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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Gang Rape Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Prosecutrix's Evidence Found Unreliable as Medical Evidence Did Not Support Allegations of Intercourse Under Section 376(g) IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of five accused persons charged with gang rape under Section 376(g) of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution relied on the testimony of the pro...

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Bombay High Court Allows Filing of Written Statement Beyond Time in Civil Suit — Emphasizes Procedure as Handmaiden of Justice. Order 8 Rule 1 CPC time limit can be extended for just reasons; hyper-technical approach deprecated....

The petitioner, M/s All India Engineering Company Ltd., filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 11/3/2011 passed by the 4th Joint Civi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitioner to Cross-Examine Witness in Civil Suit by Setting Aside 'No-Cross' Order. Petitioner Granted Opportunity to Cross-Examine Plaintiff's Witness After Depositing Costs of Rs.3000/-....

The petitioner, Subham Pande, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 28/3/2011 passed by the Civil Judge (Sr.Dn.), Nagpur, which reje...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal to Exhibit Unregistered Document. Document styled as 'Sammati Patra' held to be a relinquishment deed requiring compulsory registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, and hence inadmissible without registration....

The petitioner, Lakhichand alias Lakhamichand s/o Kewalram Hariyani, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 19/11/2010 passed by the T...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, Hears Writ Petitions Against Disqualification Order — Councillors Allegedly Voted Contrary to Party Whip. Disqualification Proceedings Under Section 3(1)(b) of Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986 for Defying Whip Issued for Election of President and Vice President....

In 2008, elections were held for the Zilla Parishad, Dhule, where the petitioners were elected as councillors on the ticket of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The party position was 21 Indian Na...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Arbitrary Restriction on Additional Marks for Sportspersons; Holds Policy Intended Benefit for All Participants. Court Directs Board to Grant 25 Additional Marks to Petitioners Who Participated in State Level Badminton Championship, Finding Limitation to Five Students Unreasonable....

The matter involved two writ petitions filed by four minor students who had appeared for the 10th standard SSC Board examination in 2008 and sought the benefit of 25 additional marks under a Governmen...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Re-examination of Witness to Clear Ambiguity in Criminal Trial. Section 311 CrPC permits re-examination to clarify contradictory statements by a witness, not to fill gaps in prosecution evidence....

The applicant, Mangesh Kisanrao Dahe, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, challenging an order dat...

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Bombay High Court Allows Applicant's Petition Under Section 482 CrPC to Quash FIR in Land Dispute — Dispute Held Civil in Nature. Criminal proceedings for trespass, mischief, and criminal intimidation quashed as abuse of process where land ownership and possession were civil issues....

The applicant, Satyanarayan Bisanlal Agarwal, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of FIR No. 3040/03 and the order dated 16.6.2004 ...

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Bombay High Court Partly Quashes Orders in Domestic Violence Case — Residential Direction Set Aside Due to Absence of Valid Marriage. Family Court's Finding That No Legally Valid Marriage Existed Prevents Claim to Shared Household Under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, but Criminal Proceedings Under IPC Not Interfered With....

The dispute arose from a matrimonial conflict where the respondent claimed to have married the petitioner on 22 May 1989 in a Hindu temple despite the petitioner being a Christian. The respondent file...

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Bombay High Court Hears Revision Against Rejection of Discharge in Professor-Student Suicide Abetment Case. Prosecution Alleged Humiliation and Punitive Tasks Drove Student to Suicide; Accused Argued Lack of Mens Rea and Proximate Instigation....

The matter came before the Bombay High Court as a criminal revision application challenging the order of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Nashik, dated 12 May 2011, which had rejected the discharge appli...