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Bombay High Court Quashes Show Cause Notice and Order in Central Excise Classification Dispute — Stators and Rotors of Hermetic Motors Classifiable as Parts of Electric Motors, Not Compressors. Approved Classification Lists Cannot Be Reopened Without Fresh Material Under Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944....

The petitioner, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, challenged a show cause notice dated 11th January 1989 and the subsequent order pass...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Protection as Slum Occupiers Against Railway Eviction — Slum Act Does Not Apply to Central Government Premises Under Article 285(1) of Constitution. The court held that the Maharashtra Slum Act cannot override the Public Premises Act in respect of Railway property, and petitioners cannot claim protected occupier status....

The judgment concerns two writ petitions and several interlocutory applications filed by occupants of Railway land in Mumbai. The petitioners in Writ Petition (L) No. 3254 of 2016, including Mrs. Asha...

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Karnataka High Court Division Bench Considers Appeals Against Quashing of SC/ST Liquor License Reservation Notification. Single Judge Quashed Notification as Discriminatory, State Appeals....

The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, by this common order, addressed a batch of writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, against the orders of the learned Single ...

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High Court Dismisses Husband's Writ Petition Challenging Interim Maintenance Under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act. Court Holds Rs.200 Per Day Not Excessive and No Miscarriage of Justice, Declining to Interfere Under Extraordinary Writ Jurisdiction....

The case involved a matrimonial dispute where the wife had sought interim maintenance pendente lite for herself and the children under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Family Court had ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Service Matter - Promotion Dispute Between Teachers - School Tribunal's Order Set Aside for Lack of Jurisdiction. The court held that the School Tribunal had no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal against a promotion order under Section 9 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977....

The case involves a dispute between two teachers, Smt. Vijaya Arvind Kurne (appellant) and Smt. Jyoti Pramod Nigudkar (respondent No.1), regarding promotion to the post of Head Mistress in a school ru...

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High Court of Karnataka Grants Bail to Accused in Murder Case Due to Parity with Co-Accused Already Released on Bail. Principle of parity applied under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for offences under Sections 302, 307, 326, 324, 504, 427, 149 IPC....

The petitioners, accused Nos. 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 15, filed a criminal petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) seeking regular bail in Crime No.10/2014 of Sirwar Po...

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Bombay High Court Allows Parole for Prisoner to Attend His Own Marriage Under Rule 324(2) of Goa Prisons Rules, 2006. The court held that a prisoner's own marriage constitutes 'sufficient cause' for grant of parole under the amended rule, directing release for 15 days....

The petitioners, Mrs. Cecilia Fernandes and Ms. Gayatri V. Bansode, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking the release of a prisoner on parole to enable him to part...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petition Challenging Acceptance of Nomination of Government Servant Candidate. Returning Officer's Decision to Accept Nomination Upheld as Petitioner Failed to Prove Candidate Was Disqualified Under Section 9 of Representation of the People Act, 1951....

The petitioner, Narayan Dinbaji Jambhule, filed an election petition under Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, challenging the decision of the Returning Officer dated 30th Septem...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order in Maharashtra Police Act Case for Lack of Recorded Subjective Satisfaction Regarding Witness Fear. Failure to Demonstrate Live Link Between Offences and Externment Area Renders Order Invalid Under Section 56(1)(a)(b) of Maharashtra Police Act, 1951....

In a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court, the petitioner challenged an externment order passed by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer and its subsequent modification by the Divisional Co...