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Bombay High Court Allows Amendment of Written Statement in Divorce Case Due to Pre-trial Stage and No Prejudice. Order 6 Rule 17 CPC Applied Liberally to Allow Wife to Incorporate Allegations of Husband's False Assurances and Misrepresentation....

The petitioner-wife filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 15/02/2017 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Kolhapur in P.A. No.110 of 2015, rejecting her application for amendment o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Section 9 Petition for Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction in Foreign Award Enforcement. Court holds that under the amended Section 2(1)(e) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, only the High Court having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the award can entertain interim measures, not any court where assets are located....

The petitioner, Trammo DMCC, a company incorporated in the UAE, obtained a foreign arbitral award against the respondent, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., an Indian company. Before seeking en...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order in MCOCA Case for Non-Application of Mind and Lack of Satisfying Material. Preventive Detention under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 set aside as the detaining authority failed to consider vital documents and the subjective satisfaction was based on irrelevant material....

The petitioner, Shaikh Hafiz Shaikh Yusuf, was detained under Section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) by an order dated 01/03/2017 passed by the Commissioner of Po...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Credible Witnesses. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Fails as Prosecution Witnesses Turn Hostile and Medical Evidence Does Not Support the Prosecution Case....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment of the Sessions Court acquitting the respondents of offences under Sections 302, 324, 201, 149, 34, 147, 148 of the Indian Penal Code. The case a...

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Bombay High Court Considers Writ Petition Challenging Waqf Board Notice on Land Exchange — Exchange of Waqf Property Allegedly Without Required Sanction Under Section 32(2)(j) of Waqf Act, 1995. Court Examines Whether Notice Was Final Decision or Show-Cause, and Whether Exchange Valid Despite Internal Board Procedural Issues....

The petitioners, a partnership firm and its partner, challenged a notice issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs, which questioned the validity of an exchange tra...

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High Court considers challenge to Indian Nursing Council's authority to recognise nursing institutions under Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947. Petitions filed questioning INC's power to publish list of recognised institutions and state reliance on INC approval for scholarships and admissions....

The matter involved two writ petitions filed before the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court. The first petition, Writ Petition No. 11260 of 2017, was instituted by the Private Nursing Schools an...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Land Acquisition for Industrial Development Corporation — Petitioners Failed to Show Any Legal Right or Entitlement to Compensation Under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The petitioners, Shaikh Kalim Shaikh Mohammad and Sayanoorbee w/o Shaikh Mohammad, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad challenging the acquisition of their land by the Mah...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Harassment Soon Before Death. Conviction under Section 306 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Abetment of Suicide....

The appellant, Sushilabai Verma, was convicted by the trial court under Sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly abetting the suicide of her daughter-in-law, Laxmi, who died by set...