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Bombay High Court Dismisses Probate Petition for Will and Codicil of Dr. Bharati Nanavati Due to Suspicious Circumstances and Failure to Dispel Doubts. Court holds that propounders must prove due execution and testamentary capacity beyond suspicion, and failure to examine attesting witnesses or explain unnatural bequests leads to rejection of probate....

The judgment concerns two testamentary proceedings: a Miscellaneous Petition No. 39 of 2004 in Testamentary Petition No. 233 of 2004 and a Testamentary Suit No. 4 of 2005 in Testamentary Petition No. ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal to Condon 902-Day Delay in Setting Aside Ex-Parte Order. Delay of 902 days in seeking to set aside order 'Suit to proceed without written statement' not sufficiently explained; Court upholds trial court's refusal to condone delay....

The petitioner, Rupchand Rajmalji Jain (Sancheti), was defendant No.2 in a suit filed before the City Civil Court, Mumbai. The suit was originally filed in the High Court and later transferred to the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Tenant's Intervention in SARFAESI Proceedings, Remands for Fresh Hearing on Tenancy Issue. The court held that the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has jurisdiction to decide tenancy claims under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961, and cannot relegate the issue to the Debt Recovery Tribunal without proper consideration....

The petitioner, Amit Mohan Bhatia, claiming to be a tenant of secured assets under an Agreement of Tenancy dated 30 March 2000, filed an intervention application (Exhibit-9) in proceedings before the ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Tenant's Petition Against Bank's Possession in SARFAESI Proceedings — Tenancy Dispute Must Be Adjudicated by DRT, Not Magistrate Under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act....

The petitioner, Amit Mohan Bhatia, claiming to be a tenant of a property secured by Maratha Sahkari Bank Ltd., filed an intervention application before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai, seeki...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Furlough Leave Petition — Inability to Furnish Surety Not a Valid Ground for Denial. Furlough is a Right of a Prisoner Under Prisons Act and Rules, Aimed at Reformation and Social Reintegration....

The petitioner, Madhav Sayaji Redas, a convict prisoner undergoing sentence at Central Prison, Nashik, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging the de...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision Against Discharge in Forgery Case, Restores Process Against Accused. Court holds that Magistrate's order discharging accused for want of sanction under Section 197 CrPC was erroneous as the accused, an advocate, was not acting in discharge of official duty when allegedly forging documents....

The case arises from a complaint filed by Pawankumar Sarraiya (later prosecuted by his widow Sudha Sarraiya) alleging forgery of a will by the accused, including Omprakash Khemchandani and Ashok Jain....

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Orders Under SC/ST Act for Lack of Caste Certificate Verification — Land Grant Cancellation Set Aside as Authorities Failed to Establish Grantee's Caste Status....

The case involves three writ petitions filed by Thomas Ashok Issac and Anne Issac challenging orders passed by the Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes a...