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Bombay High Court Allows Bank's Appeal, Directs Industrial Court to Frame Preliminary Issue on Maintainability of Complaints by Branch Managers. Dispute regarding whether Branch Managers Qualify as 'Workmen' Under Section 2(s) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Must Be Resolved Before Granting Interim Relief Against Transfer Orders....

The appeals arose from orders of the Industrial Court, Nashik, granting interim stay of transfer orders of two Branch Managers of a multi-state cooperative bank. The bank, appellant, had transferred t...

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High Court Dismisses Landowners' Appeals in Land Acquisition Case Due to Inadequate Evidence. Claimants Failed to Prove Higher Market Value of Acquired Agricultural Land Under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The case involved two first appeals filed by landowners against a common judgment and award dated 03.02.1979 regarding compensation for land acquired for a township at Begusarai for Indian Refinery. T...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision by Accused in Outraging Modesty Case — Concurrent Findings of Guilt Upheld. Delay in FIR Lodged Due to Family Honour and Victim's Credible Testimony Under Section 354 IPC Sustain Conviction....

This criminal revision arose from the concurrent conviction of the applicant, a shopkeeper, for the offence of outraging modesty under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. The incident occurred on 14...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Abatement of Appeal in Rent Control Ejectment Suit. Failure to Bring Legal Representatives on Record Within Limitation Leads to Dismissal of Appeal as Abated....

The petitioners, heirs of the original plaintiff Ramsukh Mishrilal Jadiya, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 23/12/2010 passed by the learned 4th District Judge, Amravati, which allowe...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Bank Employee Seeking Voluntary Retirement — Mandamus Issued to Quash Rejection of VRS Application. Indian Overseas Bank's refusal to accept voluntary retirement application on grounds of pending disciplinary proceedings was set aside as the proceedings were not initiated before the application date....

The Petitioner, Patrick Miranda, an officer of Indian Overseas Bank, applied for voluntary retirement under a scheme circulated on 02.12.2000, with the application period from 15.12.2000 to 19.01.2001...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Hears Writ Petition Against Tender Disqualification in Hospital PPP Project. Bid Rejected as Non-Responsive Due to Asterisks and Alleged Violation of Finance Department Concurrence Rules Under Rules of Business of the Government of Goa, 1991....

The writ petition before the High Court of Bombay at Goa arose out of a tender process for the development, operation and management of a 290-bedded District Hospital in Mapusa on a Public Private Par...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of MLA for Anti-Party Voting Under Tenth Schedule. Speaker's Order Disqualifying Petitioner for Voluntarily Giving Up Party Membership and Voting Contrary to Whip Upheld as Valid....

The petitioner, Shri Matanhy Saldanha, was a Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Cortalim, belonging to the United Goan Democratic Party (UGDP). In 2005, the BJP-led government under Chief Min...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Environmental Clearance for Iron Ore Mine Expansion. Deletion of Time Condition by Competent Authority Held Valid, Mining Operations Not Illegal....

The petitioner, Shankar Raghunath Jog, a retired government servant and resident of Sancordem, Goa, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court at Goa, challenging the validi...

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Bombay High Court Restrains Privatisation of District Hospital in Public Interest Litigation — State Directed to Commission and Run Asilo Hospital as State District Hospital. The Court granted interim relief to prevent handing over of the District Hospital to a private operator, upholding the State's obligation to provide healthcare....

The judgment concerns two matters: Misc. Civil Application No. 623/2011 in PIL Writ Petition No. 359/2007 and Writ Petition No. 394/2011, both filed in public interest. The applicants/petitioners soug...