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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Son Who Axed Father to Death in Quarrel Over Idleness. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for Murder Based on Direct Eyewitness Testimony and Blood-Stained Clothes....

The appellant, Lahu Chandar Hilam, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his father, Chandar. The incident occurred on 1 April 2008 at about 8 pm in village Nadsur...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Direct Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Recovery of Ornaments Not Sufficient to Prove Homicide....

The appellant, Sharad s/o Mariba Choudhari, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Solapur, for the murder of Sunita and for dishonestly taking her ornaments, under Sections 302 and 404 of th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Wife's Challenge to Valuation Order in Family Court. Court Holds That Valuation of Relief of Possession Must Be as on Date of Filing Petition Under Section 6(v) of Bombay Court Fees Act, 1959....

The petitioner wife challenged an order of the Family Court No.6, Bandra, Mumbai dated 25 July 2012, which directed the respondent husband to value the relief of possession in his petition as on the d...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Executive Magistrate's Order in Section 145 CrPC Proceeding for Lack of Jurisdiction. The Court held that the Magistrate must first determine the existence of a likelihood of breach of peace before passing any order under Section 146(1) CrPC....

The petitioners, Sundar Narayan Nawale and others, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 2nd April 2013 passed by the Execut...

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Bombay High Court Allows Husband's Petition Challenging Maintenance Order, Sets Aside Sessions Court's Order for Lack of Justification for Denial of Maintenance from Date of Application. The court upheld the wife's entitlement to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC but remanded the issue of the date from which maintenance is payable for fresh consideration....

The case involves two criminal writ petitions arising from a maintenance dispute under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). The wife, Sau Alka Ravindra Patil, filed an applicati...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Appeal of Workman Challenging Termination as Contractual Appointment Not Covered Under Industrial Disputes Act. Workman Appointed on Contract Basis for Specific Project Not Entitled to Protection Under Section 25F of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appellant, D.N. Shivaraj, was appointed as a Work Inspector on 06.08.1990 by the Belgaum Urban Development Authority (respondent No.1) and the Government of Karnataka (respondent No.2) on a contra...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in CBI Corruption Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Conviction under Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt....

The judgment pertains to two criminal appeals filed by accused persons convicted by the Special Judge for CBI Cases, Bangalore, in Spl.C.C.No.139 of 1998. The appellant in Criminal Appeal No.1171 of 2...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Revisional Order Setting Aside Right of Way. Concurrent Findings of Fact by Revenue Authorities Upheld; Revisional Authority Cannot Interfere Without Perversity....

The petitioners, Harichandra Pundlik Ughade and Pundlik Konduji Ughade, purchased agricultural land Gat No.282/2 at Mouza Rasa, Tahsil Wani, District Yavatmal from legal heirs of Bapurao Wararkar unde...