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Bombay High Court Orders Return of Security in Admiralty Suit for Lack of Sister Ship Relationship. Security furnished for arbitration claim cannot be retained when the vessel arrested is not a sister ship of the vessel for which services were provided....

The plaintiff, Condor Maritime Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG, filed an admiralty suit against m.v. Western Light and its owners (defendants) claiming management services provided to m.v. Eastern Light....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband and In-Laws for Murder by Burning in Dowry Death Case. Life Imprisonment Maintained Under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC Based on Dying Declaration and Circumstantial Evidence....

The case arises from a criminal appeal filed by four accused persons (husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and mother-in-law of the deceased) against their conviction by the Sessions Judge, Auranga...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Uxoricide Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Dipchand Pawar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amalner for the murder of his wife Kalpanabai under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution c...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Rejection of Plaint Rejection Application in Suit for Declaration and Injunction — Limitation is a Mixed Question of Law and Facts Not Decided at Threshold Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC....

The present civil revision application was filed by the original defendant No.1 in Regular Civil Suit No.1600/2012 pending before the 16th Civil Judge, Junior Division, Aurangabad. The defendant had f...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Invalidation of Thakur Scheduled Tribe Claim for Student Seeking Engineering Admission. Scrutiny Committee's Order Upheld as Petitioner Failed to Establish Tribal Affinity and Documentary Evidence Was Insufficient....

The petitioner, Kumari Sweta Suresh Thakur, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 16.1.2009 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutin...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Election Notice for President of Gram Panchayat Due to Non-Compliance with Rule 3(1A) of Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Gram Panchayat) Rules, 1994 — Notice Issued Without Prior Publication of List of Members Entitled to Vote....

The petitioners, members of Madiyanooru Gram Panchayat, challenged the election notice dated 7.2.2014 issued by the Prescribed Officer for the election to the post of President of the Gram Panchayat. ...

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High Court of Karnataka Upholds CAT Order Allowing Retention of Government Accommodation for Transferred Employee Until Alternate Accommodation Provided. Transfer of civilian employee does not warrant immediate eviction without ensuring alternate accommodation....

The case involves a challenge by the Union of India and other petitioners against an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bangalore Bench, dated 6.2.2013 in O.A.No.279/2012. The respond...

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High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates Challenge to Karnataka Administrative Tribunal's Order Concerning Rural Weightage in Police Sub-Inspector Recruitment. Rule 3-B of Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1976, Providing Weightage to Rural Candidates, Was Earlier Declared Void Under Article 13(2) of the Constitution....

Background — The High Court of Karnataka heard a batch of writ petitions filed by the State of Karnataka and other petitioners challenging the order of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal dated 23...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Suit — Appellants Held Entitled to Possession Based on Prior Possessory Title. Adverse Possession Claim by Respondents Failed as They Were Licensees, Not Adverse Possessors....

The present second appeal arises from a judgment and order dated 2.11.1998 passed by the Additional District Judge, Chandrapur, dismissing the appellants' suit for possession of agricultural land. The...