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Bombay High Court Quashes Suspension of Teacher for Political Activity - No Service Rule Prohibits Association with Political Party. The court held that a teacher cannot be suspended for being President of a local political party unit when no service rule bars such association....

The petitioner, Shrikant Subhash Pande, a teacher at Nutan Adarsh Junior College, Umred, was suspended by the management (Ideal Education Society) vide order dated 23/11/2011 in contemplation of a dep...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case Due to Delay in FIR Registration and Suspicious Dying Declaration. The court held that the unexplained delay in lodging the FIR and the suspicious nature of the dying declaration warranted the grant of anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC....

The applicant, Sau Vatsalabai Ghanwat, filed an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in connection with Crime No. 171/2011 registered at Police S...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Appellate Restraint Order in Property Dispute — Status Quo Order Revived After Remand. The Appellate Court's direction to maintain status quo was held to be without jurisdiction as the earlier High Court order already covered the same....

The petitioner, Morries Housing Private Limited, challenged an order dated 26/09/2011 passed by the lower Appellate Court in an appeal arising from a suit. The dispute involved property rights between...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Causing Disappearance of Evidence in Infanticide Case — Life Imprisonment Confirmed for Mother Who Threw Newborn into Well....

The appellant, Kanchan Vilas Kumbhar, was convicted by the III Additional Sessions Judge, Baramati, in Sessions Case No.96 of 2003 for offences under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 186...

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Bombay High Court Directs Land Acquisition Compensation for Famine Relief Works - Mandamus Issued for Formal Acquisition and Payment Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Petitioners' lands taken in 2001 for percolation tank; court orders either acquisition with compensation or return of possession....

The petitioners, owners of lands bearing Gut Nos. 90, 91/2/2/1B, 77/7 and 77/8, alleged that their lands were taken possession of in 2001 by the respondents for construction of a percolation water tan...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Judgment-Debtor's Challenge to Eviction Decree Execution in Slum Area Case. Execution of Pre-Existing Decree Does Not Require Permission Under Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971 as Decree Was Passed Before Slum Notification....

The petitioner, Manohar Bhadade, was the judgment-debtor in a decree for eviction and possession passed in Regular Civil Suit No.42 of 2003 by the 2nd Additional Judge, Small Causes Court, Nagpur, on ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by Nagpur Municipal Corporation Challenging District Judge's Jurisdiction to Extend Notice Period Under MRTP Act. District Judge Has Jurisdiction Under Section 286(3) of City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948 to Extend Notice Period for Notice Issued Under Section 53(1) of MRTP Act, 1966....

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation issued a notice to the respondent under Section 53(1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act) directing demolition of unauthorized construct...