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Bombay High Court Allows Back Wages for Employee in Faulty Enquiry Case. Employer Directed to Pay Full Back Wages from Termination to Reinstatement Despite Option for De Novo Enquiry....

The petitioner, Manohar Pandit Marathe, was an employee of Sharda Vidya Prasarak Mandal. He was terminated from service on 20/01/2009. He challenged the termination by filing an appeal before the Scho...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Against Forfeiture of Earnest Money in Toll Collection Tender Dispute. Variation in Contract Period from 90 Weeks to 52 Weeks Constitutes Counter-Offer, Not Acceptance, Thus Forfeiture Invalid....

The petitioner, M/s Abhay Construction, a partnership firm, submitted a tender to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd. for collection of toll at Rotegaon on Shiur Shrirampur road fo...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Partition Suit Appeal in Hindu Succession Act Case — Widow Entitled to Share in Joint Family Property. Daughter-in-law's claim for share in deceased husband's assets upheld under Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, with court directing partition of properties including insurance and retirement benefits....

The appellant, Smt. Kamalabai, widow of Laxman Kshatri, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of properties left by her husband, including agricultural land, a house, LIC policies, KSRTC ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Revision Petition in Criminal Defamation Case — Order of Sessions Judge Set Aside for Lack of Application of Mind. The Sessions Judge's order setting aside cognizance was quashed as it failed to consider the material on record and exceeded revisional jurisdiction....

The petitioner, Kumari Jayashree Dhondiba Sherkhan, filed a criminal revision petition under Section 397(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) challenging the order dated 05.10.2013 pas...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petitioner's Challenge to Non-Selection for Group B Post in Railways. Selection process under seniority-cum-selection quota upheld as valid and non-arbitrary....

The petitioner, Sri A.R. Dubla Naik, a Senior Section Officer (Group C) at Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station, challenged his non-selection to the Group B post of Assistant Divisional Signalling and...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Writ Appeals Against Single Judge Order in Wakf Property Dispute — Maintainability of Writ Petition Under Article 226 Against Wakf Board Upheld. The court held that the Wakf Board is a statutory body amenable to writ jurisdiction and the interim order of status quo was justified....

The case involves a dispute over the management and control of certain wakf properties in Karnataka. The appellant, Moulana Syed Mohammed Ibrahim, and others filed writ petitions before the Single Jud...

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High Court Hears Appeal and Cross-Objections Against Dismissal of Declaration Suit. Suit Filed by Brother of Deceased Religious Head for Declaration of Ownership of Property Allotted in 1952, Dismissed by Trial Court....

This Regular First Appeal and cross-objections arise from the judgment and decree dated 9 September 2005 passed by the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore, dismissing Original Suit No. ...

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Karnataka High Court Decides Regular First Appeal Arising from Dismissal of Suit for Declaration of Property Ownership. Property Originally Allotted to a Swamiji Under Mysore Government Scheme and Later Subject to Litigation Over Inheritance and Alleged Fraud....

The appeal arose from the dismissal of a suit for declaration of ownership of immovable property situated in Bangalore. The original plaintiff, C.R. Hiremath, claimed as the younger brother and legal ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Partition Appeal in Hindu Succession Case — Daughter Entitled to Equal Share in Ancestral Property. Court holds that a married daughter is a coparcener under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and notional partition cannot defeat her rights....

The case involves a dispute over ancestral properties between a sister (respondent/plaintiff) and her brother's family (appellants/defendants). The respondent claimed a half share in the suit properti...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Dispute — Upholds Concurrent Findings of Lower Courts. Plaintiff Failed to Prove Title and Possession Over Suit Shop; Adverse Possession Claim Rejected Under Limitation Act....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the appellant, who is the grand-daughter-in-law of the original plaintiff Gangabai Gilda. The suit property is a shop in Mathuradas building, Amravati. The o...