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Bombay High Court Directs Collector to Reconsider NA Applications in Land Revenue Matter — Procedural Compliance Under Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 Required. Collector's Rejection of NA Applications Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Statutory Procedure Under Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966....

The petitioners, owners of various lands in Bhayander (West), Thane, filed applications dated 13/7/2010 and 11/8/2010 before the Collector, Thane, seeking Non-Agricultural (NA) permission under the Ma...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Charity Commissioner's Permission for Sale of Trust Property Due to Inadequate Price and Non-Compliance with Section 36(1)(a) of Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. Court holds that the price offered was not the market price and the order lacked proper consideration of the property's value....

The petitioner, a trustee of Shriram Mandir Deosthan Trust, challenged an order dated 15/02/2011 passed by the Joint Charity Commissioner, Nagpur, granting permission to the Trust to sell its property...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Convict's Petition for Premature Release Due to Repeated Furlough Overstay and Forfeiture of Remission. Convict's habitual abscondence disentitles him to benefit of 14-year guidelines for premature release....

The petitioner, a life convict in Central Prison, Amravati, filed a Criminal Writ Petition seeking premature release under the 14-year guidelines dated 11.5.1992. He was placed in Category 3(b), which...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Hears Writ Petition Challenging Electricity Demand Notice and Rebate Calculation. Dispute Concerns Application of 25% Tariff Rebate Under Indian Electricity Act, 1910 Pursuant to 1999 Judgment...

The matter concerns a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed by a sick industrial unit engaged in steel manufacturing. The petitioner challenged a demand notice dated 3 Mar...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Son's Petition Challenging Maintenance Order to Aged Parents Under Section 125 CrPC. Son's Obligation to Maintain Parents is Absolute and Not Dependent on Financial Capacity or Allegations of Fraudulent Property Transfer....

The case involves a petition filed by Bhausaheb Laxman Kshirsagar (the petitioner) under Article 227 of the Constitution of India and Sections 482 and 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, chal...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Executing Court's Order for Re-delivery of Possession in Partition Suit — Executing Court Cannot Reopen Partition Once Effected by Collector Under Section 47 CPC....

The case arises from a partition suit (Special Civil Suit No. 80 of 1969) filed by the respondents against the petitioner. A decree for partition was passed by the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Nashik...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Finds Lower Appellate Court Erred in Framing Issues and Deciding Suit Without Proper Pleadings. The Court held that the appellate court must frame issues only on points arising from pleadings and evidence, and cannot suo motu add parties or decide matters without giving opportunity to lead evidence....

The case arises from a second appeal against the judgment and decree of the District Court, Sangli, which reversed the trial court's decree and dismissed the appellants' suit for partition. The appell...

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Bombay High Court Examines Appeal Against Murder Conviction Under Section 302 IPC in Light of Procedural Lapses and Contradictory Eyewitness Accounts...

The appeals arose from Sessions Case No. 63/2000 where accused nos.1 to 3 were convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of Shrikant Shirke, who was an a...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder Under Section 302 IPC — Life Sentence Confirmed. Accused's Act of Stabbing Deceased Multiple Times After Trivial Quarrel Does Not Fall Under Exception 4 of Section 300 IPC....

The appellant, Narsinh Arjun Jadhav, was convicted by the Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, for the murder of Rajesh Kanojiya under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced to life impr...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition for Alleged Breach of Consent Terms in Civil Suit — No Willful Disobedience Established as Execution Proceedings Already Initiated...

The petitioner, Amrish Arora, who was original defendant No.2 in Short Cause Suit Nos.272/2008 and 273/2008 filed in the City Civil Court, Mumbai, filed a contempt petition alleging that the responden...