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Bombay High Court Allows Petition to Quash Land Reservations in Development Plan for Non-Acquisition Within Ten Years Under Section 127 of MRTP Act. Reservation for MSEB extension and school/playground lapsed due to failure to acquire land within statutory period....

The petitioner, Vikramsinh Jaysingrao Ghatge, owned land bearing R.S.No.247/2/1 admeasuring 3 hectares at Kagal, District Kolhapur. The Government of Maharashtra, Urban Development Department, sanctio...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Land Reservations in Development Plan Under MRTP Act. Reservations for MSEB Extension and School/Playground Quashed as Not Acquired Within 10 Years, Land Deemed De-reserved....

The petitioner, Vikramsinh Jaysingrao Ghatge, owned land bearing R.S.No.247/2/1 admeasuring 3 hectares at Kagal, District Kolhapur. The Government of Maharashtra sanctioned a revised development plan ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Compromise Cheque Dishonour Constitutes Separate Offence. Settlement of earlier cheques does not discharge liability under a fresh cheque issued as part of the compromise....

The appellant, Prabhakar Gaidhane, filed a criminal appeal against the acquittal of the respondent, Nivruti Kamdi, by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Karanja, in Criminal Complaint No.484/2004 f...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Corruption Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Criminal Misconduct. Conviction under Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 set aside as prosecution failed to prove abuse of official position or pecuniary advantage....

The appellant, Waman Somaji Burde, was the District Deputy Registrar (Cooperative Societies) in Nagpur from 1 July 1985 to 13 May 1987. He was prosecuted along with four other accused for offences und...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Jail Sepoy for Concealing Conviction Under Bombay Police Act — Non-Disclosure of Criminal Conviction by Disciplined Force Member Justifies Dismissal in Public Interest...

The petitioner, Dnyanshwar Vithuji Ghude, was a jail sepoy (Rakshak) at Central Prison, Amravati, who joined service on 1.11.1964 and was confirmed on 1.11.1965. He had put in 26 years of service befo...

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Bombay High Court Allows Retired Bank Employee's Petition Against Unilateral Withholding of Pension. Pension is a property right and cannot be stopped without show cause notice or disciplinary proceedings under Bank of Maharashtra Pension Regulations....

The petitioner, Devanand s/o Galomal Nichwani, was a computer operator/clerk at Bank of Maharashtra, Jaripatka Branch, Nagpur. He opted for voluntary retirement and was relieved on 12.9.2008, receivin...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Validity of Recruitment Rules for Sanitary Inspectors — Government's Power to Relax Qualifications Upheld. The court held that the Government has the power to relax educational qualifications for promotion under Rule 5 of the Recruitment Rules, 1990, and that the Rules are not ultra vires Article 309 of the Constitution....

The petitioners, Multi Purpose Health Workers employed under the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Goa, filed a writ petition challenging the validity of the Government of Goa, Directorate...

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CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.902 OF 2014...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Interim Maintenance Under Domestic Violence Act — Prior Maintenance Order Does Not Bar Additional Relief Under DV Act. Economic Violence Found as Domestic Violence Under Section 3 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The applicant, Deepak Mahaveerprasad Gupta, filed a criminal revision application challenging the interim orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Vashi, and confirmed by the Sessions Co...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Petitioners' Challenge to Local Body Tax Provisions under Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act. Provisions empowering levy of Local Body Tax in lieu of Octroi held to be within constitutional framework under Part IXA of the Constitution and not violative of municipal autonomy....

The petitioners, unions and associations of employees of various municipal corporations in Maharashtra, filed writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Bombay...