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Bombay High Court Allows Secondary Evidence of Certified Copies in Civil Suit — Sections 74 and 79 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Certified copies of public documents are admissible without laying foundation, and the trial court's rejection was set aside....

The petitioner, Baba Jasbirsing Kalsi, was the original defendant in a civil suit. He filed an application at Exhibit 45 seeking to lead secondary evidence of 15 documents (Item Nos. 1 to 15) which we...

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Bombay High Court Holds Letters Patent Appeal Maintainable Against Single Judge Judgment in Writ Petition at Goa Bench. The Court clarifies that the extension of Bombay High Court's jurisdiction to Goa under the 1981 Act includes Letters Patent jurisdiction, and Clause 15 Letters Patent Appeal lies against a Single Judge's judgment in a writ petition under Article 226....

This judgment by a Larger Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa addresses the maintainability of Letters Patent Appeals against judgments of a Single Judge of the Bombay High Court sitting at Panaji (...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Land Acquisition Appeal, Upholds Enhanced Compensation for Acquired Land. Compensation fixed at Rs.60 per sq. meter based on proximity to sale instance land in same village under same notification....

The case pertains to an appeal filed by the Land Acquisition Officer and the Executive Engineer against the Judgment and Award dated 28-2-2006 passed by the Additional District Judge, Panaji, Goa in L...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Appeal in Contract for Supply of Rails — Upholds Decree for Recovery of Amount for Short Supply. Appellant liable to pay Rs.2,71,873/- with interest at 10% per annum from 15-12-1987 for short supply of 16.263 metric tonnes of rails....

The respondent, State of Goa through the Executive Engineer, filed a suit for recovery of Rs.2,71,873/- against the appellant, M/s. H. L. Nathurmal, for short supply of rails. The appellant had placed...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Civil Revision Application by Tenants in Eviction Suit Under Bombay Rent Act — Maintainability of Suit by Unregistered Society Upheld. Concurrent Findings on Bona Fide Requirement Under Section 13(1)(g) Not Interfered With as No Perversity Shown....

The present civil revision application arose from an eviction suit filed by respondent No.1, Parit Samaj Seva Mandal, an unregistered society, through its president and panchas, against the original t...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Labour Court Award in Industrial Disputes Act Case Due to Perverse Finding and Delay. Reinstatement order set aside as workman failed to prove 240 days of continuous service in the year before termination and reference filed after ten years was stale....

The dispute arose from an industrial reference under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, where the respondent workman alleged illegal termination. The workman claimed he had been working as a daily-wag...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Surgeon Challenging Orders Restricting Kidney Transplants Under Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994. Orders Passed Without Hearing Petitioner Violate Principles of Natural Justice and Are Quashed....

The petitioner, Dr. Ajay Tejraj Oswal, a medical practitioner and surgeon, had been performing kidney transplantation surgeries since 1999 as a freelance surgeon at various hospitals, including Aditya...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses CIDCO's Writ Petition Challenging Revenue Minister's Revision Order in Land Dispute. Held that the Minister's order setting aside mutation entries and directing restoration of original names was within jurisdiction and did not suffer from any error of law warranting interference under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution....

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court, challenging an order dated 5th June ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Direct Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Tukaram Vithal Bhangare, was convicted by the IInd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nashik, for the murder of his wife Bibabai under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Extension of APMC Managing Committee Term Under Section 14(3) of Maharashtra APMC Act, 1963. The Court held that the State Government's power to extend the term of a managing committee is statutory and does not require prior consultation, and the petitioner had no locus standi to challenge the order....

The petitioner, Ashok s/o Parlhadrao Thakre, a member of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Digras, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 29/4/2011 passed by the State Government un...