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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Maternal Uncles in Dowry Harassment Case — No Specific Allegations of Cruelty or Demand for Dowry. Relatives Not Living with Complainant Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Section 498-A IPC Without Prima Facie Case....

The applicants, Rajesh and Francis Chitte, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of FIR No. I-151 of 2018 registered at Tofkhana Poli...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal by Claimants in Railway Accident Case — Holds That Deceased Was a Bona Fide Passenger and Death Was Accidental. The Tribunal Erred in Dismissing Claim on Grounds of Untruthful Evidence and Failure to Prove 'Accidental Falling' Under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989....

The present appeal was filed by the original applicants, the widow and minor children of Jagannath Vibhute, challenging the judgment and award dated 18th July 2019 passed by the Railway Claims Tribuna...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in ESI Act Case — Establishes Separate Entities Not Functionally Interconnected. Functional Interconnectivity Test Under Section 75(1)(g) of ESI Act, 1948 Requires Common Supervision, Finance, and Labour; Mere Common Partners Insufficient....

The appellant, M/s. New Power Supply, a partnership concern engaged in manufacturing and repairing power transformers, filed an appeal against the judgment of the Industrial Court, Nagpur, which dismi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Denial of Permission for Ayurvedic College Admission. Order Set Aside for Violation of Natural Justice and Non-Application of Mind; Direction to Reconsider After Hearing....

The petitioners, Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan Pusad and its Ayurvedic Medical College, challenged an order dated 19.07.2019 passed by the Union of India, Ministry of AYUSH, which denied permission fo...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Seniority List in Commercial Tax Department — Petitioners Failed to Establish Arbitrariness in Fixation of Seniority Based on Continuous Length of Service....

The petitioners, five Assistant Commercial Tax Officers in the Department of Commercial Taxes, Government of Goa, filed a writ petition challenging the seniority list published by the respondents. The...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Electricity Disconnection of Sick Industrial Company. Government's Communication to MSEDCL to Disconnect Supply Set Aside as Violative of Natural Justice and Contrary to BIFR Directions....

The petitioner, Goradia Special Steels Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956, is a sick industrial company registered with the Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIF...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Mother in POCSO Abetment Case — No Evidence of Intentional Aiding. Section 17 POCSO Act requires mens rea and overt act; mere presence or failure to protect insufficient for conviction....

The appellant, Asha Patil, was convicted under Section 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) for abetting the sexual assault of her five-year-old daughter by her ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Tenant's Writ Petition in Rent Default and Subletting Case — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Disturbed Under Article 227. Consent Decree Rent Treated as Standard Rent; Subletting Proved by Documentary Evidence....

The petitioner, a partnership firm, was a tenant in a building owned by the respondents. The building was demolished and reconstructed, and the tenant obtained a compromise decree in 1969 in RAD Suit ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition by Ex-Committee Members Challenging Their Removal and Appointment of Administrator Under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act. Court holds that removal of committee members without show cause notice and without giving opportunity of hearing is violative of principles of natural justice and Section 78 of the Act....

The petitioners, seven individuals who were former members of the managing committee of Shilpa Premises Co-operative Society Limited, challenged an order dated 30th June 2018 passed by the Deputy Regi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Upholds Compensation for Death of Two Persons in Tempo Accident. Held that the insurance company failed to prove breach of policy conditions and that the driver's license was valid at the time of accident....

The present appeals arise out of two separate claim petitions filed by the legal representatives of two deceased persons who died in a motor vehicle accident involving a tempo bearing registration No....