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High Court of Bombay Upholds Chancellor's Appointment of Acting Vice-Chancellor Under Emergency Provision Despite Lack of Prescribed Qualifications. Court Examined Meaning of 'Suitable' in Section 12(7) of Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994....

This writ petition was filed before the Nagpur Bench of the High Court of Bombay under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging the appointment of Shri Anup Kumar as acting Vice-Chancellor of Rash...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Judicial Officer Challenging Compulsory Retirement. Non-Communication of Adverse Remarks in ACRs Violates Natural Justice, Order Set Aside....

The petitioner, Smt. Shraddha Vinod Deo, was appointed as a Judicial Magistrate First Class on 1st September 1990 and served at various places including Jalgaon, Wardha, Thane, Karjat, Pune, Mumbai, a...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Section 302 IPC Charge in Dowry Death Case — Suicide by Jumping Does Not Constitute Murder. The court held that where death is by suicide, Section 302 IPC cannot be invoked unless there is evidence of a direct physical act causing death, and the appropriate charges are under Sections 304B, 306, and 498A IPC....

The applicants, accused in Sessions Case No.141/2008 pending before the Sessions Court at Thane, were charged under Sections 498A, 304B, and 306 IPC read with Section 34 IPC for the dowry death of Poo...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and House Trespass in Brutal Stabbing Case. Appellant convicted under Sections 302 and 452 IPC for entering victim's room and inflicting fatal stab wounds, with co-accused acquitted....

The appellant, Sandip Sahadev Kamble, was convicted by the 6th Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, City Sessions Court, Sewree Mumbai on 25th June 2008 for the murder of Bhakti @ Chayya under Section 30...

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Bombay High Court Allows Freedom Fighter Category Male Candidate to Fill Vacant Seat in B.V.Sc & A.H. Course Despite Horizontal Female Reservation. Horizontal reservation for females cannot be applied to deny admission to a male candidate when no female candidate is available in the same category under Clause 9.3(B) of the Prospectus....

The petitioner, Abhishek Bhaskarrao Jadhav, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the denial of admission to the B.V.Sc & A.H. course for the academic year 2014-15 at Maharash...

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Bombay High Court Allows Freedom Fighter Category Male Candidate to Fill Vacant Seat in B.V.Sc & A.H. Course Despite Female Reservation Preference. Court Directs University to Admit Petitioner Under Step III of Admission Procedure for Conversion of Female Seats to Male Seats When No Female Candidate Available....

The petitioner, Abhishek Bhaskarrao Jadhav, a male candidate belonging to the open category but falling within the Freedom Fighter (FF) horizontal reservation category, applied for admission to the B....

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Reinstatement and Disability Pension for Army Clerk Invalided Out for Neurosis. Neurosis Not Attributable to Military Service Under Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961; Invalidation Under Army Rule 13(3)III(iii) Upheld....

The case arose from a writ petition filed by an army clerk who was invalided out of service on medical grounds due to neurosis (depressive reaction). He challenged his termination and sought disabilit...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions by Irrigation Corporation Challenging Land Acquisition Awards — No Interference with Enhanced Compensation Under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The court held that the Reference Court's awards were reasoned and based on evidence, and writ jurisdiction cannot be used to reappreciate evidence....

The petitioner, Godawari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation, a government undertaking, filed multiple writ petitions challenging the awards passed by the Reference Court under Section 18 of...