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Bombay High Court Allows Workers' Petition for Permanency Against Zilla Parishad — Agreement Cannot Override Industrial Court Order Under MRTU & PULP Act. The court held that an agreement between employer and employees after a binding order does not extinguish the right to permanency granted by the Industrial Court....

The petitioners, eight workers employed with the Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar, filed a complaint under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (MR...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Against Externee in Bombay Police Act Case — Acquittals Ignored, Natural Justice Violated. Externment Order Set Aside as Authority Failed to Consider Material Evidence and Restricted Witnesses, Violating Fair Play Principles....

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, heard a criminal writ petition filed by Aleem Khan Salim Khan challenging an externment order dated 8 March 2011 passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Morshi, u...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Loan Dispute — Civil Nature of Transaction Precludes Criminal Offences Under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC Read with 120-B. Blank Cheques Given as Security Do Not Attract Forgery or Cheating Charges....

The applicants, Rajendra Ramlal Jaiswal, Ravindra Ramlal Jaiswal, and Omkumar Shamsundar Jaiswal, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) before t...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Defamation Proceedings in Property Dispute Between Siblings. Criminal Complaint for Defamation Under Section 500 IPC Quashed as Alleged Defamatory Statements Were Made in Civil Court Pleadings and Not Published to Third Parties....

The case involves a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by Rajendra Vishwanath Chaudhary and Ashish Rajendra Choudhry (applicants) seeking quashing of ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Assessee in Tax Refund Interest Dispute: Interest under Section 244A Payable from Date of Tax Payment, Not Central Government Account Credit. Court Clarifies that Payment by Cheque to Authorized Agent Constitutes Payment upon Debit to Assessee's Account, Thus Interest Entire Month of Payment Even if Credited Later....

The appeal before the Bombay High Court arose from a dispute regarding the date from which interest under section 244A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is payable on a tax refund. The assessee, a company, ...

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Bombay High Court Examines Whether Assault on Advocate at Police Station Amounts to Criminal Contempt. Bar Council's Contempt Petition Alleges Interference with Administration of Justice Under Section 2(c)(iii) of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971....

This contempt petition was filed by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, a statutory body under the Advocates Act, 1961, alleging criminal contempt against two police officers attached to Bhoiwada ...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Contempt Petition Against Chairman and Secretary for Violating Status Quo Order in Co-operative Society Dispute. Suppression of Material Facts and Subsequent Holding of Annual General Meeting and Elections Despite Status Quo Direction Constitutes Wilful Civil Contempt....

The case arose from a contempt petition filed by Shri Ram Jadhav against 12 respondents, including V.S. Indulkar and others, alleging violation of a status quo order passed by the Bombay High Court in...

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Division Bench of Bombay High Court Hears Appeal Against Single Judge's Order Setting Aside Arbitral Award in Octroi Collection Contract Dispute. Arbitrator's Award of Rs.11.55 Crores with Interest and Costs Was Set Aside Under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, on Allegations of Manipulated Survey and Patent Illegality....

The dispute arose from a contract dated 21.03.2003 between M/s. Monarch Erectors Pvt. Ltd. (the agent) and Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (the Corporation) for collection of octroi for t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Owner's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Deceased Was Gratuitous Passenger in Goods Vehicle, Insurance Not Liable. The court held that the insurance policy does not cover gratuitous passengers in goods vehicles under Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the owner cannot be held liable for the driver's negligence....

The case involves an appeal by the owner of a goods vehicle (jeep) against an award of compensation by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ahmednagar, for the death of Santosh Kedar, who was traveling...