High Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement of Bank Manager for Misconduct in Loan Sanctions. Disciplinary Proceedings Valid as Charges of Failing to Exercise Due Diligence and Integrity in Sanctioning Loans Were Established, and Penalty Not Disproportionate....

The petitioner, R.M. Yadav, was a Branch Manager at Bank of India's Agardanda branch. In 2003, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him for alleged misconduct in sanctioning loans. The Disc...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Public Servant in Assault Case Due to Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Proceedings Under Sections 353 and 186 IPC Quashed as Complaint Filed by Private Individual Without Requisite Sanction for Prosecution of Public Servant....

The applicant, Kundan Khanderao Dhande, filed a criminal application under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of Criminal Proceeding bearing S.C.C. No. 614 of 2013 arising out of F.I.R. C.R. No. 4 of 2...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Murder Appeal Due to Incomplete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction Under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 Set Aside as Medical Evidence Did Not Rule Out Accidental Fall and Accused's Presence at Time of Injury Was Not Proved....

This criminal appeal was filed by the original accused no. 3, the husband of the deceased, challenging his conviction and life sentence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code by the Additional Ses...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Against Petitioner in Maharashtra Police Act Case — Lack of Material to Show Prejudicial Activity. Externment order set aside as the notice and proceedings failed to disclose any specific instances of danger to public order or safety under Section 56 of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951....

The petitioner, Anna s/o Bhimrao Dhavale, challenged an externment order dated 16.06.2016 passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Nashik Division, in Externment Appeal No.12/2016, which confirmed an ea...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Contributory Negligence. Minor claimant was a pillion rider on a motorcycle that collided with an auto-rickshaw; court found contributory negligence on part of the motorcycle rider and reduced insurer's liability by 50%....

The appeal was filed by the Insurance Company (Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.) challenging the judgment and award dated 15.10.2010 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chintamani, i...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petitioner's Writ Seeking Mandamus Against Municipal Corporation for Illegal Construction by Neighbour. Court holds that petitioner has alternative efficacious remedy of civil suit and cannot seek writ jurisdiction for private nuisance....

The petitioner, Sri. Praveen Kumar, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a mandamus direction against the Mangalore City Corporation and the Mangalore ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Petition Seeking CBI Investigation in Cheating Cases — No Bias or Mala Fides Established Against Investigating Agency. Police Investigation Under Section 173(8) CrPC Can Continue Even After Charge-Sheet, and Victims Have Alternative Remedies Before Magistrate....

The petitioners, eight individuals, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking a direction for...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Sun Pharma's Trademark Infringement Suit Against Sanofi's METOSAN, Finding No Deceptive Similarity with METOSARTAN. The marks are phonetically and visually distinct, and the products differ in composition, negating likelihood of confusion....

The plaintiff, Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd, filed a suit for trademark infringement and passing off against The Madras Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi India Ltd. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant's ...