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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging BMC Water Charges Revision for Industrial Users — Resolution Held Valid Under Section 169 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. Standing Committee's Power to Revise Water Charges Based on Consumption Upheld as Not Unconstitutional....

The petitioners, a company engaged in spinning and weaving textiles and its shareholder, challenged a resolution of the Standing Committee of the Brihan Mumbai Mahanagarpalika (BMC) dated 22nd Februar...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Reopening Notice in Income Tax Case Due to Lack of Fresh Material — Interest on Refund Net of Interest Paid Under Section 220 Was Fully Disclosed During Original Assessment...

The petitioner, Arthur Anderson & Co., filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging a notice dated 4 February 2009 issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax-11(2) s...

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High Court of Bombay Reviews Writ Petition Against Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Regarding Employee's Disability-Based Discrimination Claim. Petition Questions Whether Resignation During Mental Illness Was Voluntary and Seeks Protection Under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995....

The petitioner, Edward Swalin D'Cunha, joined Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in 1993 as a Trainee Nautical Officer Cadre and was later confirmed as a 3rd Officer. Starting in 1997, he experienced...

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Bombay High Court Allows Reference in Favor of Dealer in Sales Tax Case Regarding Packing Materials Used in Exports. Purchase Tax Not Leviable on Packing Materials Sold Along with Exported Goods Under Section 14 of Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959....

The case involves a reference under Section 61(1) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959, at the instance of the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, against M/s Indian Dyestuff and Chemical Manuf...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Tribunal's Classification of Washing Machine as Electronic Appliance Under Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 — Department's Reference Dismissed. The court held that an 'Onida Electronics Washing Machine' falls under Entry CII97(b) (electronic appliances) taxable at 4%, not under Entry CII73(a) (electrical appliances) taxable at 15%....

The case involved a reference under Section 61(1) of the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 (BST Act) at the instance of the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, against M/s M.I.R.C. Electronic Ltd.,...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeals in Section 138 NI Act Case, Holding Unsigned Complaint is Curable Irregularity. Amendment to Sign Complaint Relates Back to Date of Filing, Saving Limitation....

The case involves two criminal appeals arising from complaints filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, by M/s. Reliance Industries Ltd. against M/s. Patodia Textiles Industrie...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitioner's Challenge to Premature Retirement Based on Date of Birth Discrepancy. Petitioner's claim of correct date of birth as 1st June 1950 rejected as service record showed 18th March 1947 and no application for correction was made within reasonable time....

The petitioner, Yashwant G. Tambe, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging his premature retirement from the service of the Government of India Mint, Mumbai, w...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Landowner's Appeal for Enhanced Compensation in Land Acquisition Case — Compensation Reduced to Rs.70,000 per Hectare Based on Earlier Judgment in State's Appeal. The Court followed its earlier decision in the State's appeal which had reduced the compensation from Rs.80,000 to Rs.70,000 per hectare for the same land....

The appellant, Noormohammad Jamal Munlas, was the original plaintiff in a land acquisition matter concerning his irrigated land acquired for the Arunawati Project in Digras, Yavatmal. The Special Land...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Developer's Writ Petition Against Exclusion from Slum Rehabilitation Project. Contractual Dispute with Society and Termination of Development Agreement Not Amenable to Writ Jurisdiction; Civil Suit Held Appropriate Remedy under Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971....

This petition arose from a slum rehabilitation dispute in Mulund, Mumbai. The petitioner, a developer, was initially engaged by a proposed slum-dwellers cooperative society to implement a slum rehabil...