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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Concurrent Findings on Service of Summons in Civil Suit — Petitioner Failed to Prove Lack of Service Under Order IX Rule 13 CPC....

The petitioner, Jasbirsingh Kohli, filed a writ petition challenging two orders: one by the Civil Judge, Junior Division, Kamptee dated 11.1.2017, and another by the Principal District Judge, Nagpur d...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Classification of Plant Growth Promoters as Excisable Goods Under Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. Products Containing NPK as Essential Constituent Classified as 'Other Fertilizers' Under Note 6 Chapter 3105, Attracting 1% Duty....

The petitioners, Dharti Agro Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. and its director, challenged an order dated 8 March 2017 passed by the Commissioner of Central Excise, Nagpur, which classified 36 products marketed as...

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Bombay High Court Allows Assessee's Appeal in Permanent Establishment Case — Remand by Tribunal Set Aside. The Court held that the burden of proving the existence of a Permanent Establishment lies on the Revenue, and the Tribunal erred in remanding the matter without such proof under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961....

The case involves three Income Tax Appeals filed by the assessee, Co-operative Centrale Reiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B. A., a Dutch cooperative bank, challenging the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tri...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Lapsing of Land Reservation Under Section 127 of MRTP Act - Reservation for Garden Purposes Deemed Lapsed Due to Non-Acquisition Within Statutory Period...

The petitioners, owners of final plot No.481 in Town Planning Scheme No.1 at Karad, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a declaration that the reservation/desi...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Dismisses Appeals Against Conviction Under Sections 302 and 201 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code in Newborn Murder Case. DNA Evidence Conclusively Proves that Both Accused Were Biological Parents of Deceased Child, Justifying Inference of Common Intention to Strangulate and Bury the Body....

(1) The appeals arose from the conviction of two accused for murdering a newborn female child and causing disappearance of its body. The prosecution alleged that accused No.1 gave birth to a female ch...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Father for Rape of Minor Daughter Under Section 376(2) IPC — Evidence of Prosecutrix Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical and Circumstantial Evidence. The court held that the sole testimony of the prosecutrix, if credible, is sufficient for conviction, and delay in FIR was satisfactorily explained....

The appellant, Salim Khan s/o Noor Khan, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Aurangabad, in Special Case No. 06 of 2015 for offences under Sections 376(2), 506, and 323 of the Indian Penal...

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Bombay High Court Directs Payment of Compensation for Railway Encroachment on Private Land Without Acquisition. Petitioner's land used for railway line without acquisition proceedings; court orders compensation under RFCTLARR Act, 2013....

The petitioner, Sumit S/o Ashokkumar Bharadiya, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad alleging that the Railway Authorities (respondent nos. 1 to 4) had encroached upon a po...

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High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad Allows Workman's Appeal Against Dismissal of Compensation Claim on Ground of Territorial Jurisdiction; Holds Objection Requires Prejudice Under Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The Court ruled that Section 21 of the Act is a beneficial provision and the Commissioner should not have rejected the claim on hyper-technical grounds....

The appeal arose from the dismissal of a workman's claim for compensation by the Commissioner for Employees Compensation, Latur, on the ground of lack of territorial jurisdiction. The appellant, a dri...

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High Court Dismisses PIL Alleging Illegal Quarrying and Trespass into Reserve Forest for Lack of Specific Allegations. Court holds that a PIL cannot be entertained based on vague allegations without proper verification and specific details of violations....

The petitioner, Mr. Kishore K Vasu, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, styled as a public interest litigation (PIL), alleging that certain private persons o...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheque Dishonour Case Due to Lack of Proper Service of Demand Notice. Service of notice under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 must be at the correct address; notice sent to a closed office address is invalid....

The petitioners, Mukeshbhai Balabhai Patel and his wife Ranjanben, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s...