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Bombay High Court Quashes Assistant Sessions Judge's Order in Domestic Violence Maintenance Case for Lack of Jurisdiction. Appeal Under Section 29 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 Cannot Be Heard by Assistant Sessions Judge as Per Section 381 CrPC....

The petitioner, Gahihinath Kotwad, is the husband of the respondent, Kausalyabai Kotwad. The respondent filed an application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, before the ...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Remand Order in Section 493 IPC Case — Bail Granted Earlier Not Cancelled. Petitioner accused of deceitful promise of marriage granted bail by Sessions Court; subsequent remand by Magistrate without cancellation of bail held illegal....

The petitioner, Kantu, was accused in Crime No.8/2013 registered at Gulbarga Women Police Station for an offence under Section 493 IPC (cohabitation by deceitful means). The complainant, a 20-year-old...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Toll Road Tender and Concession Period. Policy decisions regarding toll collection and concession periods are not subject to judicial review unless arbitrary or mala fide....

The petitioner, Nandu Sambaji Nagarkar, a social worker, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, challenging the tender notice dated 21.04.2008 published by the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Claim — Deemed Bonafide Passenger Based on Ticket Recovery and Witness Testimony. Accidental Fall from Train Constitutes Untoward Incident Under Section 124A of Railways Act, 1989....

The appeal was filed by the dependents of Anil Girdhar Thalkia against the dismissal of their claim for compensation by the Railway Claims Tribunal. The deceased, along with his wife Madhuri and their...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough to Life Convict in Furlough Rejection Case — Nature of Offence Not a Valid Ground for Denial Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. Furlough is a right, not a privilege, and cannot be denied solely because the prisoner was convicted under Section 366 IPC....

The petitioner, Subhash Hiralal Bhosale, was convicted under Sections 376(2), 366, 342, 506(II) read with 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment on 21 October 2010. He appl...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Orders for Lack of Material and Non-Compliance with Procedural Safeguards under Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. Show cause notices lacked specific instances, violating the right to represent....

The judgment concerns two criminal writ petitions challenging externment orders passed under Section 56 of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. The petitioners were ordered to be externed from Kolhapur d...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order in Bombay Police Act Case — Excessive Area and Lack of Nexus. Externment Order Covering Four Districts Set Aside as Prejudicial Activities Confined to Two Police Stations, Violating Section 56(1)(a)(b) of Bombay Police Act, 1951....

The petitioner, Ayub Abdul Sattar Shaikh, challenged an externment order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-VI, Mumbai, under Section 56(1)(a)(b) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, directi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Section 9 Petition Seeking Deposit of Arbitral Award Amount Pending Challenge. Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not empower the court to order deposit of the award amount; it only allows interim measures of protection in respect of the subject matter of the arbitration agreement....

The petitioner, M/s. AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd., filed a petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking directions against the respondent, the Board of Trustees of the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitioner in Externment Case Under Bombay Police Act — Externment Order Quashed for Lack of Subjective Satisfaction. Authorities Failed to Record Finding That Witnesses Were Unwilling to Testify Due to Apprehension of Danger Under Section 56(1)(a)(b) of Bombay Police Act, 1951....

The petitioner challenged an externment order dated 7th February 2012 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-4, Mumbai, under Section 56(1)(a)(b) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, externing h...