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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Market Fee on Confectionery and Food Drinks Under APMC Act. Confectionery and Food Drinks Are Not 'Agricultural Produce' Under Section 2(a) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, and Hence Not Subject to Market Fee....

The petitioner, Cadbury India Limited, a company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, manufactures confectionery and food drinks at its factory in Thane, Maharashtra. The State of Mahara...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Direction to Accept Cranes and Injunction Against Bank Guarantee Encashment in Tender Dispute. Contractor Failed to Supply Specific Cranes as Per Tender Conditions, No Entitlement to Modification of Contract Terms....

The petitioners, G.R. Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. and its director, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the respondent, ONGC Ltd., to accept 4 x 75 MT Cranes offered ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petitions Challenging Land Acquisition Notifications Under KIAD Act — Section 24 of RFCTLARR Act, 2013 Not Applicable. Land Acquisition for Industrial Development Under KIAD Act, 1966 Held Not Governed by the 2013 Act, and Notifications Do Not Lapse....

The petitioners, landowners in Belagola village, Srirangapattana taluk, Mandya district, challenged the preliminary notification dated 15.09.2000 issued under Section 3(1) of the Karnataka Industrial ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness. Conviction under Section 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 161 IPC set aside as sole trap witness was interested and testimony uncorroborated....

The appellant, Shridhar Ramkrushna Fale, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Akola, for offences under Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 324 IPC for Causing Hurt by Wooden Plank, Reduces Sentence Due to Long Pendency. Accused struck deceased on head with wooden plank causing death, but murder charge not proven; sentence reduced to period already undergone....

The appellant, Dhondu s/o Patru Waghmare, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt by a dangerous weapon, nam...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Compensation Case — Deemed Untoward Incident Under Section 124A of Railways Act, 1989. Deceased's fall from running train held to be an untoward incident, reversing Railway Claims Tribunal's rejection of compensation....

The case involves an appeal by the widow and son of Gautam Kamble, who died after falling from a running train (No. 57548) at Latur Road Railway Station on 21 January 2012. The appellants claimed comp...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Charge Under Section 304 IPC Against Junior Engineer in Electrocution Death — No Prima Facie Case of Culpable Homicide. Petitioner's act of instructing opening of jumpers without ensuring safety measures did not constitute culpable negligence as death was due to electrocution of a third party not directly connected to the work....

The petitioner, Vishnu V. Vaze, a Junior Engineer in the Electricity Department, Goa, filed a criminal writ petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeals Against Conviction for Rape of a Three-Year-Old Girl Under Section 376(f) IPC and Section 34. The Court Held That Non-Examination of the Infant Victim and Mother Was Not Fatal Due to Credible Eye-Witness Account, and Charging Under Section 376(f) Instead of Gang Rape Provision Did Not Cause a Failure of Justice....

The High Court of Bombay dismissed two criminal appeals against the conviction of two men for raping a three-year-old girl. The appellants, neighbours of the victim in a Mumbai locality, were convicte...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Dispute over loan repayment and property transfer held to be predominantly civil, not criminal, warranting quashing under Section 482 CrPC....

The applicants, Santosh Adinath Ghalage and Vidya Santosh Ghalage, were accused in Crime No.14 of 2017 registered at Ajintha Police Station, Aurangabad, for offences punishable under Section 406 read ...