High Court

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Election Dispute Over Educational Trust Amidst Allegations of Judicial Impropriety "Failure to provide say leads to dismissal, elections to proceed despite allegations."...

The Court upheld the decision of the Dy.C.C. as the petitioners had failed to file their objections despite being given opportunities. The judicial conduct of the Dy.C.C. was found proper, and the pet...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Admission Denied Due to Hyper-Technical Grounds of Missing Original Caste Certificate Overturned by the Court, Granting Relief to the Student Based on Merit....

The petitioner Aryan Shende was denied admission to an engineering college despite securing a seat in the first round of the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) based on merit. The reason for denial w...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against 18-Year-Old Student Over Instagram Post on Environmental Concerns. Expression of environmental concerns on social media without malicious intent towards religion does not attract Section 295-A of IPC....

The court's decision was based on the absence of any malicious intent to insult religion in the petitioner's Instagram post. The petitioner’s concern was for environmental harm, not an attack on rel...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Against Retired GMC Professor Due to Delay in Inquiry. Disciplinary action initiated 10 years after incident declared unwarranted; pension and retirement benefits to be released....

The court ruled that the prolonged delay in initiating and conducting disciplinary proceedings—five years after the incident and nine years in total constituted a violation of the principles of natu...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

"Family Partition Deed Registered Within Time Due to Exclusion of Period for Stamp Duty Adjudication" Bombay High Court rules in favor of petitioner, excludes time taken by authorities in adjudicating stamp duty from calculation of registration period under Section 23 of the Registration Act, 1908....

The case lies in the interpretation of Section 23 of the Registration Act in conjunction with Section 34 of the Bombay Stamp Act. The court ruled that the time taken for adjudication of stamp duty is ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Transfer of Divorce Petition from Vasai to Bandra Family Court Granted Due to Wife's Hardship and Infant's Health. The need for sensitivity towards a wife's hardships in matrimonial disputes, transfers divorce petition, and levies exemplary costs on the husband....

The Court must consider the socio-economic status of the parties, their hardships, and responsibilities towards minor children in deciding transfer applications. In this case, the severe hardship face...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court Quashes Deficit Stamp Duty Demand on Deemed Conveyance After 20-Year Delay. Maharashtra Co-operative Housing Society Succeeds in Writ Petition; Stamp Duty Demand Set Aside...

The judgment emphasized that demands for deficit stamp duty are subject to a statutory time limitation under Section 53A of the Maharashtra Stamp Act. The demand raised beyond the six-year period was ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Succession Rights Dispute: Bombay High Court Upholds Family Pension Entitlement for First Wife. First wife declared the sole legal heir despite nomination in favor of the second wife....

The Bombay High Court upheld the judgments of both the Trial and District Courts, ruling that the first wife of the deceased Gangadhar Hiremath was entitled to receive the family pension. The second w...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Appoints Joint Administrator for Disputed Estate Amidst Family Feud. Incarceration of Executor Prompts Intervention to Protect Deceased's Estate....

The Bombay High Court addressed a long-standing family dispute over the estate of Timothy D'Souza. The plaintiff, Lalit D’Souza, propounded a Will, while his sisters, including Laura D’Souza (appl...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

"Cheque Bounce Case Acquitted Due to Non-Compliance with Notice Period" "Failure to comply with statutory time frame leads to acquittal under Negotiable Instruments Act."...

The High Court of Bombay at Goa, presided over by Justice Bharat P. Deshpande, addressed the issue of compliance with Section 138(1)(b) of the Negotiable Instruments Act in the case of Shri. Shivnath ...