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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Forest Plantation Embezzlement Case Due to Insufficient Evidence. Conviction under IPC Sections 409, 467, 468, 465, 471 and Prevention of Corruption Act set aside as prosecution failed to prove entrustment, forgery, or criminal misconduct beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellants, Bhaskar Maruti Thube and Anant Chandrakant Sonavane, were original accused nos. 2 and 3 in Special Case No. 4 of 2003 before the Special Court, Khed, District Ratnagiri. They were conv...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Simple Hurt in Rape Case Acquittal Appeal — Appellants Acquitted of Rape but Convicted Under Section 323 IPC for Assaulting Prosecutrix....

The appellants, Sonu Babu Pival and Kanta Sonu Pival, were convicted by the Sessions Judge, Pune on 14.8.1996 in Sessions Case No.379 of 1995. They were acquitted of offences under Sections 376, 342, ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal in Partition Suit — Upholds Trial Court's Refusal to Amend Plaint After 14 Years. Amendment Sought to Introduce New Case of Fraud and Collusion Rejected as Barred by Limitation and Laches....

The appeal arose from a suit for partition and declaration filed by the appellant, Minakshi Mahendra Pitroda, against the respondents. The suit property was a plot of land at Andheri, originally owned...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Employment as Freedom Fighter's Nominee — Cancellation of Earlier Nomination Upheld. Widow of Deceased Freedom Fighter Has Right to Cancel Earlier Nomination and Make Fresh Nomination Under Government Circular Dated 4th March 1991....

The petitioner, Shivaji Ramrao Pawar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) claiming to be the nominee of a deceased freedom fighter, Dhondiram Tryambak Kale, who died ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Labour Court Award Reinstating Watchman in Forest Department — Termination Without Notice or Enquiry Held Illegal Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Daily-wage employee's removal after completion of work was not automatic but retrenchment requiring compliance with Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The State of Maharashtra and the Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Beed, filed a writ petition challenging the award of the Labour Court, Aurangabad, in Reference (IDA) No. 26 of 1986 dated 20th November...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Labour Court Award Reinstating Watchman in Forest Department — Termination Without Notice or Enquiry Held Illegal. Violation of Section 25F of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 as Workman Completed 240 Days of Service and No Compliance with Mandatory Notice or Compensation....

The State of Maharashtra and the Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Beed, filed a writ petition challenging the award of the Labour Court, Aurangabad, in Reference (IDA) No. 25 of 1986 dated 20th November...

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High Court Dismisses Writ Petition for Paid Study Leave — No Policy in Place at Time of Application. The court found that the absence of a governing policy at the time of application precluded entitlement to paid leave....

The case involved a writ petition filed by a petitioner seeking paid study leave for a Special Engineering Degree Course completed as an in-service candidate. The petitioner had applied for study leav...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Gratuity Payment Despite Departmental Enquiry — Forfeiture of Gratuity Requires Specific Finding of Quantified Loss. Employer Cannot Forfeit Gratuity Under Section 4(6) of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 Without Specific Charge and Finding of Quantified Loss....

The petitioner, Vinod Vinayak Jinturkar, a former employee of the Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (respondent no.2), filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 28.11.2...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough to Convict from Gujarat Without Requiring Surety from Maharashtra. Court holds that insistence on surety being an ordinary resident of Maharashtra is unreasonable and can be substituted by alternative modalities such as execution of bond before the jurisdictional Magistrate in Gujarat....

The petitioner, Ramu Harishchandra Bawane, a convict undergoing sentence in Central Prison, Nagpur, was granted furlough. However, the prison authorities directed him to furnish a surety who is an ord...