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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Murder in Boundary Dispute Sickle Attack. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for fatal assault on victim by appellant due to prior enmity over agricultural land boundary....

The appellant, Vishnu Rama Shid, was convicted by the IInd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nashik in Sessions Case No.166 of 2004 for the murder of Devakibai, the wife of the first informant Navnath ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Winding Up Petition Against Listed Company in Reverse Factoring Dispute. Debt disputed in bona fide manner and company is solvent, hence winding up not justified under Sections 433(e) and (f) of Companies Act, 1956....

The petitioner, SBI Global Factors Ltd., a financial institution, filed a winding up petition under Sections 433(e) and (f) read with Sections 434(1)(a) and 439 of the Companies Act, 1956 against the ...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Appeal Against CLB Order Refusing Transfer of Company Petition. Chairman's Quasi-Judicial Order Held Amenable to Section 10F but Lacks Power to Transfer Part-Heard Matter or Constitute Special Bench....

The appeal arose from an order of the Chairman, Company Law Board (CLB) rejecting an application to transfer a partly-heard company petition from the Western Bench to the Southern Bench or to permit t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal by Mortgagee Bank in Admiralty Suit Regarding Priority of Claims Over Vessel Sale Proceeds. Court Has Power to Fix Time Limit for Filing Claims Against Sale Proceeds to Ensure Finality and Expeditious Distribution....

The appellant, Sparebanken Sogn Og Fjordane, a Norwegian bank, filed an admiralty suit against the vessel M.V. Bos Angler and its owners seeking enforcement of a first priority registered mortgage. Th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition in Tenancy Dispute Involving Widow Tenant's Deemed Purchase Rights Under Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Tenant's Failure to Exercise Option Under Section 32F After Widow's Death Precludes Automatic Purchase....

The case involves a dispute over agricultural lands at Wai under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. On the tillor's day (1.4.1957), a widow named Krishnabai was recorded as a permane...

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Bombay High Court Allows Landlord's Petition in Tenancy Dispute — Purchase Declared Ineffective Due to Tenant's Default in Payment of Instalments. MRT's Condonation of Delay Without Proper Opportunity to Oppose Set Aside....

The case involves agricultural lands owned by the petitioners (landlords) which were let out to the deceased respondent no.1 (tenant). The tenant was declared a deemed purchaser under the Bombay Tenan...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Disabled Employee Against Termination by Pune Municipal Corporation. Termination of services due to disability acquired during service violates the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995....

The petitioner, Shri Prakash Vinayak Naik, was employed as a Subordinate Engineer with the Pune Municipal Corporation. He was initially certified as physically handicapped with 55% disability due to o...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Writ Petition for Premature Release Under Remission Rules - State Directed to Reconsider Application for Release After 14 Years of Imprisonment. Life Convict's Application for Premature Release Was Arbitrarily Rejected Without Proper Consideration of Remission Policy....

The petitioner, Bhima S/o Rangnath Adagale, a life convict serving sentence in Central Prison, Aurangabad, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking premat...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Contributory Negligence. Deceased driver found 50% contributorily negligent in head-on collision; insurer's liability limited to 50% of awarded amount under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case arises from a motor accident on 25.12.1989 on National Highway No.7 near Kondhali, Nagpur, involving a collision between two trucks: one bearing registration No. MWY 6588 driven by Ramsagar, ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State's Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Case — Market Value Enhanced to Rs.40,000 Per Hectare Based on Comparable Sale Instances and Previous Award....

The State of Maharashtra, as the acquiring authority for the Upper Wardha Irrigation Project, appealed against a common judgment and award dated 30.4.1997 passed by the Civil Judge, Senior Division, A...