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Bombay High Court Quashes Damages Order Against Sick Company in PF Case Due to Unreasoned Orders and Inordinate Delay. Authority directed to pass reasoned order after considering company's financial difficulties and delay in initiation of proceedings under Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952....

The petitioner, Wasp Pumps Pvt Ltd, a company declared sick under the Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985 in 1996-1997, challenged an order dated 04.12.2008 passed by the Assistant Provident Fund Comm...

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Bombay High Court Allows Employer to Hold Fresh Enquiry After Termination Set Aside for Breach of Natural Justice. Reinstatement Ordered but Back wages Made Dependent on Outcome of Fresh Enquiry....

The petitioner, Sanjeevan Gramin Vaidyakiya & Samajik Sahayata Pratisthan, challenged an order dated 23.12.2011 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court, which set aside the termination o...

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High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Culpable Homicide of Wife in Sudden Quarrel. Death Caused by Three Pickaxe Blows on Head During Domestic Dispute Falls Under Section 304 Part II IPC, Not Murder....

The appellant, Rajendra Govindrao Jadhav, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nilanga, under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code for causing the death of his wife, Vanita. The inc...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging No-Confidence Motion Against Woman Sarpanch. Interpretation of First Proviso to Section 35(3) of Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958 requires both that the Sarpanch be a woman and that the office be reserved for women....

The appellant, Rohini w/o Sanjay Bhosale, filed a Letters Patent Appeal before the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) against the order of a learned Single Judge dismissing her writ petition. The ap...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Food Adulteration Case Due to Non-Compliance with Sampling Procedure. Failure to Follow Rule 22 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 Regarding Mixing and Sampling from Bulk Container Renders Prosecution Unsustainable....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of the respondent-accused Suryabhan Ukarda Rokade for offences under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The case arose from an incid...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union's Petition in Industrial Dispute — No Employer-Employee Relationship Established. Complaint under MRTU & PULP Act fails as workers were employees of contractor, not principal company....

The Engineering Workers' Union filed a complaint under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (MRTU & PULP Act) on behalf of 25 workers (though...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Test Reports Under Drugs and Cosmetics Act in NDPS Prosecution. Section 25(2) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 applies only to samples collected by Inspector under that Act, not to samples collected under NDPS Act, 1985....

The petitioner, M/s. Kamud Drugs Pvt. Ltd., filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to respondent No.2, the Central Excise Department, to provide test reports o...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Demand for Dowry. Acquittal of husband and in-laws upheld as prosecution failed to prove that deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry soon before her death, essential for conviction under Section 304B IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Laxman Narsinhrao Ganti (accused No.1), his father Narsinhrao Narayan Ganti (accused No.2), and mother Rajlaxmi Narsinhrao Ganti (accused No....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Seeking Appointment of Court Receiver and Interim Compensation in Property Dispute. Court holds that mere filing of affidavits does not establish grave urgency warranting appointment of receiver or direction for deposit of interim compensation at an interim stage....

The appellant, Ramesh Sippy, filed a suit in the Bombay High Court seeking possession of Flat No.5/B in Shree Vijayaa Bhavan, Mumbai, claiming ownership based on shares held in Unique Enterprise Co-op...

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Bombay High Court Upholds MHADA's Order for Repairs and Redevelopment of Cessed Building Under Section 95A of MHADA Act. Court Directs Tenants to Pay Increased Rent and Vacate for Redevelopment, Rejecting Challenge to Executive Engineer's Order....

The appellants, eight tenants of a cessed building in Chittaranjan Nagar, Ghatkopar, Mumbai, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 24 April 2012 passed by the Executive Engineer of the Maha...