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Bombay High Court Allows Revenue Appeal in Section 80IA Deduction Case for Container Handling Cranes. Leasing of cranes to JNPT does not constitute developing, maintaining and operating an infrastructural facility under Section 80IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961....

The case involves appeals filed by the Revenue under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for Assessment Years 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2...

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High Court of Bombay Hears Arbitration Petition Under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Award of 14 January 2006 on Share Valuation Under Clause 7 of Protocol Agreement Challenged on Grounds of Jurisdiction and Legality of the Agreement....

The matter arose from a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 filed by Western Maharashtra Development Corpn. Ltd. challenging an arbitral award dated 14 January 2006...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Disqualification of Sarpanch for Violation of Natural Justice. Order Passed Without Notice or Hearing Under Section 7 of Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958 Set Aside....

The petitioner, Nanasaheb s/o Dhondiram Mundhe, was the Sarpanch of village Khandali, Taluka Gangakhed, District Parbhani. He challenged an order dated 15th February 2010 passed by the Additional Coll...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to establish chain of circumstances beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellant, Chudaman s/o Gambhirdas Shahu, was convicted by the 6th Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur in Sessions Trial No.553/2000 for the murder of his paternal aunt Firobai Pardeshi Jagat...

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Bombay High Court Directs Cooperative Society Elections to Be Held Within Six Weeks of Final Voters List Publication. The court ordered the election programme to be declared within six weeks from the publication of the final voters list, based on the government's assurance....

The petitioner, a cooperative society, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to hold elections to the society. The respondents, including the State of Maharashtra and the Deputy Registrar of Coope...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery Proceedings Against Timber Purchasers for Fire-Destroyed Goods. Property in Timber Not Passed to Purchasers Under Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Hence No Liability Under Maharashtra Land Revenue Code....

The petitioners, fifteen timber merchants, participated in an auction conducted by the Forest Department on 16.04.2008 and 15.05.2008 for the purchase of timber. They deposited 25% of the bid amount a...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Appeal in Negotiable Instruments Act Case — Stop Payment Instruction Does Not Absolve Liability Under Section 138. Dishonour of Cheque Due to 'Stop Payment' Constitutes an Offence Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, When Issued for Discharge of a Legally Enforceable Debt....

The appellant, Peter Mascarenhas, filed two criminal appeals challenging the judgments of the Sessions Court, which had set aside the conviction of the respondents (Monsabre Ashley Oswald Dias and Ani...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Allotment of Land to Third Party in IT Park — No Legitimate Expectation or Right to Specific Performance of MOU for Land Allotment. The court held that the MOU was not a concluded contract and the petitioners' remedy lay in civil court, not writ jurisdiction....

The petitioners, Patni Computers Systems Ltd and its director Sitaram R. Tiwari, filed a writ petition challenging the decision of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to allot a ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Union of India's Appeal in Railway Claims Case — Claim for Non-Delivery of Onions Held Time-Barred Under Section 78B of Railways Act, 1890. Notice of Claim Given After Six Months from Date When Delivery Ought to Have Taken Place, Hence Claim Not Maintainable....

The appellant, Union of India, represented by the General Managers of Central and Northern Railways, appealed against the judgment and decree of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Bombay, which had allowed ...

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High Court of Bombay Adjudicates Second Appeals on Family Partition and Tenancy Rights. Substantial Questions of Law Include Effect of Registered Sale Deed, Purchase Under Section 32G, and Treatment of 1945 Family Arrangement as Partition....

Background: This second appeal before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay arose from a partition suit filed by the original plaintiff against his brother and other family members concerning ancestr...