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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Trial Court Order on Impleading Legal Representatives in Civil Suit. Court holds that Order 22 Rule 4 CPC applies to impleading LRs of deceased defendant, not Order 1 Rule 10 CPC, and that the trial court's order allowing substitution was not erroneous....

The petitioners, who were the defendants in Original Suit No. 303/2011 pending before the Additional Civil Judge (Jr. Dn.), Bailhongal, sitting at Kittur, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and ...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Upholds Compensation Award in Motor Accident Claim — Future Income Considered for Apprentice Deceased. The court affirmed the Tribunal's decision to consider the deceased's future salary after apprenticeship, given his qualifications and prospects, under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case involves an appeal by the United India Insurance Company Limited against the judgment and award dated 24th March 2005 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Akola in Claim Petition No....

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Invalidated Caste Certificate for Scheduled Tribe 'Thakur' — Father's Validated Certificate Entitles Petitioner to Same Recognition. The court held that the Scrutiny Committee could not reject the petitioner's caste claim when her father's certificate as 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe was already validated....

The petitioner, Vaishali Chatarsing Ingale (Thakur), challenged the decision of the Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims, Amravati, dated 21.03.2005, which invalidated her caste cer...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Tenants' Petition Challenging Inspection Order Under Section 28 of Maharashtra Rent Act. Landlord's Application for Measurement of Tenanted Premises Allowed to Ascertain Area for Reconstruction Undertaking Under Section 16(6)(d)....

The petitioners, tenants of suit premises, challenged an order passed by the Judge, Small Causes Court, Bombay, allowing the respondent landlord's application under Section 28 of the Maharashtra Rent ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Executor's Application for Probate in Will Dispute — Caveat Dismissed for Lack of Interest. Court held that a caveator claiming under an unproduced Will has no caveatable interest under Section 284 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925....

The case involves a Notice of Motion filed by Daya Subhash Tiwari, the applicant and original petitioner in a probate petition, seeking dismissal of a caveat filed by Mr. Lalta Prasad Ram Nihor Tiwari...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Divorce Decree in Matrimonial Dispute — Wife's False Allegations and Refusal to Live with In-Laws Constitute Cruelty Under Section 13(1)(ia) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Wife's Unsubstantiated Allegations of Adultery and Dowry Demands, Along with Desertion, Justify Dissolution of Marriage....

The case involves an appeal by the wife (S) against a Family Court decree granting divorce to the husband (Y) on grounds of cruelty and desertion under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The parties were m...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Illegal Handcuffing and Public Parading in Chapter Case Arrest. Police Action Violated Article 21 as Handcuffing Without Justification and Public Parading Amounted to Cruel Treatment, Compensation of Rs. 50,000 Awarded....

The petitioner, Shri Kisan @ Kisanchand Tharurmal Wadhawa, a resident of Gandhinagar, Kolhapur, filed a criminal writ petition challenging the action of the Gandhinagar police station in arresting him...

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Bombay High Court Addresses De Novo Trial Requirement Under Section 138 NI Act Upon Transfer of Presiding Judge. The court held that successor judge has discretion to proceed from the stage of transfer but must ensure no prejudice to the accused....

This group of matters involves a common legal question regarding the requirement of a de novo trial in proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, when the presiding judge w...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Due to Vagueness and Procedural Lapses under Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. The court held that failure to specify the period of externment and reliance on material not in the show cause notice vitiated the order....

The petitioner, Nadeem Hanif Khan @ Nadeem Chada, challenged an externment order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-VIII, Mumbai on 31st August, 2012, under Section 56 of the Maharashtr...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Under Bombay Police Act for Lack of Proximate Material. Externment order set aside as the material relied upon was insufficient and not proximate to the purpose of preventing future crimes under Section 56(1)(a) and (b) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951....

The petitioner, Zahoor Ismail Fakie, challenged an externment order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-I, Thane on 18th February 2013, which was confirmed by the Principal Secretary, Ho...