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Madras High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Former Judicial Department Employee in Pay Revision Dispute Under Article 226 — Pay Fixation Error Not Attributable to Employee's Misrepresentation Causing Extreme Hardship. Recovery of Excess Salary Paid Over Decades Struck Down Following Supreme Court Precedent in State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih....

The petitioner, a former Typist in the Judicial Department of Tamil Nadu, joined service as a Copyist in 1995 and was promoted to Typist in 2000. Upon reaching the Selection Grade, her pay was fixed o...

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High Court of Madras Partly Allows Writ Petition in Service Matter — Recovery of Excess Pay Set Aside Despite Pay Revision Confirmed. Employee's Excess Pay Recovery Set Aside as Employer Error Without Misrepresentation, Applying Rafiq Masih Principles....

The writ petition was filed by A. Shenbagavalli, an employee of the subordinate judiciary in Tamil Nadu, who was appointed as a Copyist on 13.01.1999 and regularised on 14.01.1999. She was later promo...

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Madras High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Senior Bailiff in Service Matter Due to Departmental Error. Recovery of Excess Salary for 29-Year Period Set Aside as No Misrepresentation Shown, Causing Extreme Hardship Under Article 226 of Constitution....

The petitioner, who was appointed as a Senior Bailiff in 1993, received an Official Memorandum dated 09.06.2022 from the 6th respondent stating that his pay had been wrongly fixed and excess salary ha...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Petition to Quash Supplementary Chargesheet Filed During Trial Without Prior Permission Under Section 173(8) CrPC. Supplementary chargesheet filed after commencement of trial without leave of court is impermissible and liable to be discarded....

The petitioner, Gaurav Bidre, challenged an order dated 04.04.2025 passed by the learned PDJ & Sessions Court, North Goa at Merces, Tiswadi, which rejected his application to discard a supplementary c...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Father for Rape of Minor Daughter Under POCSO Act and IPC. Father-Daughter Relationship Aggravates Offence; Medical Evidence and Victim Testimony Sufficient for Conviction....

The appellant, Bandu Vishwanath Matte, was convicted by the Extra Joint District Judge & Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur in Special (POCSO) Case No. 130/2021 dated 30.10.2023 for offences under ...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused in SC/ST Act Case Due to Lack of Prima Facie Intent to Humiliate on Caste Basis. Alleged Offences Under Sections 296, 351(2) BNS and Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST Act Found Not Made Out as Incident Arose from Personal Dispute, Not Caste Animosity....

The appellant, Sohel Ali Aijaz Ali, filed a criminal appeal under Section 14(A) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, challenging the order dated 18/05/202...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Refusal to Register Sale Deeds for Non-Production of No Objection Certificate from Municipal Council. Held that the Sub-Registrar cannot refuse registration solely on the ground of absence of NOC from the Municipal Council under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966....

The petitioners filed writ petitions challenging the refusal of the Sub-Registrar, Bodvad, to register sale deeds executed in their favor on the ground that the vendors did not produce a No Objection ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Condonation of 381 Days' Delay in Filing Appeal Against Divorce Decree — Wife's Ignorance of Ex-Parte Decree Constitutes Sufficient Cause. Delay condoned as wife was unaware of the decree and learned of it only during DV Act proceedings, and no prejudice caused to husband....

The present Civil Application was filed by the applicant-wife seeking condonation of 381 days' delay in filing the Family Court Appeal against the judgment and decree of dissolution of marriage dated ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Criminal Petition Seeking Quashment of FIR Under Section 482 Cr.P.C. in Murder Case Involving Accused Lighting Matchstick After Petrol Poured. Dying Declaration Corroborated by Eyewitness Account and Forensic Evidence, Sustains Prima Facie Case Against Accused Under Sections 109 and 103(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023....

The petitioner, a 20-year-old labourer and brother-in-law of the deceased, sought quashing of FIR No.138/2026 registered by Anekal Police Station under Sections 109, 103(1) read with 3(5) of the Bhara...

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Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Homestay Owner in Sexual Assault Case Involving Foreign National; Declares Arrest Illegal and Awards Compensation. Arrest Under Non-Cognizable Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Without Cognizable Offence or Proper Procedure Held Violative of Fundamental Rights....

Background: The petitioner, Palecanda Ponnappa @ Vishal, the owner of Devi Villa Homestay in Kodagu district, was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a foreign national. The compl...