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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Sole Eye Witness Testimony. Conviction under Section 302 IPC read with Section 34 IPC set aside as evidence lacked corroboration and credibility....

The case arises from the murder of Damu, a history sheeter and country liquor maker, on 10th August 2002 at 7:30 a.m. in village Virsi. The prosecution alleged that the appellants, along with others, ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of M/s. Venkatesh Trading Company Against Minister's Order Setting Aside Tender Award in Sugar Transportation Contract. Minister's Order Quashed as Arbitrary and Without Justification, Contract Award to Sole Qualified Bidder Upheld....

The petitioner, M/s. Venkatesh Trading Company, challenged the order of the Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection dated 16/8/2010, which set aside the award of a transportation cont...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Deputy Director's Order Withdrawing Powers of Headmistress in Trust School Dispute. Education Authority Exceeds Jurisdiction by Interfering in Trust Management and Removing Head of Institution Without Legal Authority....

The petitioners, members of Sategaon Education Society, challenged an order dated 30.04.2010 passed by the Deputy Director of Education, Amravati Division, which withdrew the administrative and financ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench Hears Letters Patent Appeal Challenging Single Judge Order on RTI Act Applicability to APMC. The appeal raises the question whether Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a public authority under Section 2(h) RTI Act....

Background: The appeal arose from a writ petition filed by the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), Arvi, challenging an order of the State Information Commissioner requiring disclosure of in...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Revenue Appeal in Capital Gains Tax Case — Incomplete Hotel Project Held as Short-Term Capital Asset. The court held that the period of holding of an incomplete building under construction cannot be added to the period of holding of the land for determining long-term capital gains under Section 2(42A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961....

The Commissioner of Income Tax appealed against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal which had held that the profit from sale of an incomplete hotel project was a long-term capital gain. The...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Income Tax Case, Holds Compensation for Loss of Agency as Capital Receipt. Amount received by assessee for giving up right to use trade mark and resigning as director is capital receipt not taxable under Section 2(24) and Section 4 of Income Tax Act, 1961....

The case involves an appeal by the Commissioner of Income Tax against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal allowing the appeal of the assessee, late David Lopes Menezes and his legal heir. T...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Finding of Contributory Negligence Set Aside Due to Lack of Evidence. Parents of deceased motorcyclist awarded full compensation of Rs.60,000 with interest as Tribunal's finding of contributory negligence was based on no evidence....

The appellants, parents of the deceased Shekhar Krishna Kalgutker, filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation of Rs.3,00,000 for the death of their ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Foreign Adoption Subject to Bond for Child's Repatriation. Welfare of Child Paramount in Inter-Country Adoption; Court Imposes Condition of Bond of Rs. 1,00,000 for Repatriation....

The case involves a Foreign Adoption Petition filed by Children of the World India Trust, a social worker, seeking permission for the adoption of a 4.5-year-old Indian female child named Rekha by Torl...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Convict in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Homicidal Death Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Tanaji Bajirao Chawan, was convicted by the VIth Additional Sessions Judge, Satara for the murder of his wife Lata @ Ranjana under Section 302 IPC, and also under Sections 498A and 504 ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Appellants for Murder and Rioting in Land Dispute Case. Appellant Jayawant convicted under Section 302 IPC for causing death by axe blow during a group attack over election rivalry....

The case arises from an incident on 18 December 1986 at 2:30 p.m. in a field called 'Shericha Mala' in Village Nazare Supe, owned by the deceased Bajirao Yeshwant Kapre. On that day, an election for t...