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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Title Suit — Concurrent Findings Set Aside as Perverse. Burden of proof wrongly placed on defendants; plaintiff failed to prove title and possession....

The case involves a Second Appeal filed by the defendants (appellants) against the concurrent judgments of the trial court and the first appellate court decreeing the suit filed by the original plaint...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Invalidation of OBC Caste Claim. Father's Caste Certificate Showing 'Patidar' (Non-OBC) Used as Basis for Rejection....

The petitioner, Ankur Bharatbhai Patel, was admitted to B.E. course in CAP Round IV as an OBC candidate claiming to belong to the Leva Patidar community, which is notified as OBC in Maharashtra. The C...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Termination of LIC Agent for Violation of Natural Justice — Agency Termination Set Aside Due to Lack of Personal Hearing. The court held that termination without hearing violates principles of natural justice and remitted the matter for fresh consideration under LIC Agents Regulations, 1972....

The petitioner, Mahesh Narayandas Kothari, was appointed as an agent of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in 1988. In 2007, LIC noticed irregularities in his functioning, including that cu...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Railways Appeal in Passenger Death Case. Strict Liability for Untoward Incident Under Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 Upheld as Deceased Was Bona Fide Passenger....

The Union of India, General Manager, Central Railways, filed an appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, challenging the award dated 17.11.2009 passed by the Railway Claims Tr...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Direction for Voice Sample Collection in Bribery Investigation — Rejects Article 20(3) Challenge. Court holds that giving voice sample does not amount to testimonial compulsion and is permissible during investigation under Section 311A CrPC....

The petitioner, Madhukar K. Farde, an Assistant PF Commissioner and Recovery Officer, was accused by the CBI of demanding a bribe of Rs.1,00,000 from Ms. Bharati Roy of M/s Vidya Industrial Services f...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Adjudicates Appeal by Accused Convicted under Section 302 IPC for Murder Based on Circumstantial Evidence. Trial Court Convicted the Accused Based on 12 Circumstances Including Extrajudicial Confessions and Discovery of Dead Body....

The appeal challenges the judgment and order dated 02/09/2009 by the Additional Sessions Judge-I, South Goa, Margao in Sessions Case No.6/2008 convicting the appellant (accused) under Section 302 IPC ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by Cooperative Housing Societies Challenging Police Station Construction on Amenity Plot. Construction of Police Station on Reserved Amenity Plot Upheld as Valid Public Purpose Under MRTP Act and DCR....

The petitioners, three cooperative housing societies registered under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, filed a writ petition challenging the permission granted by the Municipal Corpora...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revenue's Appeal in Share Broker Bad Debt Case — Affirms Deduction Under Section 36(1)(vii) of Income Tax Act. Amounts Advanced for Client Transactions Constitute Business Debts Allowable as Bad Debts Even if Only Commission Was Credited to Profit and Loss Account....

The appeal by the Revenue arose from a decision of the Special Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 16 July 2010. The assessee, Shri Shreyas S. Morakhia, a share broker, filed a return of ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Police Notices Restricting Hotel Timings — Government Notification Under Shops Act Cannot Override Police Act Restrictions on Eating Houses....

The petitioners, Yogesh Panditrao Khaire and others, are running a hotel named 'Hotel Saheba' in Nashik. They obtained a licence under the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 (Act of 1948) and a...