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Bombay High Court Allows Pension Claim of Employee Transferred from Government Institute to Government Company. Holds That Pensionary Benefits Cannot Be Denied on Ground of Transfer Without Option to Retain Government Pension Under Article 14 of the Constitution....

The petitioner, Prakash Parshuram Mavlankar, was employed with the erstwhile Haffkine Institute, a government entity under the State of Maharashtra, from 5th June 1965 to 31st August 1975. In 1975, th...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Wealth Tax Appeals on Limitation Grounds — Assessment Orders Barred by Section 17-A of Wealth-Tax Act, 1957. Reassessment for Assessment Years 1979-80 to 1983-84 Initiated After Expiry of Limitation Period, Hence Unsustainable....

The appellant, Smt. Kamakshi Devi Avaru, filed appeals under Section 27-A of the Wealth-Tax Act, 1957 against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 20.01.2016. The sole contention was t...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition for Compassionate Appointment Due to Inordinate Delay and Laches. The court held that unexplained delay of over 12 years in seeking appointment on compassionate grounds after the employee's death disentitles the petitioner to discretionary relief under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India....

The petitioner, Mubeen Sharieff, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Bangalore Development Authority to consider his ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Step Son's Compassionate Appointment Claim Under Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) Rules, 1996. Step son of deceased Government servant held eligible for compassionate appointment as 'son' under Rule 2(1)(b) of the Rules....

The petitioner, Sri Y.R. Raghu, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an endorsement dated 02.04.2011 issued by the Commissioner, Land Records and S...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Directs Registration of FIR and Compensation for Assault on Prisoner in Custody. State Liable for Custodial Violence Under Prisoner Rights....

The case involves a criminal writ petition filed by three under-trial prisoners, Mustaq Ahmed, Vinesh Narayan Faldessai, and Jovita Ryan Dos Remedios Pinto, who were lodged in Sub Jail, Sada, Vasco-Da...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal and Finds Compensation Awarded to Family of Quadriplegic Army Officer Inadequate. MACT Award of Rs.13,09,500 on Death Basis Held Not Just; Court Directs Enhancement Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for Tetraplegia Resulting from Road Accident....

The case arose from a motor vehicle accident on 17 October 1991, when Bhagendra Singh, a non-commissioned officer in the Indian Army, was struck by a government vehicle while cycling, resulting in tet...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Cancellation of Notary Certificate for Violation of Natural Justice. Impugned order set aside as it was passed without show-cause notice and without affording opportunity of hearing, in contravention of Notaries Act, 1952 and Notaries Rules, 1956....

The Petitioner, Mr. Lalit Doshi, a practicing Advocate since 1971 and a Notary Public since 2004 appointed by the Central Government, challenged an order dated 15th December 2016 passed by Respondent ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal in Suit for Possession and Mesne Profits — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Letters Patent Appeal against decree for possession and mesne profits dismissed as no substantial question of law or perversity found in concurrent findings of fact....

The present Letters Patent Appeal arises from a judgment and decree passed by a Single Judge of the Bombay High Court in First Appeal No. 133/1976, which affirmed the decree of the trial court in a su...

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Bombay High Court Allows Land Acquisition Compensation Revision Applications Due to Non-Consideration of Comparable Sale Instances. Court Remands Matters to Reference Court for Fresh Determination of Market Value Under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The case involves multiple civil revision applications filed by landowners whose agricultural lands were acquired by the State of Maharashtra for the Gosekhurd Irrigation Project. The Special Land Acq...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision, Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Forced Resignation Case. Civil Court Has Jurisdiction to Entertain Suit Challenging Resignation Obtained by Force, as Dispute Does Not Fall Under Industrial Disputes Act or Specific Relief Act....

The case involves a civil revision application filed by the defendants challenging an order passed by the trial court on a preliminary issue regarding jurisdiction. The plaintiff, Dr. Vijay Sarathi Va...