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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband and First Wife in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty or Abetment to Suicide. Marriage of two sisters to same man does not automatically establish cruelty under Section 498A or abetment under Section 306 IPC....

The case involves an appeal against conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC. The deceased, Renuka, was the second wife of appellant no.1 and the real sister of appellant no.2, the first wife. She d...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses BCCI's Challenge to Arbitral Award in Media Rights Dispute. Court upholds arbitrator's finding that termination of Media Rights License Agreement was illegal and that Nimbus Communications was entitled to damages....

The petitioner, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), filed a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award dated 14th August, 2014. Th...

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Bombay High Court Allows Society's Possession Claim in Tenant Copartnership Housing Society Dispute — Transfer of Flat Without Consent Invalid Under Bye-Laws and Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960. The court held that the petitioner, claiming through an invalid transfer, is in illegal occupation and liable to be evicted....

The writ petition was filed by Tedco Exports Pvt. Ltd. challenging the order of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Appellate Court which allowed the appeal of the respondent society and directed the pe...

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Bombay High Court Quashes MHADA's 10-Year Transfer Ban on Rehab Tenements as Unconstitutional and Ultra Vires. Condition in NOC restricting sale/transfer of tenancy rights for ten years from occupation held to be without statutory authority and violative of Article 300A of the Constitution....

The Bombay High Court dealt with two writ petitions challenging a condition imposed by the Mumbai Building Repairs & Reconstruction Board (a unit of MHADA) in No Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued f...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration and Weak Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Shivaji Yadav Kedar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Dhule, for the murder of his wife Jamunabai under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case was tha...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Petition Challenging Small Causes Court Jurisdiction in Eviction Suit Where Tenant Denies Landlord-Tenant Relationship. Denial of Jural Relationship Ousts Jurisdiction of Small Causes Court Under Section 8(1) of Karnataka Small Causes Courts Act, 1964....

The petitioner, Sri Pankaj L Kothari, was the sole defendant in a small causes case (S.C.1845/12) filed by the respondent, Sri T.K. Nagaraj, seeking eviction from suit schedule premises bearing No.184...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Rejection of Inquiry into Valuation and Court Fees in Suit for Declaration of Sale Deed as Void. Court Held That Section 8 of Maharashtra Court-Fees Act, 1959 Confers Discretion on Trial Court to Inquire into Valuation, Not a Mandatory Duty....

The case arises from a civil suit filed by the plaintiff (respondent No.1) seeking a declaration that a sale deed of suit property is void, illegal, and not binding on him and his legal heirs. The sui...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal Against Remand Order in Customary Divorce Dispute. Court holds that a comprehensive issue already framed regarding legal wedded wife status covers the validity of customary divorce, and remand was unnecessary....

The appellant, Sitabai, filed an appeal against the judgment and order dated 5.7.2014 passed by the learned Principal District Judge, Gondia in Regular Civil Appeal No.50 of 2013. The appellate court ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Revision Against Maintenance and Residence Order Under Domestic Violence Act. Wife's Right to Shared Household and Maintenance Upheld Under Sections 17 and 20 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by the husband, Mr. Dajvip V. Patkar, challenging the judgment and order dated 22.05.2015 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Margao, in Crimi...