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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Ex Parte Custody Order for Failure to Conduct Welfare Inquiry Under Guardian and Wards Act, 1940. The court held that the District Judge must conduct a thorough enquiry and interview the child in-camera to ascertain the child's welfare before passing a custody order....

The appellant-wife challenged the judgment and order dated 30.10.2013 passed by the District Judge-1, Akola in M.J.C. No. 29/2013, whereby custody of the child Aryan, aged 6 years, was ordered to be h...

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High Court Allows Employer's Petition to Deduct Gratuity for Misconduct Causing Pecuniary Loss Under Section 4(6)(a) of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Disciplinary Order Not Challenged by Employee Attained Finality, Controlling Authority Cannot Set It Aside....

The petitioner, Western Coalfields Ltd., challenged the order of the Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, which set aside the employer's deduction of Rs.25,000 from the gratu...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Elected Municipal Councilors' Writ Petitions Against Additional Collector's Jurisdiction in Disqualification Proceedings. Court Holds Additional Collector's Jurisdiction Valid Under Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, and Finds No Bias in Conduct of Proceedings....

Three elected municipal councilors of Municipal Council, Gondia, filed writ petitions against the State of Maharashtra and other respondents challenging the jurisdiction and conduct of the Additional ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partnership Dispute, Upholds Small Causes Court Jurisdiction. Fixed monthly payment of Rs.1,500/- to one partner held permissible under partnership deed, and oral evidence inconsistent with written terms cannot be considered....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original defendants (appellants) against the judgment of the Ad-hoc District Judge-2, Nagpur, dismissing their appeal in Regular Civil Appeal No.43 of 20...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Revision Against Conviction for Rash Driving and Causing Death by Negligence. Conviction under Sections 279 and 304-A IPC Upheld Based on Consistent Eyewitness Testimony and Medical Evidence....

The petitioner, Domnic Luis, was convicted by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Margao, for offences under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal C...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 143, 147, 148, 324, 451, 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The case involves an appeal against conviction by the Bombay High Court. The appellants were convicted by the 4th Additional Sessions Judge, Satara, for offences under Sections 143, 147, 148, 324, 451...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Minister's Order in Co-operative Society Registration Dispute — Government Resolution Suspending Registration of New PACSs Held Binding on Appellate Authority. Minister's order set aside for ignoring Government Resolution dated 3rd December 2011 under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960....

The petitioner, a member of an existing co-operative society, challenged the order of the Minister for Co-operation, Government of Maharashtra, dated 8th January 2013, which allowed an appeal by respo...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence — Failure to Prove Chain of Circumstances Leads to Benefit of Doubt. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Could Not Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Bhujang s/o Mahadu Panpatte, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Basmathnagar, for the murder of his wife Dhrupatabai under Section 302 IPC and for causing disappearance of ...

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The High Court of Karnataka Division Bench heard writ appeals against the order of the learned Single Judge in a service matter involving judicial officers. The appeals were filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, challenging the order dated 27-09-2013 in WP Nos. 41684-691/2012....

These writ appeals, filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, arise from a common order dated 27-09-2013 passed by a learned Single Judge in a batch of writ petitions (WP Nos. 41684...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes MCI Order Striking Off Doctor's Name from Medical Register for One Year for Alleged Violation of Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 — Failure to Report Organ Retrieval from Deceased Donor Not a Ground for Erasure of Name....

The petitioner, Dr. Ramcharan Thiagarajan, a renowned surgical gastroenterologist and multi-organ transplant surgeon, was working as a consultant at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. In 2010, Smt. Seema Rai...