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Bombay High Court hears writ petitions seeking pensionary benefits for retired employees of Water and Land Management Institute under Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. Petitioners challenge State Government's refusal to grant pension communicated on 05.03.2013....

The case involved three writ petitions filed by employees and retired employees of the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) at Aurangabad, challenging the State Government's refusal to extend p...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Editor and Friend in Defamation Case Based on Public Interest Journalism. Court holds that publication of news item regarding unqualified medical practice is protected under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC as it was for public good and based on reasonable verification....

The applicants, Ajay Soni (editor of 'Pharmacist Times' newspaper) and Vivek Tatekar (his friend), filed an application under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of FIR No. 92/2015 registered at Police ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Intent and Inconsistent Medical Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as death caused by accidental fall, not intentional strangulation....

The appellant, Sumitra Madavi, was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Bhandara for the murder of Meenakshi Dahiwale under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution case was tha...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union of India's Challenge to CAT Order Allowing Reinstatement of Resigned IRS Officer. Resignation Withdrawn Before Acceptance, Employee Entitled to Rejoin Service Under Service Rules....

The respondent, Sanjay Kumar S. Zumbre, was a direct recruit IRS Officer of the 1992 batch. He was transferred to Guntur Commissionerate at Vishakhapatnam (Vizag) vide order dated 23 June 2007. He rep...

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Bombay High Court Allows Transfer of Matrimonial Petition from Goa to Mumbai on Grounds of Wife's Safety and Convenience. Section 24 CPC Transfer Granted as Wife Faced Threats and Had to Flee to Mumbai with Minor Daughter....

The applicants, Smt. Irene Blanch Khera (wife) and her minor daughter Samaira Keira Glenn Souza Ticlo, filed an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) seeking transfer...

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High Court of Bombay Quashes Tribunal Order Reinstating Teachers of Closed Physical Education College. Non-Recognition by NCTE Under Section 14 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, Requires Mandatory Discontinuation, and Section 92 of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, Cannot Override the Central Legislation....

The writ petition arose from a challenge to an order of the University and College Tribunal which had allowed appeals by four teachers and ordered their reinstatement with continuity of service and ba...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union's Challenge to Dismissal of Workmen; Finds Dismissal Valid and No Violation of Natural Justice. The Court upheld concurrent findings of the Labour Court and Industrial Court that no unfair labour practice under Item 1(a) of Schedule IV of the MRTU & PULP Act was committed, as dismissal was justified by grave misconduct....

The dispute arose when Peico Electronic & Electrical Co. Ltd., a company manufacturing radios, electronics, and tape recorders, dismissed five of its workmen—S. N. Hadke, V. M. Kalbhor, S. R. Shewal...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Sub-Divisional Magistrate Under Judges Protection Act. Deputy Collector Granted Immunity as 'Judge' Under Sections 2, 3 of the Act for Acts in Judicial Proceeding Under Maharashtra Land Revenue Code....

The matter concerned a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by Varsha Thakur, a Deputy Collector/Sub-Divisional Magistrate, seeking quashing of FIR M.A....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition to Quash Domestic Violence Proceeding, Holding Prima Facie Case of Domestic Violence Made Out. The Court Applied Bhajanlal Parameters and Found Allegations of Physical and Mental Abuse Sufficient to Establish Domestic Relationship and Shared Household Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....

The dispute originated from a matrimonial domestic violence complaint filed by respondent no.2, the widow of the petitioners' son and brother, who had committed suicide. She filed Criminal M.A. No. 40...