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Bombay High Court Quashes Sanction Order in Corruption Case Against Police Sub-Inspector Due to Lack of Competent Sanctioning Authority Under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Sanction granted by Additional Commissioner of Police, who was not the appointing authority, held invalid, leading to quashing of proceedings under Section 482 CrPC....

The applicant, Balu Dasu Rathod, a Police Sub-Inspector, was facing prosecution under Sections 7, 8, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, based on a complaint by Dyancha...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Mother-in-Law in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Cruelty and Demand of Dowry. Conviction under Section 304-B IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Establish Proximate Link Between Demand of Dowry and Death....

The case pertains to the death of Vaishali, who married Dinesh on 8 May 1998 and died by consuming insecticide on 4 November 1998, succumbing on 11 November 1998. Her father, Dada Saheb (PW-1), lodged...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging SEBI's Rejection of Condonation of Delay in Settlement Applications. SEBI's refusal to condone delay in filing settlement applications under SEBI (Settlement of Administrative and Civil Proceedings) Regulations, 2014 upheld as petitioner failed to show sufficient cause....

The petitioner, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTL), a company engaged in operating news channels, challenged orders dated 23.8.2017 and 31.8.2017 passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Employer's Appeal in Workmen's Compensation Case — Employer-Employee Relationship Established. Factory Worker's Right Leg Amputated Due to Machine Accident; Compensation of Rs.5,63,795 with 12% Interest Upheld Under Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923....

The present appeal was filed by original respondent Nos.1 and 2 (Jeev Urja Private Limited and its Executive Director Vasant Kulkarni) challenging the Judgment and Award dated 24.02.2015 passed by the...

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Bombay High Court Allows Employer's Appeal in Part in Workmen's Compensation Case — Injury During Employment Upheld. Truck helper's injury while unloading marbles from employer's truck held to arise out of and in the course of employment under Section 3 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923; compensation of Rs. 3,84,000/- upheld with interest and penalty....

The case involves an appeal filed by Associated Cargo Movers and Packers Private Limited (the employer) against an order of the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, Osmanabad, awarding compensatio...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Land Acquisition Case — Enhances Compensation for Acquired Agricultural Land. Court holds that the Reference Court erred in not granting statutory benefits under Section 23(1A) and Section 23(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and that the market value should be determined based on the potentiality of the land....

The present appeal arises out of a land acquisition proceeding for the Lower Dudhna Project, Majalgaon Right Bank Canal, in Parbhani district. The appellants, who were the original claimants, owned ag...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging PF Assessment Due to Availability of Alternative Remedy. Petitioner failed to avail statutory appeal under Section 7I of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, and no exceptional grounds were made out to bypass the remedy....

The petitioner, M/s Balaji Ginning Factory, challenged an order dated 25.09.2014 passed under Section 7A of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (the Act) by the Assis...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Process Against Director in Cheating Case for Lack of Vicarious Liability. Petitioner Joined Company After Alleged Misrepresentation, No Specific Overt Act Alleged....

The petitioner, Harshavardhan Madhav Chitale, was accused No.3 in a complaint filed by Respondent No.2, Micromate Computers, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kolhapur. The complaint alleged that ...

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Bombay High Court Holds Amendment Extending Period for Acquisition of Reserved Land Under Section 127(1) of MRTP Act Applies to Notices Served Before Amendment — Landowner's Right to Deemed Lapse Not Affected Retrospectively....

The case involves a reference to a Full Bench of the Bombay High Court arising from a writ petition concerning the interpretation of Section 127(1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Cheque Dishonour Case — Service of Statutory Notice Valid Despite Unsigned Office Copy. Absence of Signature on Office Copy of Demand Notice Does Not Invalidate Service Under Section 138(b) of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881....

The appellant, Vardhman Steel, filed a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the respondent, Sai Engineering, alleging that the respondent had purchased CRCA Stee...