High Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Abetment to Suicide. Conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove cruelty or instigation leading to suicide....

The appellant, Babu, was convicted by the II Additional Sessions Judge, Gulbarga, for offences under Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for allegedly subjecting his wife Laxmi to cr...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Indian Oil Corporation's Writ Petition Seeking to Restrain Union from Holding Strike/Agitation. Court holds that right to strike is a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution of India, subject to reasonable restrictions, and that the petitioner failed to establish any imminent threat or breach of peace....

The petitioner, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, a Government of India Undertaking, filed writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the first respond...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Bank's Cancellation of Candidature Due to Conviction Despite Probation. Section 12 of Probation of Offenders Act Does Not Override Disqualification Under Section 10(1)(b)(i) of Banking Regulations Act, 1949 for Conviction Involving Moral Turpitude....

The petitioner, Amit Mohod, applied for a clerical post in the Bank of India. During the recruitment process, it was revealed that he had been convicted under Section 379 read with Section 34 IPC for ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses State's Petition Challenging Tribunal's Order in Entry Tax Case — Chassis Entry Tax Levy Set Aside as Chassis Not 'Goods' Under Entry Tax Act After Integration into Bus Body....

The State of Maharashtra, through the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax and the Entry Tax Officer, filed a writ petition challenging the judgment and order of the Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal, Mumbai...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Railway's Appeal in Passenger Death Case — Upholds Compensation for Untoward Incident. Deceased was a bona fide passenger with ticket; no evidence of self-inflicted injury under Section 124A proviso of Railways Act, 1989....

The case arises from a claim for compensation filed by the respondents (claimants), the widow and minor children of the deceased Vinod Bhurewar, who died in an incident while traveling by train. The U...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against Eviction Decree in Landlord-Tenant Dispute — Bona Fide Need for Hotel Business Established. Landlord's son's need for premises to start hotel business held genuine and reasonable under Section 16 of Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999....

The case arises from a civil suit filed by the respondents (original plaintiffs) against the applicants (original defendants) for possession of suit premises on the ground of bona fide need. The plain...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Arbitral Award in Construction Dispute — No Perversity Found in Award Granting Rs. 8,87,664 with Interest. Arbitrator's Findings Based on Documents and Not Open to Reappreciation Under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The petitioner, a Cooperative Housing Society, challenged an arbitral award dated 31 March 2010 passed by a sole arbitrator under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The dispute ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision to Frame Preliminary Issue on Jurisdiction in Money Recovery Suits. Court holds that Order XIV Rule 2 CPC allows framing of preliminary issue on jurisdiction even if it involves mixed questions of law and fact....

The petitioners, original plaintiffs in five separate Special Civil Suits for recovery of money and paintings, challenged an order dated 11.06.2012 passed by the 6th Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With Under Section 100 CPC. Suit for partition and separate possession of joint family property decreed by trial court and affirmed by first appellate court; second appeal dismissed for lack of substantial question of law....

The appellants, defendants 2 and 3 in O.S. No. 100/1991, filed a second appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.03.2010 passed by th...