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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction in Murder Case Based Solely on Dying Declaration After Eyewitnesses Turn Hostile. The Court Holds That a Dying Declaration Found Truthful and Voluntary Can Be Sole Basis for Conviction Under Section 302 Read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code....

The appeal was preferred before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay against the judgment and order dated 30.12.2003 passed by the 3rd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, in Sessions Case No. 489...

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Criminal Appeal No. 336 of 2004...

The appellants, original accused Nos. 1 to 3, were convicted by the 4th Additional Sessions Judge, Pandharpur, in Sessions Case No. 97 of 2002 for offences under Sections 302, 307, 323 read with 34 of...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Will in Testamentary Suit, Dismissing Challenge by Widow of Predeceased Son. Court Finds No Suspicious Circumstances or Undue Influence Proven, Holds Will Valid Under Indian Succession Act, 1925....

The dispute arose from the testamentary proceedings concerning the estate of Lady Jena Jamshedji Duggan, a social worker and dowager who died on 2nd September 1993 at age 96. Her grandson, Dr. Feroze ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order for Non-Compliance with Section 59 of Bombay Police Act — Show Cause Notice Not Served in Manner Prescribed by Law. Failure to Serve Notice as Per Section 59 of Bombay Police Act, 1951 Renders Externment Order Under Section 56 Invalid....

The petitioner, Radhakisan Waman Patol, a resident of Wadgaon (Kolhati), Aurangabad, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an externment order dated...

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High Court of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad Allows Retired Employee's Writ Petition for Pension. Temporary and Regular Service Clubbed for Qualifying Pension Under Rule 33 of Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982, Despite Post-Retirement Regularization....

The case arose from a writ petition filed by a retired employee of Marathwada Agricultural University seeking pension in accordance with the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. The petit...

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High Court Upholds Compensation Claim in Custodial Death Case Due to Police Negligence. Court Finds Death Suicidal but Attributable to Police Actions and Ill-treatment....

The case involved a petition filed by the family of Nitin Patil, who died in police custody on 22nd July 2003. The petitioners sought compensation and an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Release of Under-Trial Prisoner on Bail in Murder Case — Right to Speedy Trial and Personal Liberty Under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Petitioner Acquitted in One Case and Granted Bail in Another, but Continued Detention in Third Case for Over Two Years Without Trial Violates Fundamental Rights....

The petitioner, Damji Tingsa Pada, was apprehended by Gadchiroli Police on 5th August 2009 and shown arrested in three cases. During his detention, he was acquitted in one case and ordered to be relea...

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Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench Dismisses Convict's Writ Petition Seeking Concurrent Running of Sentences — Applies Single Transaction Rule. Convict's Prayer to Make Sentences in Two Unrelated IPC Offences Concurrent Rejected as Cases Arose From Different Transactions and Had Separate Judgments....

The petitioner, a convict at Central Prison, Nagpur, filed a writ petition seeking that the sentences in two separate convictions run concurrently. He was first convicted on 20.10.2004 in Criminal Cas...