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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Dowry Case Due to Vague Allegations. FIR and Charge-Sheet Lacked Specific Instances of Dowry Demand or Cruelty Under Sections 498A, 323 IPC and Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961....

The petitioners, who are the husband (petitioner no.1) and his parents (petitioners 2 and 3), filed a criminal writ petition seeking quashing of FIR No.502/2014 dated 03/11/2014 and the consequent cha...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws in Dowry Case Due to Vague Allegations. Lack of Specific Overt Acts Against Mother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law Leads to Quashing of FIR Under Sections 498-A, 323 IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act....

The petitioners, being the mother-in-law (petitioner no.2) and sister-in-law (petitioner no.3) of the respondent no.2 (complainant), sought quashing of FIR No.502/2014 and the consequent charge-sheet ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Under Section 37 of Arbitration Act, Setting Aside Order Refusing Interim Relief Under Section 9. Court Holds That Arbitral Tribunal's Jurisdiction to Decide on Interim Measures Does Not Bar the Court from Granting Such Relief Under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The appeal was filed by the original petitioners, Birla International Pvt. Ltd. and Nirved Traders Pvt. Ltd., against the order of the learned Single Judge refusing to grant interim relief under Secti...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Under Section 37 of Arbitration Act, Setting Aside Order Refusing Interim Relief in Share Pledge Dispute. Court Holds That Arbitral Tribunal's Refusal to Grant Interim Relief Was Perverse and Contrary to Law, Directing Status Quo on Pledged Shares....

The appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, arose from an order of the arbitral tribunal refusing to grant interim relief to the appellants, Birla International Pvt. Ltd...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Fresh Advertisement Without Exhausting Select List in MCGM Recruitment for Junior Engineer (Civil) Posts. The Court held that a public authority cannot ignore a valid select list and issue a fresh advertisement without valid justification, as it defeats the legitimate expectation of selected candidates....

The petitioners, six individuals belonging to reserved categories (Scheduled Caste), were included in a select list prepared by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on 5 April 2013 pursu...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Application for Return of Plaint on Pecuniary Jurisdiction Grounds. The court held that the Trial Court must determine jurisdiction based on proper valuation and cannot merely accept the plaintiff's valuation without scrutiny....

The petitioners, defendants in a civil suit, challenged an order of the IV Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Belgaum, dated 19.09.2014, rejecting their application (I.A.No.VII) under Order VII Rule 10 ...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Petition Challenging Discriminatory Tax Notification Excluding Lead Sub-Oxide from Industrial Input List. Lead Sub-Oxide Held to Be an Industrial Input Under Entry 67 of Third Schedule to KVAT Act, Entitled to Reduced Tax Rate....

The petitioner, M/s A.P.S. Industries, a partnership firm engaged in the manufacture and sale of Lead Sub Oxide (Lead Oxide Grey), challenged a notification dated 30.04.2005 as amended on 05.08.2005 i...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revenue's Appeals in Income Tax Case — Provision for Incremental Arrears Under NCWA Held to be Known Liability. The Court upheld the ITAT's decision allowing deduction for provision made for incremental arrears and overloading charges paid to railways under the Income Tax Act, 1961....

The case involves four income tax appeals filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax against Western Coalfields Ltd. The common questions were whether the provision made by the assessee for incremental a...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Petitions Challenging Rejection of Condonation of Delay in Filing Revisions Under Goa Panchayat Raj Act — Delay of 3 Years 7 Months Not Sufficiently Explained. The court upheld the rejection of condonation applications as the petitioners failed to provide sufficient cause for the inordinate delay....

The judgment concerns three writ petitions filed by Ashok Govind Naik, Sameer S. Naik, and Suranga Savlo Naik against the Village Panchayat of Marcaim and Bholu V. Naik. The petitioners challenged thr...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Rejection of Condonation of Delay in Filing Revisions Under Goa Panchayat Raj Act — Delay of 4 Years Not Sufficiently Explained. The court upheld the lower court's discretion in rejecting condonation applications for lack of sufficient cause....

The Bombay High Court at Goa disposed of three writ petitions (WP Nos. 278, 279, and 280 of 2015) by a common order, challenging three separate orders dated 12/02/2015 passed by the Adhoc District Jud...