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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Land Acquisition Case — Enhances Compensation to Rs.35,750 per Acre. Market Value Determined Based on Comparable Sale Deed and Precedent Judgment in Nagamma's Case....

The appellants, owners of dry land measuring 3 acres 8 guntas in Yelmamadi village, Chincholi Taluk, Kalaburagi District, had their land acquired by the Government for the Lower Mullamari Project via ...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Illegal Sand Mining Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 22 of Mines and Minerals Act. Proceedings under Section 379 IPC and other allied offences held not maintainable without prior sanction under Section 22 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957....

The petitioners, a lorry driver and lorry owner, filed a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of proceedings in Special Case No.64/2017 pending before t...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Criminal Breach of Trust Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Agreement cancellation and price revision dispute between contractor and client does not constitute criminal breach of trust under Section 406 IPC....

The applicant, Sumeet Kishor Nandeshwar, a businessman running a partnership firm named M/s. UN Multitech Engineers and Contractors, entered into an agreement with respondent no.2, Yogesh Jayant Mamid...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Abetment of Suicide. Conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Demand for Dowry or Instigation to Commit Suicide....

The appellant, Manohar s/o Jaideo Tembhare, was convicted by the 7th Assistant Sessions Judge, Nagpur, for offences under Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to rigorous...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Allows Appeal Against Conviction Under Sections 363 and 366 IPC for Kidnapping and Abduction Due to Failure to Prove Victim's Minority. Evidence that Victim was Below 18 Years Was Not Reliably Established as School Records Lacked Support of Original Entry Maker and Ossification Test Had Margin of Error....

The case arose from a criminal appeal filed by Ashok s/o Ramlakshtra Tiwari against his conviction by the 11th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, in Sessions Trial 126/2005 on 17.01.2006. The ap...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Suspension of Employee for Sexual Harassment in Air India — Two-Day Suspension with Subsistence Allowance Upheld as Proportionate Punishment. The court held that the punishment of two days suspension for sexual harassment was not shockingly disproportionate and the disciplinary proceedings were not vitiated....

The petitioner, T.S. Kolhatkar, an employee of Air India, challenged an order dated 23.12.2002 imposing a punishment of suspension for two days on loss of pay and wages, along with subsistence allowan...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Promotion with Retrospective Effect in Air India Corporation Case. Petitioner failed to establish any legal right to promotion or that the Respondent acted arbitrarily in not promoting him....

The Petitioner, T.S. Kolhatkar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Respondent, Air India Corporation, to promo...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Release of Full Retirement Benefits to Retired Employee. Retirement Benefits Constitute Property Under Article 300A of Constitution of India, Cannot Be Withheld Without Legal Authority....

The petitioner, Shri Babulal Fakira Vasaikar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court against the State of Maharashtra and other respondents, including the management of the institution whe...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employer's Petition Challenging Labour Court Award of Reinstatement with Back Wages. Termination of workman without compliance with Section 25F of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 held illegal, and reinstatement with full back wages upheld....

The petitioner, M/s. Carona Ltd., challenged the judgment and order of the Labour Court, Mumbai, dated 30th September 2016, in Reference (IDA) No. 156 of 1998, which directed reinstatement of the resp...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal by Paternal Grandmother in Guardianship Dispute Over Minor Child — Welfare of Child Paramount. Custody granted to paternal grandmother as maternal grandmother failed to prove her as a fit guardian under Guardians and Wards Act, 1890....

The case involves a dispute between the paternal grandmother (appellant) and the maternal grandmother (respondent) over the guardianship of a minor girl named Zeenat. Zeenat was born on 2nd March 2009...