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Bombay High Court Dismisses Application to Set Aside Consent Terms in Eviction Suit Due to Breach of Undertaking and Delay. Applicants who gave a solemn undertaking to vacate premises by 31st December 2016 and violated it cannot be permitted to resile from consent terms after 12 years....

The case arises from a long-standing eviction dispute. The respondent-plaintiff (licensor) instituted S.C. Suit No. 869 of 1975 against the applicants-defendants (licensees) seeking vacant possession ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Restitution of Conjugal Rights Decree for Husband in Mohomedan Law Case — Wife’s Cruelty Defence Rejected as Unsubstantiated. Wife Failed to Prove Cruelty Under Section 281(2) of Mohomedan Law to Defeat Husband’s Suit for Restitution of Conjugal Rights....

The dispute arose from a Muslim marriage solemnized on 03.05.2014. The husband filed a petition under Section 281(1) of Mohomedan Law for restitution of conjugal rights before the Family Court, Aurang...

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High Court of Bombay Sets Aside Exparte Divorce Decree Due to Non-Compliance with Summons Service Rules. Family Court Failed to Require Affidavit of Bailiff or Examine Him as Mandated by Rule 19 of Family Court Rules, 1988 and Order V Rules 17, 19 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

This is an appeal filed by the husband against an exparte decree of dissolution of marriage granted by the Family Court, Aurangabad on the grounds of cruelty and desertion under Section 13(1)(ia) and ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petitions of Bank Employee Challenging Dismissal Without Prior Approval Under Regulation 4(1) of Syndicate Bank Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976. Dismissal Set Aside as Void Ab Initio, Petitioner Deemed Voluntarily Retired Entitled to Ex-Gratia and Pension....

The petitioner, S M Adiga, was an officer in senior management grade scale-V at Syndicate Bank. He was dismissed from service by an order dated 03.10.2001. The petitioner challenged the dismissal and ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Bank Employee's Writ Petitions for Ex-Gratia and Pension Arrears — Syndicate Bank Directed to Pay Balance 50% Ex-Gratia with Interest and Recompute Pension. The court held that ex-gratia is a contractual benefit and cannot be withheld arbitrarily, and that the penalty of reduction in pension by 50% for five years was disproportionate....

The petitioner, S M Adiga, a retired Assistant General Manager of Syndicate Bank, filed two writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In W.P.No.18992/2003, he sought quashing of o...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State Appeals Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Cases — Prosecution Fails to Prove Demand of Dowry and Harassment. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal under Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act due to lack of evidence of dowry demand....

The State of Karnataka filed two criminal appeals under Section 378(1) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment and order of acquittal dated 28.2.2011 passed by the Ad...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses State Appeals Against Acquittal in Dowry Death Cases — Prosecution Fails to Prove Demand of Dowry and Harassment Beyond Reasonable Doubt. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal under Sections 498-A and 304-B of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act as the evidence was insufficient and witnesses turned hostile....

The State of Karnataka filed two criminal appeals under Section 378(1) & (3) of Cr.P.C. against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 28.2.2011 passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses DCI Appeal, Allows BDS Student Migration on Medical Grounds. Cervical Spondylitis Held to Be a Valid Compassionate Ground Under BDS Course Regulations, 2007....

The case involves an intra-court appeal by the Dental Council of India (DCI) against a Single Judge's order allowing the migration of a BDS student (respondent No.1) from Maaruti College of Dental Sci...