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Karnataka High Court Upholds Validity of APMC Bye-Laws Requiring Traders to Obtain Licenses and Pay Market Fees — Held that Bye-Laws Framed Under Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 Are Statutory and Binding. Writ petitions challenging bye-laws dismissed as not maintainable without challenging the parent Act....

The petitioners, who are members of the Harihar Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, filed writ petitions challenging the validity of certain bye-laws framed under the Karnataka Agricultural Prod...

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Karnataka High Court Considers Multiple Writ Petitions Challenging Administrator Appointments and Election Postponements under APMC Act. Petitioners Sought Quashing of Orders Appointing Government Officers as Administrators and Directions to Conduct Elections, While State Defended Based on Proposed Legislative Amendments and Drought Emergency....

These writ petitions, filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, were instituted by elected office bearers and members of various Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) across Ka...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Petitions of APMC Committee Members Challenging Government Circular Curtailing Term. Section 7(2) of Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) Act, 1966 mandates continuation of committee until newly elected committee assumes office, overriding executive instructions....

The petitioners, members of the Harihar Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, challenged a Government Circular dated 22-04-2016 that purported to curtail the term of the committee and appoint an A...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Dispute — Ex-parte Decree Set Aside Application Rejected Due to Lack of Sufficient Cause. Order IX Rule 13 CPC Application Dismissed as Appellant Failed to Prove 'Sufficient Cause' for Non-Appearance....

The appellant-defendant, Sri M. Nagesh Suvarna, as Managing Trustee of Sri Koradabbu Daivasthana, filed a Regular Second Appeal under Section 100 read with Order XLII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Proce...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Abetment to Suicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Instigation. Conviction under Section 306 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Mens Rea or Direct Act of Abetment....

The appellant, Vijayshekhar Bopche, was convicted by the 2nd Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Bhandara in Sessions Trial No.1 of 2000 for offences under Sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Removal Order in Disciplinary Matter Due to Non-Application of Mind by Disciplinary Authority. Disciplinary Authority's Disagreement with Enquiry Officer's Findings Without Proper Reappreciation of Evidence Rendered Punishment Invalid....

The petitioner, Dhirendra Kumar Pannalal Dixit, a post-graduate in Power Engineering, was appointed as a Lecturer at Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering (VRCE), now known as VNIT, a deemed un...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Allows Petitioner's Challenge to Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating 'Halba' Scheduled Tribe Certificate. Court Holds Committee Lacked Jurisdiction Over Pre-2000 Certificates Under Maharashtra Act XXIII of 2001....

The petitioner, Shrirang Baburao Dhakate, was granted a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) dealership in 1989 by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited on the basis of his caste certificate showing he bel...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to Direct Recruitment of Regional Officers in Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. Service Regulations Permitted 50% Direct Recruitment and Advertisement for Three Posts Was Valid as Per Quota....

The petitioners, employees of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, challenged an advertisement dated 06.06.2002 issued by the Board for filling three posts of Regional Officer directly. They argue...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition by Trade Union Seeking Enforcement of Minimum Wages Act. Alternative remedy under Payment of Wages Act, 1936, held to be available, rendering writ petition not maintainable....

The Goa Mine Workers Union, a registered trade union, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents, including the Government of India and...