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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Termination of Employees Appointed Without Following Statutory Recruitment Rules in Education Sector. Appointments Made Without Approval of Competent Authority and Without Following Reservation Policy Are Void Ab Initio....

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, disposed of four writ petitions filed by employees challenging their termination from service. The petitioners were appointed in various educational institutions w...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Police Sub-Inspector in Sohrabuddin Shaikh Fake Encounter Case — Applicant Not Named in FIR and No Overt Act Alleged. The court held that mere presence at the scene of conspiracy without any overt act does not constitute criminal conspiracy under Section 120B IPC....

The applicant, Shyam Singh Charan, a police sub-inspector from Rajasthan, was accused no. 9 in a case registered by the CBI for the alleged abduction and murder of Sohrabuddin Shaikh in a fake encount...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Assault in Axe Attack Case. Appellant convicted under Section 302 IPC for causing death by axe blows on head and under Section 324 IPC for causing hurt to another person....

The appellant, Balu Sitaram Kamble, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli, for the murder of Arjun and for causing hurt to Sandeep under Sections 302 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code,...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder Based on Dying Declarations in Bride Burning Case. Two consistent dying declarations naming the appellant as the perpetrator were found reliable and sufficient to sustain conviction under Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, Shekhar @ Shankar Hanmant Hosmani, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of Shobha, a sex worker, by pouring kerosene on her and setting her on fire. T...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Arbitral Award in Railway Contract Dispute — Clause 17(iii) Bars Compensation for Delay. Contractor's Claims for Under-Utilisation of Labour, Overhead Charges, and Loss of Profits Rejected Due to Express Contractual Prohibition....

The case involves an appeal by M/s. Bombay Railways Engineering Co. against the General Manager, Central Railway, arising from a challenge to an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer of Matrimonial Petition from Kalyan to Jalgaon on Grounds of Wife's Convenience and Hardship. Wife's Convenience Given Precedence in Transfer of Divorce Proceedings Under Section 24 CPC and Section 19 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955....

The applicant, Sau. Kalpna w/o Pankaj Rozatkar, filed an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking transfer of Hindu Marriage Petition No. 161 of 2007 from the Court o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Convict's Challenge to Premature Release Categorization in Murder by Burning Case. Court upholds State's classification under Category 2(c) of 2010 Guidelines for offence of murder by burning, rejecting claim for more beneficial 1992 Circular....

The petitioner, Gotya @ Raju Durgya Jadhav, a life convict, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challenging the State of Maharashtra's order dated 30.10.2012 passed under Section 432 of the Code of Crimina...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses MSEDCL's Petition Challenging Ombudsman's Order to Provide New Connection Without Recovery of Previous Dues. Auction Purchaser Not Liable for Previous Owner's Electricity Arrears Under Electricity Act, 2003....

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) filed a writ petition challenging an order of the Electricity Ombudsman, Nagpur, dated 30.10.2012. The Ombudsman had directed MS...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Director of Education's Petition in School Education Act Case — Management's Appeal Against Refusal of Permission to Impose Major Penalty Held Not Maintainable. Only an aggrieved employee can appeal under Section 22 of the Goa, Daman and Diu School Education Act, 1984 read with Rule 97 of the Rules, not the management....

The Director of Education, Goa, filed a writ petition challenging an order of the School Tribunal dated 24 June 2008, which rejected the Director's preliminary objection regarding the maintainability ...

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Bombay High Court Delivers Judgment in PIL Concerning Private Nursing Schools. Court Emphasizes Training Requirement for Nurses and State's Constitutional Duty....

The case involved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Private Nursing Schools and Colleges Management Association, a registered society of private nursing schools and colleges, through its...