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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employer's Petitions Challenging Labour Court Orders in Unfair Labour Practice Complaints. Summary jurisdiction under Section 28 of MRTU & PULP Act does not bar determination of disputed employer-employee relationship when status is prima facie established....

The judgment involves three writ petitions filed by Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd., the employer, challenging identical orders passed by the Labour Court and upheld by the Industrial Court in revision, und...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Arbitrator's Interim Order in Coal Transport Contract Dispute. Arbitrator's findings on committee report and weighment system held to be interim and not subject to writ jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution of India....

The petitioner, M/s. Sanwal Coal Carriers, a proprietary concern, entered into a contract with Western Coalfields Limited (respondents) for driving payloaders and tippers to load and transport coal. D...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim for Fracture and Dislocation of Hip. Claimant awarded additional Rs. 1,24,522/- for medical expenses, loss of income, pain and suffering, and future treatment....

The appellant, Ramdas Verlekar, filed a claim petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, South Goa, Margao, seeking compensation of Rs. 6,91,213.32 for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Employee in Pension Dispute — Suspension Period Counted as Qualifying Service for Voluntary Retirement. Corporation Directed to Recalculate Pension Including Suspension Period Under Bombay Municipal Corporation Pension Rules....

The original petitioner, Tukaram M. Dharpawar, was an employee of the Bombay Municipal Corporation (respondent) appointed on 18th November 1962. He was placed under suspension on 16th November 1977 du...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Right of Private Defence and Lack of Common Intention. The court held that the deceased was the aggressor and the appellants acted in self-defence, and the prosecution failed to prove common intention under Section 34 IPC....

The appellants, Nandlal, Parshuram, and Sanjay Baviskar, were convicted by the Sessions Court for the murder of Lakhichand under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sen...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Quashes Eviction Order Due to Inordinate Delay in Delivery of Judgment by Administrative Tribunal — Three-Year Gap Between Hearing and Judgment Violates Principles of Natural Justice and Directions in Pradeep K.R. Sangodker Case....

The petitioners, Michael Anthony William Gareth and Amelia Gareth, were tenants in premises at St. Tome Road, Panaji-Goa. The respondent, Maria do Rosario Da Fatima A.L. Faria e Alvares (alias Fatima ...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Adjudicates Tax Appeals on Wealth Tax Assessment of Coastal Property. Interpretation of Section 2(ea)(v) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957, Regarding Exclusion of Non-Buildable Land Under CRZ Regulations....

The appeals arose from a common order dated 13 February 2004 of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Panaji, concerning wealth tax assessments of several family members who were co-owners of a coastal p...

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Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction in Trade Name Dispute Over 'Bhagat Tarachand' — Plaintiff Establishes Prima Facie Case of Proprietorship and Likelihood of Confusion. The court restrained defendants from using the trade name 'Bhagat Tarachand' or any deceptively similar name in their restaurant business at Inorbit Mall, Vashi, pending suit....

The plaintiff, Vanita Dilip Chawla, filed a suit seeking a declaration that she is the registered proprietor of the trade name 'Bhagat Tarachand' and an injunction restraining the defendants from usin...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Abetment to Suicide. Conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove cruelty or instigation leading to suicide....

The appellant, Naresh Ramkrushnaji Chikankar, was convicted by the 5th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Sessions Trial No. 263 of 2009 for offences punishable under Sections 498A and 306 of ...