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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Cancellation of Caste Certificates of Scheduled Tribe Employees. Held that Scrutiny Committee must provide opportunity of hearing and consider all relevant material before invalidating caste claims....

The judgment concerns multiple writ petitions filed by employees of the State of Maharashtra whose caste certificates (claiming Scheduled Tribe status) were cancelled by the Scrutiny Committee without...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Review Petition in Arbitration Matter — No Provision for Review Under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Review petition under Section 114 CPC held not maintainable against order under Sections 27(1) and 27(2) of the Act....

The review petitioner, National Insurance Company Limited, filed a review petition under Section 114 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking recall of an order dated 11th September 2015 passed by...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 307 and 451 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness's testimony was inconsistent and identification of accused was doubtful....

The appellant, Dnyaneshwar Chintaram Kadam, was convicted by the Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Malegaon, for offences under Sections 451 (house trespass) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian P...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Sales Tax Attachment on Property Purchased in SARFAESI Auction — Priority of Secured Creditor Over Crown Debt. Attachment order set aside as property was sold by secured creditor under SARFAESI Act before attachment, and sales tax dues do not have priority over secured creditor's rights under Section 26E of SARFAESI Act....

The petitioners, Sherwood Resorts Pvt. Ltd. and its shareholder, challenged an attachment order dated 29th April 2013 passed by the Sales Tax Officer under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (M...

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Bombay High Court Disposes Writ Petitions by Police Officers Challenging Investigation Order Under Section 156(3) CrPC. Court Considers Whether Judicial Magistrate First Class Could Direct Investigation Without Application of Mind....

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay heard two writ petitions filed by police officers challenging an order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vashi, directing investigation against them under ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder in Dowry Demand Case — Life Imprisonment Confirmed. Circumstantial evidence including last seen together, motive of dowry demand, and unnatural death in matrimonial home held sufficient to prove guilt under Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, Dattatraya Bajirao Lagad, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his wife Kavita. The prosecution case was that Kavita was married to the accused on ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder in Dowry Death Case — Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Prove Guilt. Husband convicted under Section 302 IPC for murdering wife by setting her on fire; acquittal under Sections 498-A, 504, 506 IPC upheld....

The appellant, Dattatraya Bajirao Lagad, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmednagar, for the murder of his wife Kavita under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employee's Writ Petition Challenging Labour Court Award in Termination Dispute. Labour Court's finding that employee abandoned employment upheld as possible view based on evidence....

The petitioner, an employee of Trimourti Moulds Pvt. Ltd., challenged the Labour Court's award dated 29.03.2008 in Reference IDA No. 68 of 1999, which answered the reference in the negative, holding t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Dispute, Upholds First Appellate Court's Decision on Limitation. Suit for Declaration by Minors Governed by Article 60 of Limitation Act, 1963, Limitation Runs from Attaining Majority....

The case involves a second appeal before the Bombay High Court at Goa arising from a property dispute. The appellants (defendants in the original suit) challenged the judgment of the First Appellate C...