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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Against Rejection of Nomination in Municipal Election - Petitioner's Nomination Form Not Accompanied by Political Party Certificate in Form No. 2. Court Holds That Correction of Decision Furthering Election Process Is Not Interference Under Article 243O....

The petitioner, Smt. Yamu Eknath Anturkar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the rejection of her nomination form to contest the municipal election as a councillor from Wa...

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Bombay High Court Remands Motor Accident Claim Case Due to Manipulated Panchnama and Sketch. Alleged fabrication of evidence warrants fresh adjudication by Tribunal with liberty to parties to lead evidence....

The case arises from a motor accident claim where the respondent claimant, Oswald Caldeira, represented by his mother Clara Eugenia Caldeira, sought compensation for injuries sustained in a vehicular ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision Application in Arbitration Clause Survival Case — Civil Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Disputes Arising from Terminated Leave and Licence Agreement. Arbitration Clause Survives Bilateral Termination of Agreement Under Section 16(1)(a) of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Barring Civil Suit for Recovery of Security Deposit....

The case involves a Civil Revision Application filed by the defendant (applicant) against an order of the City Civil Court, Bombay, which dismissed the defendant's Notice of Motion seeking dismissal o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Judgment Debtor's Application to Set Aside Consent Decree in Commercial Execution — Consent Decree Not a Nullity Despite Alleged Non-Compliance with Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC. Court Holds That Undertakings Given to Court Cannot Be Unilaterally Withdrawn and Execution Proceedings Are Continuation of Suit....

The case involves a Chamber Summons filed by the original Judgment Debtor No.2 (Firoz A Nadiadwala) and his proprietary firm Base Industries Group seeking to be relieved of undertakings given to the c...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Unfair Labour Practice Complaints Due to Lack of Jurisdiction to Determine Direct Employment. The Court Holds That Claims of Sham Contract and Direct Employment Under Section 28 of MRTU & PULP Act Must Be Raised Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Not Before the Industrial Court Hearing Unfair Labour Complaints....

The dispute pertained to petitioners employed by a contractor of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (M.S.E.B.) who sought to be treated as direct employees of the board and claimed permanency and...

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High Court of Bombay Quashes Labour Court and Industrial Court Orders in Unfair Labour Practice Complaint Under MRTU & PULP Act Due to Misdirection in Law. Court Holds That No Victimization or Bad Faith Was Found, and Retrenchment Due to Surplus Employee Was Not Illegal Under Section 25F of Industrial Disputes Act....

The dispute arose from the retrenchment of Thanpal Subhaiysh, a driver employed by M/s. Colliers International (India) Property Services Limited. He was appointed on 19 February 1996 and worked at the...

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High Court Rejects Challenge to Land Acquisition Award Under MRTP Act; Section 24(2) of New Land Acquisition Act Held Inapplicable. Acquisition Proceeding Saved by Section 114 of 2013 Act and Section 6 of General Clauses Act, Compensation Determined per Section 24(1)(a)....

The petitioner, owner of land admeasuring 9 Gunthas of City Survey No. 3328 at Bhosari, challenged an acquisition award under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966 and consequent notice und...

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Bombay High Court Evaluates Appeal by Convicted Accused Against Conviction Under Sections 302 and 324 IPC. The Trial Court Conviction Was Based on Eyewitness Testimony and the Fact That the Weapon Remained Embedded in the Deceased's Skull....

The accused Anil Bansi Alhat was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar in Sessions Case No. 254 of 2010 for offences under Section 302 (murder) and Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Rejecting Koli Mahadev Tribe Claim of Siblings. Validity Certificates of Father and Paternal Relatives Held Binding Absent Fraud, and Suspicion of Alteration in School Record Not Sufficient to Deny Tribe Claim....

The case concerned a challenge to an order of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Aurangabad, which had rejected the claim of siblings Rupali and Akshay Shinde that they belonged to th...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Dismisses Eye-Witness's Writ Petition Against Acquittal for Lack of Locus Standi. Mere citation as a witness does not confer standing to challenge acquittal; appeal lies only with the State or victim under Sections 372 and 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....

The petitioner, Siraj Daulatkhan Pathan, was cited as an eye witness in a murder case (Avinash Bharate, murdered on 31 March 2009) but was not examined during the trial. The prosecution's case was tha...