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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Part, Holds Concrete Mixture Machine Not a Motor Vehicle Under MV Act, but Upholds Compensation on Negligence Ground. The court ruled that the machine is not a 'motor vehicle' under Section 2(28) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, but the owner is liable for negligence in keeping it on the road without warning signs....

The case arises from a fatal accident on 12/12/2004 when Harish, riding a motorcycle, slipped on debris and fell onto a concrete mixture machine kept on the road by the appellant contractor, Seth Cons...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Decree for Specific Performance in Property Sale Dispute — Property Held Self-Acquired Despite Ancestral Origin. Property received in partition is self-acquired and vendor competent to alienate without consent of other family members....

The present second appeal arises from a decree for specific performance of an agreement to sell agricultural land. The respondent-plaintiff Raghunath Jagoji Shirpurkar filed a suit alleging that on 17...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim for Minor Deceased — Compensation of Rs.79,500/- Upheld. Notional Income of Rs.15,000 per annum applied for a 6-year-old child under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, but no enhancement allowed without cross-appeal....

The appeal was filed by the National Insurance Co. Ltd. against the judgment and order dated 11/11/2005 of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Wardha, in Claim Petition No. 79/1998, whereby the Tribun...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Revision Against Maintenance Award to Wife and Minor Son Under Section 125 CrPC. Husband Failed to Prove Wife's Desertion Without Sufficient Cause; Wife's Allegations of Cruelty and Dowry Demand Accepted....

The case involves two criminal revision applications filed by Nirajkumar Kapurchand Jain against the judgment of the Family Court, Nagpur, dated 3.12.2016, which allowed maintenance petitions filed by...

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Bombay High Court Directs Registration of Document Despite Pending Stamp Duty Adjudication — Period of Adjudication Excluded for Limitation Under Section 23 of Registration Act. Sub-Registrar Cannot Refuse Registration on Ground of Pending Adjudication Under Section 31 of Maharashtra Stamp Act....

The petitioner, Snehanjali Electronics and Trading Private Limited, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Andheri I (Respondent No. 4) to register a document (Exhibit B) whic...

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Bombay High Court Allows MSEDCL Petition Challenging CGRF Order Setting Aside Interest and Delayed Payment Charges. Court holds that CGRF exceeded its jurisdiction by setting aside demand without considering that respondent had not paid entire bill amount and that interest and DPC are governed by terms of supply and regulations....

The petitioner, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (MSEDCL), challenged an order of the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF), Nanded Zone, which set aside the demand of inter...

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Karnataka High Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Lack of Sanction and Insufficient Evidence. Conviction under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 set aside as prosecution failed to establish demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt....

The case pertains to a criminal appeal against the conviction of the appellant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Indian Penal Code for alleged corruption in a fake stamp paper scam. The...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Acquiring Body's Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Case Due to Lack of Evidence for Enhanced Market Value. Claimants Failed to Prove Market Value Through Comparable Sales or Reliable Expert Evidence, Resulting in Restoration of Original Compensation....

The appeal was filed by the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, challenging the enhancement of compensation awarded by the Civil Judge, Seni...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty or Instigation. Conviction under Sections 306 and 498A IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that appellant's conduct drove deceased to commit suicide....

The appellant, Anandrao s/o Janardan Hiware, was convicted by the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur on 13.9.2001 in Sessions Case No.150 of 1995 for offences punishable under Sections 306 and ...