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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act Due to Non-Application of Mind — Detaining Authority Failed to Consider Grant of Bail in Similar Cases. Preventive Detention Order Set Aside as Subjective Satisfaction Was Not Based on Relevant Material Under Section 3 of Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981....

The petitioner, Rohit Kesrinath Patil @ Dappu, challenged a detention order dated 6th January 2018 issued under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootlegger...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by Employer Challenging Industrial Court's Order of Reinstatement of Workman. The court upheld the Industrial Court's finding that the domestic enquiry was perverse and the punishment of dismissal was disproportionate to the misconduct of threatening behavior and inciting workmen....

The petitioner, Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, challenged the final order dated 24th March 2017 passed by the Industrial Court Mumbai in Complaint (ULP) 183 of 2010 and Revision Appli...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in SC/ST Act Case Due to Lack of Public View Element. Alleged Caste-Based Insults Occurred Inside Police Station, Not in Public View, Failing to Attract Section 3(1)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The petitioners, ten individuals, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing of FIR No. 0154 of 2017 registered at Udgir Police Station, District La...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking CBI Probe into Alleged Custodial Death. Medical Evidence Shows Natural Death Due to Pneumonia, Contradicting Claims of Police Custodial Violence Under Section 177 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973....

The petitioner, wife of the deceased Ashok Londhe, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Bombay High Court seeking a direction for a CBI inquiry into the alle...

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Bombay High Court Allows Discharge of Revenue Officers in Abetment to Suicide Case — No Prima Facie Case of Mens Rea Established. Court holds that mere performance of official duty without criminal intent does not attract Section 306 IPC....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by two revenue officers (applicants) challenging an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Khamgaon, which rejected their application for disch...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Failure to Prove Victim's Age. Conviction under Section 376(1) IPC and Section 4 POCSO Act set aside as prosecution failed to establish victim was a child under POCSO Act....

The appellant, Prashant Korwate, was convicted by the Special Judge, Chandrapur, for offences under Section 376(1) IPC read with Section 3 punishable under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from...

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Bombay High Court Allows Teacher's Transfer from MCVC Course to Secondary School, Quashes Cancellation of Approval. Education Officer's order cancelling transfer approval set aside as management has power to transfer under Rule 41 of MEPS Rules, 1981....

The petitioner, Sakharam Shankarrao Kaldate, was employed as a teacher in the MCVC Course at Deshbhakta Baburao Patil Vidyalaya and Kanishta Mahavidyalaya, LoniGawali, run by Shri Shivaji Shikshan San...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Petition Seeking Cumulative Age Relaxation for Government Servant Belonging to OBC Category. Age relaxation for government servants and OBC candidates cannot be cumulated; each relaxation is separate and maximum age limit is fixed....

The petitioner, Shri Dilip V. Sawant, was a Draughtsman Grade-II in the Town and Country Planning Department, Government of Goa, and belonged to the Other Backward Class (OBC). He applied for the post...

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Bombay High Court Adjudicates Petitions Challenging Mumbai Port Trust's Summary Eviction Notices Under Bye-law No.9. Petitioners Sought Declaration That Bye-law No.9 Ultra Vires Public Premises Act and Violated Natural Justice....

In a batch of writ petitions, occupants of structures at Reay Road, Mazgaon, Mumbai, challenged eviction notices issued by the Mumbai Port Trust on 06.11.2017 directing them to vacate within twelve ho...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by B.E.S.T. Undertaking Challenging Commissioner's Order for Alternative Employment of Disabled Employee. Employer Must Provide Alternate Post with Same Pay Scale to Bus Driver Who Acquired 30% Vision Loss During Service Under Section 47 of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995....

The Petitioner, General Manager of B.E.S.T. Undertaking, challenged an order of the Commissioner, Handicapped Welfare, Maharashtra State, directing them to engage Respondent No.1, a bus driver who acq...