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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban on Lawyers Practicing in Multiple Courts — No Statutory Bar Found Under Advocates Act, 1961. The court held that a lawyer enrolled with any State Bar Council is entitled to practice in all courts throughout India under Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961....

The petitioner, Mahadeo Ramkishan Andhale, a practicing lawyer and social worker, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking a direction to prohib...

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Bombay High Court Protects Service of Assistant Teacher Who Gave Up Scheduled Tribe Privileges After Caste Validity Certificate for Special Backward Category Was Issued. Court Quashes Termination Notice and Allows Continuity of Service Subject to Undertaking....

The petitioner, Suresh Dhanraj Dhani, was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in 1997 in a school run by Zilla Parishad, Akola, based on a caste certificate showing 'Koli Mahadeo (Scheduled Tribe)'. He ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Reference to Arbitration in MOFA Suit Involving Non-Signatory Parties. Arbitration Clause Cannot Be Invoked When Suit Seeks Statutory Reliefs Against Developer and Municipal Corporation Under Maharashtra Ownership of Flat Act, 1963....

The petitioner, Shah & Mody Developers, was the defendant in a suit filed by the respondents (Alka Ketan Shah and others) in the City Civil Court, Dindoshi, Mumbai. The respondents had entered into an...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer of Hindu Marriage Petition from Amravati to Nanded on Grounds of Wife's Convenience and Safety. Wife's Residence and Lack of Income Justify Transfer Under Section 24 CPC....

The applicant, Snehal Omprakash Kothekar, wife of the respondent Omprakash Domaji Kothekar, filed a Misc. Civil Application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking transfer of Hi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Retired Government Servant's Petition Challenging Tribunal Order on Promotion Claims. Petitioner's claim for promotion from 1979 rejected due to delay and laches as he approached Tribunal in 1991 after retirement in 1988....

The petitioner, Gopalrao Ambadasrao Borikar, a retired Deputy Collector, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order of the Maharashtra Administ...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes Compounding Fee Demand Under Section 96(4) of Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 for Want of Prior Conversion of Patta Land. Quarrying Activity Commenced When Law Did Not Require Conversion as per Shakeel Pasha v. N. Sivasailam, Hence No Violation of Section 95....

The petitioner, a mineral company holding three quarrying licences granted in 2000 and 2002 for extraction of pink granite on patta agricultural lands in Raichur District, commenced operations without...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Railway's Appeal in Passenger Death Case Due to Untoward Incident. Deceased Boarded Wrong Train but Was Bona Fide Passenger with Valid Ticket; Railway Liable Under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989....

The appeal was filed by the Union of India, General Manager, South Central Railway, against the judgment and award dated 06/03/2009 of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Nagpur Bench, which awarded Rs.4,00,...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Railway's Appeal, Upholds Compensation for Death Due to Fall from Train. Death of a bona fide passenger due to fall from train caused by rush and sudden jerk is an untoward incident under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989, and the railway failed to prove self-inflicted injury....

The appeal was filed by the Union of India through the General Manager, South Central Railway, challenging the Judgment and Award dated 13/7/2010 of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Nagpur Bench. The Trib...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Railway's Appeal, Upholds Compensation to Parents of Deceased Passenger in Untoward Incident. Deceased Presumed Bona Fide Passenger Under Section 113 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872, as Railway Failed to Rebut Presumption....

The case involves an appeal by the Union of India, represented by the General Manager of South Central Railway, against an award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal, Nagpur, dated 28/10/2009 in Cl...