioners, twenty individuals engaged in agriculture and agricultural labour from Kelpani village, challenged the denial of enhanced compensation under a 2015 government resolution, having earli...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery of ACP Benefit from Retired Disabled Peon in Violation of Supreme Court Precedents and Section 47(2) of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995. Recovery After Superannuation Held Impermissible and Denial of ACP Scale Due to Disability Found Discriminatory....

The petitioner, a 55% disabled peon employed with the Zilla Parishad, Amravati, was promoted to Junior Assistant on 05.04.2006. He declined the promotion on 06.09.2006, citing his disability and inabi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses LPA Against Single Judge's Order Setting Aside Administrative Tribunal's Rejection of Section 8A Application Under Goa Mundkars Act. Finding that Prior Summary Inquiry Under Section 29 Does Not Bar a Fresh Declaration Under Section 8A, Division Bench Directs Mamlatdar to Decide Mundkarial Rights on Merits....

The case arose from a dispute over mundkarial rights under the Goa, Daman and Diu Mundkars (Protection from Eviction) Act, 1975. The respondents claimed mundkar status in respect of a dwelling house, ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appointment of Arbitrator in Commercial Arbitration Dispute Over Charter Hire Agreement. Respondent Waived 60-Day Notice Requirement by Not Objecting to Invocation of Arbitration....

The applicant, Transocean Drilling Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., and the respondent, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., entered into an agreement on 24 May 2012 for charter hire of a drilling unit. Dis...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Against Order for Possession of Bungalow in Execution of Consent Decree — Third Party Claim of Ownership Requires Proper Inquiry. Court Receiver Not to Take Possession of Property Claimed by Appellant Under Registered Sale Deed Without Adjudication Under Order XXI Rule 58 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The appellant, Gunjan Pujit Aggarwal, filed an appeal against an order dated 25 July 2018 passed by a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court in Commercial Chamber Summons (L) No.763 of 2018 in ...