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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Settlement Commission's Order on Maintainability of Settlement Application Under Section 32E of Central Excise Act, 1944 — Holds That Order of Adjudication Is Made on Date of Dispatch, Not Date of Signing...

The petitioner, M/s. Vishnu Steels, a manufacturer of excisable goods, challenged an order of the Settlement Commission dismissing its application under Section 32E of the Central Excise Act, 1944 as ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Non-Application of Mind to Witness Statements. The court held that the detaining authority failed to properly consider in-camera statements, violating the detenu's right to make an effective representation under Article 22(5) of the Constitution....

The petitioner, Ravi Hanumant Thorat, brother-in-law of the detenu Sahadeo @ Sada Laxman Dhavare, challenged the validity of a preventive detention order dated 27-08-2012 issued by the Commissioner of...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Murder of Wife Based on Circumstantial Evidence. Chain of Circumstances Including Motive, Last Seen Together, and Recovery of Weapon Held Sufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Section 302 IPC....

The appellant, Mangesh Rajaram Sawant, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay for the murder of his wife Noori @ Manisha on 29th January 2005. The prosecution case was based on...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Section 34 Petitions Challenging Arbitral Awards in Development Agreement Dispute. Court upholds arbitrator's findings on breach of contract and quantum of damages, rejecting grounds of patent illegality and public policy....

The petitioners, Pradyuman Kumar Sharma and Kuber Planters Limited, filed four arbitration petitions under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging four arbitral awards da...

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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award in Share Broker Dispute for Ignoring Material Evidence and NSE Bye-laws. The court held that the arbitrator's failure to consider the petitioner's evidence and the bye-laws rendered the award perverse and liable to be set aside under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The petitioner, M/s. Angel Capital & Debt Market Limited, a share broker, challenged an arbitral award dated 13 November 2009 passed by a sole arbitrator under the bye-laws of the National Stock Excha...

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Bombay High Court Allows Exhibition of Insufficiently Stamped Agreement to Sale Subject to Payment of Stamp Duty and Penalty — Section 34 of Bombay Stamp Act, 1958 Does Not Bar Exhibition for Collateral Purpose...

The petitioner, original plaintiff, filed Special Civil Suit No.904 of 2005 for specific performance of an agreement to sale dated 31-1-2005 in respect of certain lands at Village Fursungi, Pune. The ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitioner's Challenge to Family Court Ex-Parte Order and DV Act Complaint as Frivolous. Family Court's Direction to Proceed Ex-Parte Upheld and DV Act Complaint Cannot Be Quashed as It Is Not a Criminal Proceeding Under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The petitioner, Natarajan Sundaresan, filed two writ petitions before the Bombay High Court challenging orders passed in family court and magistrate proceedings initiated by his wife, Shadi Natarajan....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Murder in Club Rivalry Case — Knife Attack on Complainant Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Appellant's Conviction Under Section 307 IPC Sustained as Medical and Eyewitness Evidence Corroborated Intent to Cause Death....

The appellant, Dnyaneshwar Gangadhar, was convicted under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code for attempting to murder Ranjit Patil (PW8) on 7 March 2004 at Gevrai. The appellant, along with co-accus...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Insurer's Appeal in Motor Vehicle Accident Claim — Policy Validity Co-extensive with Registration Certificate. Insurer's liability ceases when registration certificate expires and is not renewed, but insurer must prove that policy was issued for a period not exceeding the validity of registration....

The case involves an appeal by the New India Assurance Co., Ltd. against a judgment and award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT), Bangalore, in MVC No. 2576/2005 dated 29.12.2007, awarding ...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Appeal Against Vacation of Status Quo in Construction Dispute — Plaintiff's Right to Setbacks Protected Pending Trial. The court restored the status quo order granted on 16.11.2012, holding that the trial court vacated it without any change in circumstances, and directed expeditious disposal of the suit....

The appellant, Dr. C.M. Balakrishnan, filed a suit (O.S. No. 8120/2012) before the XXVII Additional City Civil Judge, Bangalore, seeking to restrain the first respondent, Sri G. Narayan, from construc...