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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Levy of Entry Tax on Natural Gas Under Maharashtra Entry Tax Act, 2002 — Holds That Natural Gas Is Not 'Goods' for Entry Tax Purposes When Supplied Through Pipelines...

The judgment concerns four writ petitions filed by companies (Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., Smartchem Technologies Ltd., Empire Industries Limited, and JSW Steel Ltd) challen...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Dismissal of Conductor in MSRTC Ticketless Travel Case — Reinstatement Set Aside as Punishment Not Disproportionate. The court held that the Industrial Court's revisional order restoring dismissal was not perverse and did not warrant interference under Article 227....

The petitioner, Mahadeo Shripati Khot, was a conductor employed by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) since December 1988. On 31 October 1991, while on duty on a bus route from S...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Hears Criminal Appeal Against Conviction Under Section 302 IPC for Murder of Wife. Appeal Considered Oral Evidence Including Testimony of Minor Daughter and Medical Officer to Assess Reliability of Prosecution Case....

The appeal arose from the judgment and order dated 7th September, 2013, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Dhule in Sessions Case No.76 of 2012, convicting the appellant Baban Padavi Pawara for ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Mother-in-Law's Revision Against Order Denying Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC, Holding Provision Exhaustive and Not Applicable to Mother-in-Law. Applicant Mother-in-Law Not Entitled to Claim Maintenance from Daughters-in-Law as Section 125 CrPC Excludes Such Relation, and Daughters Were Primarily Liable....

The revision arose from an order of the Family Court dismissing a maintenance application filed by a 70-year-old mother-in-law against her two daughters-in-law under Section 125 of the Code of Crimina...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Applications for Condonation of Delay in Land Acquisition Appeals Due to Insufficient Cause and False Averments. Acquiring Body's Delay of Over Two Years Not Condoned as Explanation Was Vague and Contrary to Record, and Meagre Enhancement of Rs. 7,926/- Did Not Justify Litigation....

The applicant, Executive Engineer, Lower Terna Canal Division No. 2, Latur, an instrumentality of the State, filed three applications under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, seeking condonation o...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Rejects Application for Condonation of 1501 Days Delay in Filing Appeal Against Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Award. Applicant Failed to Show Sufficient Cause as Explanation Was Found False and Applicant Was Grossly Negligent, Having Knowledge of the Award Through Earlier Appeal Proceedings....

The matter arose from a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal case where the applicant was original opponent No. 3. The claim petition had been filed in 2005, and despite service, the applicant failed to app...

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Bombay High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim, Holds Deceased on Fixed Salary Entitled to 40% Future Prospects. Conveyance Allowance Excluded from Income, and Minor Siblings Not Treated as Dependents, Resulting in 50% Deduction for Personal Expenses....

The appeal arose from a motor accident claim where the claimants—the parents and minor siblings of the deceased Gajanan—sought enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Trib...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Refusal of Leave Under Order 1 Rule 8 CPC After Evidence in Representative Suit. Court Holds That Leave Must Be Obtained Before Institution and Defect of Capacity Cannot Be Cured Retrospectively at Stage of Final Arguments....

The dispute arose from two suits filed by the petitioner, a cooperative society, in a representative capacity under Order I Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, without first obtaining the lea...

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High Court of Bombay at Nagpur Allows Second Appeal in Gift Deed Dispute, Restores Trial Court's Dismissal of Suit for Possession. Condition Subsequent of Caretaking Breached, Gift Stood Revoked Under Sections 126 and 31 of Transfer of Property Act; Unregistered Agreement Held Not Require Registration...

The dispute involved a suit for possession of land filed by Santoshrao Natthu Wankhede (the plaintiff) against his uncle Natthuji Jairam Wankhede (the defendant). The plaintiff claimed title under a G...