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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Kidnapping and Ransom Demand Under Sections 363, 364A, 120B IPC — Appellant Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Abducting Minor Son of Factory Owner and Demanding Rs. 1 Lakh Ransom....

The appellant, Mohammad Murtuza Mohammed Mosin Shaikh, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, for offences under Sections 363, 364A read with 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and s...

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Bombay High Court Allows Landlord's Petition in Landlord-Tenant Dispute — Substituted Service Upheld Under Order 5 Rule 20 CPC. Exparte Decree Restored as Tenant Failed to Show Sufficient Cause for Non-Appearance....

The case involves a landlord-tenant dispute over a room in Mumbai. The original petitioner (landlord) filed a suit for possession against the original respondent (tenant) in the Small Causes Court. Th...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Acquittal Set Aside Due to Improper Appreciation of Evidence. Presumption under Section 139 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 stands in favor of complainant unless rebutted by accused....

The appellant, Mahesh Urban Credit Coop. Society Ltd., through its manager, filed a criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of the respondent, Narayanrao Ukandrao Paikrao, by the Judicial Magistrate...

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Bombay High Court Upholds 60 Years Retirement Age for Workmen Under Model Standing Orders in Unfair Labour Practice Case. Employer's Reduction of Retirement Age from 60 to 58 Years Held Unfair Labour Practice Under Item 9 of Schedule IV of MRTU & PULP Act, 1971....

The case involves a Letters Patent Appeal and Cross Objection against a judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court in Writ Petition No.5247 of 1990. The dispute arose between Balmer L...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Arbitral Award in Charter Party Dispute — Award Upheld as Not Contrary to Public Policy. Court Refuses to Interfere with Arbitrator's Findings on Demurrage and Hire Charges Under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The judgment concerns two arbitration petitions filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging an arbitral award dated 4 January 2007. The dispute arose from a Chart...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Seizure of Ultrasound Machine Under PCPNDT Act — Section 30 Includes Machines as 'Other Material Object'. The Full Bench overruled Dadasaheb Tarte and held that the Appropriate Authority can seize ultrasound machines if there is reason to believe they may furnish evidence of an offence....

The petitioner, a gynecologist running a maternity hospital with an ultrasound machine registered under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994,...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Minority Scholarship Schemes as Constitutional — Schemes for Minority Communities Do Not Violate Article 14 or 15(1) as They Are Based on Backwardness and Not Religion Alone....

The Bombay High Court disposed of two public interest litigations challenging the constitutional validity of two scholarship schemes for minority communities introduced by the Ministry of Minority Aff...

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Bombay High Court Allows Possessors to Pay Decretal Amount to Avoid Auction in Execution Proceedings. Decree Holder Cannot Insist on Auction When Possessor Willing to Satisfy Decree Under Order 21 Rules 64 and 83 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The petitioners, Lalit Malick, Shyam Malick, and Madhu Bhatti, filed a writ petition challenging the execution proceedings of a decree passed in Commercial Suit No. 332/1972. The original decree holde...