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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused Under Section 376/511 IPC for Attempt to Rape Minor, Enhances Sentence Due to Leniency. Conviction Rest Solely on Child Victim’s Credible Testimony and Corroborative Medical Evidence Showing Abrasion and Ruptured Hymen Without Penetration....

The case arose from an incident on 24.10.2009, in which a ten-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her neighbour. The child had gone to the accused's house alone to fetch a tiffin for the accused�...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Cheque Dishonour Case, Sets Aside Acquittal. Presumption under Sections 118(a) and 139 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 not rebutted by accused....

The appellant, Dr. Kailash Charkha, was the original complainant in Summary Criminal Case 160 of 2004 before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Washim. He filed a complaint against the respondent-ac...

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Bombay High Court Allows Husband's Challenge in Part in Maintenance Dispute — Orders Family Court to Record Reasons for Granting Maintenance from Date of Application. Statutory Deductions Only Considered for Maintenance Computation Under Section 125 CrPC....

The petitioner, Shashank Mohanlal Rangari, challenged an order dated 8th December 2016 passed by the Family Court-II, Nagpur, granting interim maintenance of Rs. 15,000 per month to his wife, the resp...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to POCSO Court Orders Allowing Victim's Evidence Recording and Denying Audio-Video Copies. Petitioner's Failure to Object at Trial Stage Precludes Later Challenge; Section 35 POCSO Act Irregularity Cured by Consent....

The petitioner, Shubham Vilas Tayade, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, challenging two orders passed by the Special Court, Pusad, under the Protection of Chil...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Rejection of Application to Reject Plaint in Suit for Specific Performance. Suit for specific performance of agreement for sale filed after ten years from the stipulated date of performance is barred by limitation under Article 54 of Limitation Act, 1963....

The petitioners, who were defendants in a suit for specific performance, challenged an order of the City Civil Court, Mumbai, which rejected their application (Notice of Motion No.3049 of 2017) seekin...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Concurrent Findings in Injunction Suit — Petitioners Failed to Prove Title Over Suit Property. The Court upheld the rejection of interim injunction as the petitioners' title was already negated in earlier Second Appeal No. 111 of 1986....

The petitioners, Vishal Bhagwan Chandanshive and Ilahi Bandu Barudwale, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the concurrent findings of the 2nd Joint Civil ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Personal Secretaries for Pay Refixation by Merging Special Pay into Basic Pay. The court held that special pay granted for higher responsibilities must be merged upon promotion to a higher post, quashing the state's order denying the benefit....

The petitioners, an association of Personal Assistants, Private Secretaries, and Senior Private Secretaries of the Bombay High Court, along with an individual member, filed a writ petition challenging...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Non-Supply of Vital Documents — Failure to Furnish In-Camera Statements and Documents Violates Article 22(5) of Constitution and Section 8 of MPDA Act....

The petitioner, Hanuman Rajaram Mhatre, was detained under an order dated 6th September 2017 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Thane, under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Credit Card Fraud Case Due to Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction. Offence of Cheating Alleged Against Indian Citizen for Loan Obtained in Dubai Cannot Be Investigated by Indian Police as Entire Cause of Action Arose Outside India....

The petitioner, Jaideep Pradeep Zaveri, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Abetment of Suicide Case Against Retired Government Servant — No Proximate Link Between Alleged Acts and Suicide. The court held that mere allegations of harassment without direct instigation are insufficient to sustain a charge under Section 306 IPC, and quashed the FIR under Section 482 CrPC....

The petitioner, Jaiprakash Dashrath Bhutange, a retired government servant who served as Director of Vocational Education and Training, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, filed a criminal writ petition under ...