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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration. Dying declaration recorded without medical fitness certificate held inadmissible as sole basis for conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code....

The appellants, Sk. Rais Sk. Khalil and Sk. Sadiq Sk. Khalil, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Buldana for the murder of Marjina by pouring kerosene and setting her on fire, under Sect...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Revision Under Domestic Violence Act for Lack of Legally Possible Marriage. Court Holds That Relationship in Nature of Marriage Requires Both Parties to Be Unmarried and That Subsisting First Marriage Bars Relief Under Section 2(f) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The Criminal Revision Application arose from proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act). The applicant, a Jain Hindu woman originally married to Shantaram Maha...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Journalist for Non-Compliance with Section 202 CrPC. Magistrate Failed to Conduct Before Issuing Process When Accused Resided Outside Jurisdiction....

The applicant, head of the Ahmednagar edition of daily Lokmat, sought to quash an order issuing process against him for offences under Sections 500, 501, 502 read with 34 and 120B of the Indian Penal ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Leave for Open Prison Convict on Personal Bond. Full Bench ruling in Dipak Sudhakar Wakalekar held that convicts in open prison can be released on furlough by dispensing with surety requirement under Rule 6 of the Prison Rules, 1959....

The petitioner, Nitin Vasant Gurav, a life convict sentenced under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, was undergoing imprisonment in Open Prison, Yerwada, Pune. He applied for ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Father for Raping Minor Daughter Based on DNA Evidence Despite Hostile Witnesses. Scientific evidence alone sufficient to prove paternity of child born from incestuous rape under Section 376 IPC and POCSO Act....

The appellant, Salim Ahmed Ansari, was convicted by the Special Judge under the POCSO Act, Nagpur, for the rape of his own minor daughter. The prosecution case was that the victim, aged about 15 years...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Doubtful Identification. Conviction under Sections 302, 201, 294 read with Section 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order dated 10th August 2007 passed by the learned Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge-6, Nagpur in Sessions Trial No. 71 of 2005, whereby the re...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition by Postal Department Against Pension Award to Employee Under CCS (Pension) Rules. Rule 49(3) Benefit Applied to Service of 9 Years 8 Months, Deemed as Qualifying Service of 10 Years....

The petitioners, the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices and others, challenged the judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Nagpur, which had allowed the Original Application filed by the r...

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WRIT PETITION NO. 2207 OF 2005...

The petitioner, a Hindi Trained Graduate Teacher with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), was appointed at Bangalore in 1989 and made permanent in 1992. She was transferred from Bangalore to Mumbai by...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Cancellation of Advance Authorizations for Import of Areca Nuts — Violation of Principles of Natural Justice and Non-Application of Mind. Import of Areca Nuts under Advance Authorization Scheme for Export of Betel Nuts (Supari) Held Permissible Under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020....

The petitioners, Taj Agro Commodities Pvt. Ltd., Shadi-Ram & Sons Pvt. Ltd., and Himatlal Hirji & Co., were granted advance authorizations under the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 for import of areca ...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay adjudicated Writ Petitions challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's order denying regularization of daily wage teachers. The Court considered arguments on applicability of Umadevi and Nihal Singh precedents and the government's regularization policy....

The matter involved two writ petitions filed before the High Court of Bombay against a common order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) dated 15 September 2017. The CAT had dismissed original...