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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Doubtful Identification. Conviction under Sections 307, 147, 148 read with 149 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The case involves an appeal against the conviction of five appellants by the Additional Sessions Judge, Raigad at Alibaug for offences punishable under Sections 307 read with Section 149, and Sections...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Reinstatement Without Backwages for Employee in Misconduct Case. Labour Court's finding of misconduct but disproportionate punishment upheld; employee not entitled to backwages due to delay....

The judgment concerns two writ petitions arising from the same dispute between an employer, Shree Panchaganga Sahakari Sakar Karkhana Ltd., and an employee, Kallappa Narasappa Sangale. The employee wa...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Cooperative Society's Right to Develop Land in Siddharth Nagar, Rejects MHADA's Claim of Ownership. The court held that the cooperative society representing occupants of Patra chawls is entitled to development rights over 10 acres of land as per government resolution, and MHADA cannot unilaterally terminate the development agreement....

The case involves a dispute over the development of land in Siddharth Nagar, Goregaon, Mumbai. The Bombay Housing and Area Development Board (now MHADA) owned 40 acres of land and constructed 808 grou...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revenue Appeal in Central Excise Case — Interest Under Section 11AB Cannot Be Waived. Mandatory Interest Provision Requires Payment of Interest on Delayed Duty Even if Penalty Is Waived....

The case involves an appeal by the Revenue (Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs) against an order of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) confirming the Commissioner (A...

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Bombay High Court Hears Criminal Appeal Against Conviction Under Sections 306 and 498A IPC for Abetment of Suicide and Cruelty. Trial Court Found Husband Guilty of Driving Wife to Suicide Through Harassment, but Appeal Argues Lack of Proximate Instigation....

The appeal arose from a conviction by the Sessions Judge, Parbhani, in 1999, where the appellant-husband was found guilty of abetment of suicide under Section 306 and cruelty under Section 498A of the...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Harassment Soon Before Death. Conviction under Section 304-B IPC and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act Set Aside as Demand for Money Not Proved to Be Dowry Demand....

The appeal was filed by Radhakisan Kachru Khandagale (appellant No. 1) and his father Kachru Raghunath Khandagale (appellant No. 2) challenging their conviction under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration and Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The case involves an appeal against conviction of two appellants, Ganesh Gedam (appellant no.1) and Gangabai Gedam (appellant no.2), by the Sessions Court for offences under Sections 302 and 201 read ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal of Trust Seeking Exemption Under Land Ceiling Act for Failure to Appropriate Income for Education or Medical Relief. Trust's Expenditure of Only Rs. 200 on Textbooks Held Insufficient to Meet Requirement of Section 47(2)(a) of Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961....

The appellant, Shri Gopaldas Deosthan, Bhidi, a trust holding agricultural land in villages Bhidi, Hasnapur, Fatepur, and Huradapur in Wardha district, held land in excess of the ceiling limit of 52 a...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petition Challenging Lok Sabha Election of Daman and Diu Constituency for Lack of Material Facts and Non-Compliance with Section 83 of Representation of the People Act, 1951. The court held that the petition failed to disclose a cause of action and was vague, warranting dismissal under Order VII Rule 11 CPC....

The petitioner, an ex-Member of Parliament residing in Nani Daman, filed an election petition on 29 June 2009 challenging the election of Respondent No.1 from the Daman and Diu Parliamentary constitue...