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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging AICTE's 'No Admission' Decision for Polytechnic College Due to Infrastructure Deficiencies. Institution's 1983 Establishment Does Not Exempt It from Compliance with 2010 Regulations for Extension of Approval....

The petitioner, Khalapur Taluka Shikshan Prasarak, a trust, established the second petitioner, a polytechnic college, in 1983. The institution conducted ten diploma courses, four with a second shift. ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Reference to Arbitration in Development Dispute. Presence of Non-Signatory CIDCO Does Not Bar Arbitration Under Section 8 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 When No Claim Is Made Against It....

The petitioner, Shri Narayan Shankar Thakur, filed Special Civil Suit No.252 of 2008 seeking specific performance of a Development Agreement dated 14.2.2005 entered into with defendant nos.1 to 14 (Si...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal of Convicted Accused in NDPS Case for Heroin Possession — Compliance with Sections 42 and 50 of NDPS Act Upheld. The court held that the appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof under Sections 35 and 54 of the NDPS Act, and the conviction under Section 21(b) r/w 8(c) and 29 r/w 8(c) and 21(b) was sustainable....

The appellant, V.S. Anandan, was convicted by the Special Judge under the NDPS Act for offences punishable under Section 21(b) read with Section 8(c) and Section 29 read with Section 8(c) and Section ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as the dying declaration was not recorded in the exact words of the deceased and lacked corroboration....

The appellant, Samir Balasaheb Awati, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of Salama, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Additional Sessions Judge, Icha...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant for Murder Based on Dying Declaration and Recovery of Weapon. Oral dying declaration made by deceased to his children immediately after assault held admissible and sufficient to convict under Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, Prabhakar Ambaji Bhagwat, was convicted by the 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for the murder of Lawrence Christi under Section 302 IPC and for house trespass under Section 448 IPC...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Causing Disappearance of Evidence in Scrap Dealer Case — Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Last Seen Theory and Recovery of Articles at Instance of Appellant Establish Guilt Under Sections 302 and 201 IPC....

The appellant, Jagdish Bansu Kharwal, was convicted by the trial court for the murder of Sayyed Irfan Ul Huda under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and for causing disappearance of evidence...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Murder of Wife on Ground of Impotency Taunts — Life Sentence Confirmed Under Section 302 IPC. The court found the eyewitness testimony of the father-in-law credible and corroborated by medical evidence, rejecting the appeal against conviction....

The appellant, Pravin Vilas Shelar, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his wife, Sunita, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution case was that the a...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Daughter's Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for smothering a child set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Santosh Hanmant Gavandi, was convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his one-and-a-half-year-old daught...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal in Part in Fixed Deposit Interest Rate Dispute — Rate of Interest Payable After Maturity Determined at 12% Per Annum. Court Holds That in Absence of Contractual Rate, Interest Payable Under Section 34 CPC at 6% But Considering Commercial Transaction, 12% Is Just and Equitable....

The case involves two appeals arising from a common order of a learned single Judge of the Karnataka High Court regarding the rate of interest payable on a fixed deposit after its maturity. The appell...