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Bombay High Court Allows Substitution of Arbitrator in Sports Contract Disputes Under Sections 11 and 15(2) of Arbitration Act. Arbitrator's failure to render award within statutory period and subsequent resignation justified substitution despite respondent's objection....

The judgment concerns a group of arbitration applications filed under Section 11 and Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, by several applicants (Shane Duff, Wanda Athletic Pty ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Municipal Corporation's Petition and Upholds Gratuity Payment with Interest. Withholding of Gratuity Pending Departmental Enquiry Without Forfeiture Order Violates Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; Interest Awarded Under Section 7(3-A)....

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai withheld the gratuity of a retired employee, Shri Vitthal Anna Kamble, on the ground that a departmental enquiry was pending against him. The employee had s...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Magistrate's Process in Cheque Bounce Case Despite Resignation of Drawer as Chairman. Resignation After Issuance of Cheque and Lack of Communication to Complainant Cannot Defeat Liability Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act....

The case arose out of two criminal applications filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash the process issued under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order for Non-Compliance with Section 59 of Bombay Police Act, 1951 — Failure to Supply Documents and Provide Sufficient Time for Representation Violates Natural Justice....

The petitioner, Mahavir Saremal Jain, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court challenging an externment order dated 05-06-2012 passed...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Cruelty in Dowry-Related Case — Life Imprisonment for Husband Who Set Wife on Fire. Evidence of Motive and Dying Declaration Found Sufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Sections 302 and 498A IPC....

The appellant, Naresh Eknath Naik, was convicted by the IV Ad hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Thane, for the murder of his wife Yogita under Section 302 IPC and for cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurance Company's Challenge to Arbitral Award in Trust and Coverage Dispute. Majority Award Upheld as Not Patently Illegal Under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The petitioner, The New India Insurance Company Limited, challenged an arbitral award dated 27 July 2009 passed by a three-member Arbitral Tribunal under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Arbitral Award in Contract Dispute Over Shipment Date. Minor Deviation from Contract Date Does Not Render Award Perverse Under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The appeal arose from a judgment of a Learned Single Judge dismissing a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award dated 1 July 2011. The di...

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Bombay High Court Modifies Labour Court Award in Industrial Dispute — Reduces Full Back Wages to 50% Due to Workman's Non-Employment and Employer's Inability to Lead Evidence. Back Wages Not Automatic; Workman Must Prove Non-Employment Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The Petitioner, Paper Machine Wire Industries, challenged the order dated 13-9-2011 passed by the Labour Court, Nasik, directing payment of full back wages and continuity of service to the Respondent ...

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Bombay High Court Clarifies Maintainability of Revision Under Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 — Interlocutory Procedural Orders Not Revisable. Division Bench Holds That Revision Under Section 34(4) is Limited to Orders Affecting Rights or Liabilities of Parties and Does Not Extend to Purely Procedural Orders Passed Under CPC....

The Bombay High Court was seized of three writ petitions under Article 227 of the Constitution challenging orders passed by the Court of Small Causes in suits under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1...