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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings for ESI Contribution Default Due to Inordinate Delay. Delay of Over 18 Years in Prosecution for Non-Payment of ESI Contributions Under Sections 39 and 40 of ESI Act Held to Be Prejudicial and Grounds for Quashing....

The petitioners, Satyanarayan Mohanlal Jalan and others, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, se...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition in Defamation Case — Quashing of Process Under Section 500 IPC Set Aside. Complaint Alleging Defamation by Issuance of Cheque Without Sufficient Funds Not Barred by Dishonour of Cheque Proceedings Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act....

The petitioner, a business entity, filed a criminal complaint against the respondent alleging defamation under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The complaint stated that the respondent issu...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Trust Dispute Due to Compromise and Lack of Criminal Breach of Trust. Transaction Found Bonafide on Behalf of Trust Under Section 406 IPC....

The petitioner, Suganchand Kasturchand Raka, was the accused in Criminal Case No.456/2001 filed by respondent no.2, Vasant Bhavanji Shah, alleging criminal breach of trust under Section 406 of the Ind...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Appellate Court's Order Allowing Additional Evidence Under Section 391 CrPC in Cheque Dishonour Case. The court held that the appellate court's reasoned order permitting additional evidence to prove repayment of loan was within its discretion and not illegal or perverse....

The petitioner, original complainant, challenged the order dated 24.12.2002 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalgaon in Criminal Appeal No.40/1998, whereby the appellate court permitte...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extrajudicial Confession. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as extrajudicial confession was not corroborated by any other evidence and the circumstances did not conclusively point to guilt....

The appellant, Ishwar Masram, a member of the State Reserve Police Force, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of his colleague, Gangadhar Thakare. The prosecution c...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Execution Court Order in Land Dispute. Court holds that objections under Section 47 of CPC cannot be raised after 30 years of decree and that execution court cannot go behind the decree....

The petitioners, legal representatives of the original decree holder Rukmini Pandurang Prabhu Alvekar, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 0...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Husband in Wife's Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence and Motive. Conviction under Section 302 and 201 IPC confirmed as chain of circumstances complete and consistent with guilt....

The appellant, Dashrath Dada Salunkhe, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Malashiras for the murder of his wife Vimal @ Anita and for causing disappearance of evidence of that offence. Th...

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Bombay High Court Hears Appeal Against Conviction in Murder and Dowry Cruelty Case. Conviction Based on Two Dying Declarations and Evidence of Cruelty for Demand of Gold Ornaments....

The present appeal was filed before the Bombay High Court against the judgment and order dated 18.12.2007 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 452 of 2005, convicting th...