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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Dowry Harassment Case Due to Lack of Territorial Jurisdiction. Proceedings initiated at Sahada Police Station set aside as all alleged incidents occurred within Nashik jurisdiction....

The applicants, family members of the husband, filed a criminal application under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of FIR No. 126/2006 registered at Sahada Police Station and charge sheet No. 9/2007 ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Ms. Leena Balkrishna Nair, was convicted by the Sessions Court for Greater Bombay in Sessions Case No.971 of 2000 for the murder of a child, Aparna, under Section 302 of the Indian Pena...

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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Accused in Kidnapping and Murder of Minor Girl. The court upheld the conviction under Sections 363, 302, and 201 IPC, finding the case to be rarest of rare....

The case pertains to the confirmation of a death sentence imposed by the Additional Sessions Judge at Nashik on the respondent-accused, Pappu Suresh Salve @ Sunil Bharat Jadhav, for the murder of a mi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rejection of Compassionate Appointment as Conductor Due to Height Exceeding Prescribed Maximum. Employer's Refusal to Relax Height Requirement Not Unfair Labour Practice Under Item 9 of Schedule IV of MRTU and PULP Act....

The petitioner, Manoj Thakur, filed a writ petition challenging the judgment of the Industrial Court, Nagpur, which dismissed his complaint of unfair labour practice under Item 9 of Schedule IV of the...

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Bombay High Court Allows No-Fault Compensation Under Section 140 MV Act Despite Deceased's Own Negligence — Volenti Non Fit Injuria Not Applicable to Section 140 Claims....

The case involves an appeal by the original claimants, who are the sons and daughter of the deceased Gangaram Zade. On 6 January 2005, Gangaram was driving a Minidor (auto trolley) owned by his wife L...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conversion of Appeal into Revision in Criminal Case — Procedural Flexibility Permitted. No bar under CrPC to treat appeal as revision or vice versa, following Mahesh Kumar v. State (1978 Cr.L.J. 390)....

The petitioner, Aires Rodrigues, was prosecuted by the State in C.C. No.85/2007/A under Sections 143, 448, 504, 506 read with 149 IPC. The learned Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) discharged the petiti...

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High Court Dismisses Appeal in Property Dispute; Upholds Eviction of Trespassers Claiming Under Will of Deceased Joint Tenant. Court Applies Doctrine of Merger Under Sections 111(d) and (f) of Transfer of Property Act, Holding That Joint Tenancy Rights Were Extinguished by Purchase, and Occupant After Purchase Was a Mere Gratuitous Licensee Without Heritable Interest....

The litigation arose from a property dispute concerning a portion of flat no.5 and garage no.10 in the Roxana building on Maharshi Karve Road, Bombay. The original tenant, Banoobai Vatchagandhy, passe...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Against Port Trust for Refusing Remission of Demurrage Charges. Port Trust's Own Guidelines for Remission When Detention by Customs for Bonafide Operations Must Be Followed....

The petitioner, M/s. Rasiklal Kantilal & Co., a partnership firm engaged in import of goods including zinc ingots and copper wire bars, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of I...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Upholds Conviction of Accused in Cheque Dishonour Case Under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Presumption Under Section 139 Not Rebutted Despite Absence of Loan Documents....

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by Mrs. Devarsha Dnyaneshwar Parob, the accused, against her conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The complaina...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses ESI Corporation's Appeal in Coverage Dispute — Establishment Not Engaged in Manufacturing Activity. Use of gas lighter for polishing does not constitute manufacturing process under Section 2(k) of ESI Act, 1948....

The Regional Director of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (appellant) filed an appeal under Section 82 of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, against the judgment/order dated 13-10-200...