WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 2317 OF 2019...
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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt....
The appellant, Kashinath Shiru Ahire, was a maintenance surveyor in the Land Record office at Sindkheda, District Dhule. He was convicted by the Special Judge, Dhule, in Special Case No. 92 of 1999 fo...
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Bombay High Court Quashes School Transfer Order in Education Act Case — Transfer Without Prior Approval Violates Statutory Provisions. School relocation from Baijipura to Wadgaon-Kolhati set aside as it contravened Section 5 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 and Rule 7 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981, requiring prior permission from the State Government....
The petitioner, Smt. Sunita Laxmanrao Fuke, was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in 1993 at Indira Prathmik Shala, a primary school run by respondent No.5 trust, and later promoted to Headmistress. T...
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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Appointment of Education Extension Officer to Sign Salary Bills of Private School. Court Holds That Respondent No. 3 Exceeded Jurisdiction Under Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 and Rules, 1981....
The petitioner, Dnyanganga Shikshan Sanstha, a private educational institution running Dyanganga Public School, challenged an order dated 26.12.2017 passed by respondent No. 3, the Education Officer (...
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Informant's Petition for Additional Charge in Summary Trial Case. Court holds that once charge is framed under Section 211 CrPC, no further charge can be added in a summary trial as per Section 262 CrPC....
The petitioner, Jainab Sayyed Akhtar Ali, the original informant, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad challenging the order dated 18-08-2018 passed by the learned...
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Bombay High Court Allows Caste Claim Petition Due to Procedural Irregularity in Scrutiny Committee Decision. Dissenting opinions without prior discussion do not constitute a valid order under the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000....
The petitioner, Hitesh Pradeep Matre, claimed to belong to the Mali caste, which falls under the Other Backward Class (OBC) category. His caste claim was invalidated by the District Caste Certificate ...
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Bombay High Court Holds Limitation Under Section 36(8) of Waqf Act, 1995 is Directory — Waqf Board Can Entertain Registration Applications Beyond Three Months. The court overruled the earlier view in Mohd. Ansar Salik v. Shaikh Hamid Babumiya Inamdar that the limitation was mandatory, allowing the petitioners' application to be considered on merits....
This judgment by a Larger Bench of the Bombay High Court at Nagpur addresses a reference arising from a writ petition where a learned Single Judge disagreed with an earlier Single Judge's decision in ...
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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses School's Petition and Allows Teacher's Challenge to Transfer Order. Transfer of teacher from aided to unaided school without prior approval of Director of Education held invalid under Section 36 of Goa School Education Act, 1984....
The judgment concerns two connected writ petitions: Writ Petition No. 410 of 2019 filed by Shubhangi Manerkar, a teacher at Shri Kamakshi High School, challenging her transfer from the aided section t...
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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows PIL Seeking Remedial Measures Against Illegal Sand Mining and Withdraws Environment Clearance for Non-Compliance. Court Directs State to Formulate Comprehensive Policy and GSEIAA to Re-evaluate Clearance Under Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines....
The Federation of Rainbow Warriors, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the High Court of Bombay at Goa seeking remedial measures...
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Bombay High Court Quashes Summons in Defamation Case Against Newspaper Publisher and Editor for Reporting FIR — Reporting of Police Press Release Constitutes Fair Comment and Substantial Truth Under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC....
The petitioners, Manish Karapurkar (Publisher) and K. R. Sreenivas (Editor) of The Times of India, Goa Edition, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Section 482 CrPC challenging the order of the Addit...
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