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Bombay High Court Allows Appeals Against Rejection of Plaint in Copyright and Trade Mark Infringement Suit - Cooperative Sugar Factory's Suit for Infringement of Label Design and Trade Mark 'Bhingari Santra' Held Not Barred by Limitation or Res Judicata....

The appellant, a cooperative sugar factory, filed two suits in the District Court seeking relief for infringement of its copyright and trade mark in the label 'Bhingari Santra' used for country liquor...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Accused in Money-Lending Case Due to Inordinate Delay of 33 Years. FIR under Section 39 of Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014 Quashed as Abuse of Process Where Transaction Occurred in 1982 and Civil Suit Pending....

The petitioner, an 85-year-old woman, filed a writ petition seeking quashing of FIR No.21/2015 registered against her under Section 39 of the Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014. The FIR ...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Employer's Challenge to Provident Fund Damages for Delayed Remittance. Section 14B of Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 Imposes Strict Liability Without Requiring Mens Rea....

The petitioner, M/s HMT Limited, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, challenged the order dated 2.1.2004 passed by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner levying damages under Section 14B of the Emp...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Partition Appeal in Family Property Dispute — Reverses Trial Court's Dismissal of Suit for Partition and Separate Possession. Court Holds That a Co-owner in Possession of Joint Family Property Cannot Deny Another Co-owner's Right to Partition by Claiming Adverse Possession....

The case involves a family property dispute between the appellants (Joseph Devaraj and his sons) and the respondents (Balaraj and his wife). The appellants filed a suit for partition and separate poss...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Probate Case — Will Proved to be Genuine and Duly Executed. Court sets aside trial court's dismissal and grants probate of the last will of Robert Gregory Mathias, finding that the propounder had discharged the burden of proving due execution and attestation under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925....

The appellants, Ida Mathias (widow) and her children, and Ida Pauline Sequeira (daughter of Santhan Immanuel Mathias), filed Regular First Appeals under Section 96(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Corporation's Challenge to Land Acquisition Compensation Enhancement. Reference Court's reliance on comparable sale deed for adjacent land with similar potential upheld; no deduction for development required....

The petitioner, North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), challenged the judgment and award dated 30.04.2013 passed by the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Hubli (Reference Court) in LAC ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 376 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Suresh Shankar Dethe, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for offences under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Hears Appeal Against Company Law Board Order in Oppression and Mismanagement Petition. Company Appeal No.19 of 2009 Challenges CLB's Findings on Reduction of Shareholding, Removal of Director, and Valuation of Land Under Sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956....

The case involved a dispute between shareholders of Pantheon Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., a company formed to acquire and develop a 13-acre property in Mumbai. The original shareholders, Alnoor H. Jamal ...