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Bombay High Court Quashes No-Confidence Motion Against Sarpanch Due to Disqualified Member's Participation. Motion of no-confidence passed by 2/3rd majority held invalid as it required 3/4th majority of members entitled to sit and vote under Section 35(3) of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959....

The petitioner, Kishor Baburao Wadaskar Prasad, was elected Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Panchala in September 2015. The Gram Panchayat consisted of seven members. One member, elected from a ward reserv...

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Bombay High Court Allows Librarians' Petition for Trained Teacher Pay Scale in Secondary Schools. Librarians with Graduate Degrees and Library Science Diplomas Held Entitled to Higher Pay Scale of Rs.1400-2600 Under Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Act....

The judgment addresses a reference to a Full Bench of the Bombay High Court regarding the pay scale entitlement of Librarians employed in Secondary Schools/Junior Colleges in Maharashtra. The petition...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Insurer Liable to Pay Compensation Despite Driver's Invalid License. Pay and Recover Principle Applied as Insurer Must Compensate Third Party and Recover from Owner....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the respondent no.1 (original applicant) before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Pune. The respondent no.1, along with his family, was tr...

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Bombay High Court Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Deduction of Contributory Negligence and Proper Application of Multiplier. Claimants' Cross Objection Dismissed as No Evidence of Negligence of Other Vehicle....

The case arises from a motor accident claim filed by the parents of a deceased bachelor who died in a vehicular accident. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs. 14,52,000/- wit...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Dowry Harassment and Abetment of Suicide Case — Prosecution Fails to Prove Cruelty and Abetment Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Allegations of harassment and demand for money not corroborated by independent witnesses and dying declaration not reliable....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of six accused persons by the Vth Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for offences under Sections 498A, 306, 201 read with Section 34 of the ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence. Demand of Rs. 50,000 Not Proven as Dowry Demand Under Section 304B IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Ashok Tukaram Sawant, Tukaram Bala Sawant, and Malan Tukaram Sawant (respondents) by the III Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli in Sessions Ca...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Murder of Wife in Dowry Demand Case. Circumstantial Evidence of Dowry Demand and Cruelty Sufficient to Sustain Conviction Under Section 302 IPC....

The case involves two appeals arising from the same judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Malegaon, in Sessions Case No. 112 of 1991. Criminal Appeal No. 202 of 1993 was filed by Harischandra Dad...

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High Court of Bombay Delivers Judgment in Writ Petition Challenging Revocation of Slaughter Licenses by Municipal Corporation; Questions of Arbitrariness and Natural Justice Violation Examined Under Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888....

The Bombay Suburban Khatik Association, an association of butchers and mutton vendors, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging a communication dated 20 July 1991 issued...