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Bombay High Court Directs Absorption of Waitlisted Candidate for Civil Engineering Assistant Post. Petitioner at Sr.No.2 in Waitlist Entitled to Appointment Against Vacant Post Due to Non-joining of Selected Candidates....

The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking direction to the respondents to absorb and appoint him as Civil Engineering Assistant, as he was at Sr.No.2 in the waitlist. The court noted that the petit...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition to Declare Caste of Adopted Child as That of Adoptive Parents Under Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. The court held that an abandoned child adopted under the Juvenile Justice Act acquires the caste of the adoptive parents and is entitled to a caste certificate accordingly....

The petitioner, Mrs. Geeta Dattatray Achari, along with her husband, adopted a male child who was abandoned and whose biological parents were unknown. The adoption was finalized by the District Court,...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Land Acquisition Award Under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Reference Court's Enhancement of Compensation Upheld as No Error of Jurisdiction Found....

The petitioner, Ramubai Krushna Patil, filed three writ petitions (WP No. 10896/2025, WP No. 10897/2025, WP No. 10898/2025) challenging the award of the Reference Court under Section 18 of the Land Ac...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Missing Person Declaration Case — Father Presumed Dead After 7 Years of Unexplained Disappearance. Presumption of Death Under Section 108 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Applies When Person Missing for Over 7 Years and Not Heard Of....

The appellant, Vishwesh Dogra Suvarna, filed a suit in the Trial Court seeking a declaration that his father be declared as 'dead'. The father had been missing since 8 April 2003, and the plaintiff ha...

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High Court of Bombay at Aurangabad Dismisses Appeal by State Authority Against Arbitral Award in Favor of Contractor for Repair of Minor Irrigation Tanks. Court upholds award of interest and costs under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, finding no patent illegality or perversity in the arbitrator's findings....

The present Commercial Arbitration Appeal was filed by the Appellants (Chief Engineer and Chief Administrator, Command Area Development Authority, Aurangabad, and others) challenging the arbitral awar...

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High Court of Andhra Pradesh Allows Petitioner in Writ Petition Seeking Refund of Earnest Money Deposit; Withholding for 13 Years Held Irrational. Internal Rate Fixation Irregularities Cannot Justify Withholding Contractor's Earnest Money Deposit After Defect Liability Period; Public Accountability Requires Timely Refund....

The dispute arose from a contract for works executed by the petitioner, who was represented by a general power of attorney holder. The petitioner had been allotted contractual works on 09.03.2011 and ...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction for Murder Under Section 302 IPC Cannot Be Sustained When Prosecution Fails to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Mariyammal, the sister of the deceased, filed a criminal appeal under Section 374(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment of acquittal dated 10.10.2018 pass...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Appeal Against Construction of Co-operative Building, Upholds Administrative Decision. Administrative decisions of co-operative authorities are not subject to judicial review unless vitiated by mala fides or procedural irregularity....

The case involves a writ appeal filed by N. Balasubramaniam against an order dated 06.09.2024 in W.P.No.26014 of 2024, which had upheld the administrative decision of the Deputy Registrar of Co-operat...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal in Money Recovery Suit Based on Unproven Sale Agreements. Plaintiff Failed to Establish Execution of Agreements or Payment of Advance Amount, Trial Court's Findings Upheld....

The appellant, A. Mohammed Thariq, filed a First Appeal under Section 96 read with Order 41 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, against the judgment and decree dated 15.12.2022 in O.S.No.26 o...

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High Court of Gujarat Dismisses Petition by Employer in Departmental Inquiry Case Due to Procedural Flaws. Tribunal's Order Quashing Dismissal Upheld as Inquiry Failed to Lead Oral Evidence, Violating Principles of Natural Justice Under Gujarat Civil Services Tribunal Rules....

The dispute involved a petition filed by the District Development Officer and another petitioner challenging the judgment of the Gujarat Civil Services Tribunal, which had allowed an appeal by the res...