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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Air India Agents in Criminal Breach of Trust Case — Dispute Held to Be Purely Civil in Nature. Court finds that allegations of misappropriation of ticket sales proceeds do not constitute criminal offences under Sections 403, 405, 409, 420, 425 IPC as the relationship between the parties is contractual and the dispute is civil....

The petitioners, Nilesh N. Shah and Hema N. Shah, were partners of a partnership firm engaged in the business of selling air tickets. Air India Limited had appointed the firm as a sales agent at Panaj...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Thakur Scheduled Tribe Claim Due to Non-Consideration of Evidence. Petitioner's Caste Claim Remanded for Fresh Consideration with Opportunity to Produce Documents....

The petitioner, Jitendra Bhalchandra Salunke, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 30.07.2012 passed by the Committee for Scrutiny and Verif...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Wife's Transfer Application in Matrimonial Dispute Due to Lack of Specific Grounds. General Claim of Inconvenience and Poverty Not Sufficient to Override Respondent's Medical Condition and Convenience....

The applicant wife filed an application under the Hindu Marriage Act seeking transfer of divorce proceedings from the Family Court at Nagpur to Gondia. She claimed she came from a poor family and coul...

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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim for Pillion Rider Death. Act Policy does not cover pillion rider risk, so insurance company not liable for compensation....

The case involves an appeal by the National Insurance Company Ltd. against a judgment and order dated 22.08.2006 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nagpur in Claim Petition No. 892/1997. Th...

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Bombay High Court Allows Enhancement of Compensation in Land Acquisition Case for Yenas Percolation Tank Project — Market Value Fixed at Rs. 40,000 per Hector with Additional Benefits. The court held that the Reference Court's valuation was inadequate and enhanced the market value, granting solatium and interest under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The appellant, Smt. Pushpadevi Agrawal, owned land bearing survey no.14/3 admeasuring 1.62 HR in village Ghol, which was acquired by the State of Maharashtra for the Yenas Percolation Tank project. Th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurer's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Upholds Pay-and-Recover Direction. Tribunal Has Power to Direct Insurer to Pay Compensation First and Recover from Owner Even if Policy Breach Found, as Per Division Bench in Traders Pvt. Ltd....

The appeal was filed by the Oriental Insurance Company Limited challenging the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal which directed the insurer to pay compensation to the claimant and then recov...

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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Tribunal Cannot Suo Moto Convert Application Under Section 166 to Section 163(A) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Claimants Who Availed Interim Benefit Under Section 140 Are Not Entitled to Final Compensation Under Section 163(A) Without Proper Application....

The appeal was filed by The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. against the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Akot, in Claim Petition No. 77/2005. The claimants, legal heirs of deceased Kailas Koka...