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Bombay High Court Allows Wife's Challenge to Family Court Order for Decree on Admission in Divorce Case — Order XII Rule 6 CPC Not Applicable Where Parties Allege Cruelty on Different Facts. Family Court Cannot Suo Motu Pass Decree on Admission Without Clear Admission of Same Cause of Action....

The petitioner wife filed a petition for divorce under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on the ground of cruelty. The respondent husband filed a written statement with a counterclaim ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Property Possession Dispute — Gift Deed and Possession Delivery Not Proved. Concurrent findings of fact upheld; plaintiff failed to prove valid gift under Transfer of Property Act, 1882....

The second appeal arose from a suit for possession filed by the respondent (plaintiff) against his brother (defendant) in 1978. The plaintiff claimed that their father had gifted the suit property to ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State's Appeal in Land Acquisition Compensation Case — Upholds Market Value of Rs.193 per sq.mtr. for Undeveloped Land with Development Potential. State's failure to produce evidence to challenge sale instances and development potential leads to dismissal of appeal under Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment of the Joint District Judge, Nashik in Land Reference No.269 of 1987, which awarded compensation at Rs.193 per sq.mtr. for acquisition of 3200 sq...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Direct Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302, 394, 449 IPC Set Aside as Chain of Circumstances Incomplete....

The appellant, Ananda Genu Rajapure, was convicted by the 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Satara in Sessions Case No. 220 of 1990 for the murder of Chandrabhaga Rajapure and for robbery and house tresp...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Culpable Homicide Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Knowledge of Likely Death. Conviction under Section 304 Part II IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that the appellant knew his act of slapping and pushing the deceased was likely to cause death....

The appellant, Vijay Hariba Kadam, was convicted by the Sessions Court for the offence punishable under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to three months simple imprison...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Bride Burning Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declarations. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as dying declarations were inconsistent and not corroborated by medical evidence or independent witnesses....

The appellant, Prakash Mahadeo Ghorpade, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his sister-in-law, Gangabai, by setting her on fire. The prosecution alleged that the appellant poured ke...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Tender Rejection in Consortium Bid — Bid Rejection Upheld as Consortium Agreement Did Not Designate Petitioner as Prime Member...

The petitioner, M/s. Bee Jay Contractors, a registered partnership firm, formed a consortium with M/s. Brij Gopal Construction Company to bid for a tender invited by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Li...

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High Court of Bombay Hears Second Appeal on Legal Necessity and Estoppel in Joint Family Property Alienation. Appellants Dispute Reversal of Trial Court's Finding of Legal Necessity, Arguing That Consent and Evidence Were Overlooked....

The dispute arose over the alienation of two agricultural lands bearing survey nos. 121 and 123 situated at village Kari, Taluka Majalgaon, originally owned by one Rambhau. Rambhau died about 25 years...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Dismisses Second Appeal Filed by Purchasers in Partition Suit — Sale Deeds Executed by Karta Without Legal Necessity Not Binding on Coparceners. Alienation of Five Parcels When Only One Was Sufficient to Raise Required Funds Fails the Prudent Owner Test and Is Not for the Benefit of the Estate Under Hindu Law....

The dispute arose from a suit for partition filed by a minor son and his mother against the father, who was the Karta of a joint Hindu family. The plaintiffs alleged that the father, Vithalrao, was me...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Industrial Court's Dismissal of ULP Complaints; Voluntary Resignation Scheme Not Retrenchment Under Section 25H ID Act. Workers' Claim for Re-employment Rejected as Agreement Dated 05.12.1991 Was Not a Settlement Under BIR Act....

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, dismissed two writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by former employees of Sunrise Structural and Engineering Private Limited. The pe...