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Bombay High Court Quashes Corrigendum in Gram Panchayat Reservation Case — State Cannot Alter Reservation After Election Process Begins. Corrigendum Issued After Publication of Final Reservation List and Commencement of Election Process Held Invalid Under Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959....

The petitioners, seven Gram Panchayats in Parli-Vaijnath taluka, Beed district, constituted under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, challenged a corrigendum dated 30.12.2017 issued by the ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Based on Consent and Promise of Marriage — Failure to Prove Ingredients of Rape Under Section 375 IPC. Evidence of Victim Contradictory and Medical Evidence Inconsistent with Prosecution Story....

The applicant, Pravin @ Shrikrishna Chandrakant Marathe, was convicted by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg, for offences under Sections 376, 451, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for all...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision Against CBI Investigation Order in NSEL Scam Case. Court holds that an applicant not an accused has no locus standi to challenge investigation orders under Section 397 CrPC....

The applicant, Jignesh Prakash Shah, filed a Criminal Revision Application under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) before the Bombay High Court, challenging an order dated 28t...

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Bombay High Court Issues Directions to Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation for Demolition of Illegal Constructions and Grievance Redress. Court Takes Judicial Notice of Large-Scale Illegal RCC Buildings and Corporation's Inaction, Directing Survey, Nodal Officer, and Multi-Mode Complaint System....

Background: This group of writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India was filed by various citizens of Bhiwandi Nizampur, complaining about the rampant illegal construction of multi-...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Trial by Magistrate for CBI Case Transferred from Special Judge — Reference Under Section 395(2) CrPC Maintainable for Jurisdictional Doubt. The court held that the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has jurisdiction to try CBI Special Case No. 47/2000 involving offences under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988....

The High Court of Bombay, in its suo motu revision application, considered a reference made by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 3rd Court, Esplanade, Mumbai under Section 395(2) of the Co...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Attempt to Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Court finds that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt as the sole eyewitness's testimony was unreliable and the medical evidence did not corroborate the alleged incident....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of the respondent accused by the 4th Additional Sessions Judge, Parbhani, in Sessions Case No. 207/2001. The accused was charged with offences u...

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Bombay High Court Considers Whether Arrest of Woman Accused at 8:00 p.m. Violates Section 46(4) CrPC Sunset Rule in PNB Fraud Case. Arrest After Sunset Without Prior Judicial Magistrate Permission Allegedly Renders Arrest and Remand Illegal....

The petitioner, an executive assistant to Nirav Modi and authorised signatory of firms involved in an alleged fraud on Punjab National Bank, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation at 8:00...

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Bombay High Court Allows Criminal Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Defence Witness Summons and Directs Simultaneous Trial of Counter Cases. Accused in Sessions Case for Offences Under IPC and SC/ST Act Successfully Argued That Denial of Defence Witnesses Violates Fair Trial, and Counter Cases Must Be Tried Together as Per Supreme Court Precedent....

The petitioners, accused in Sessions Case No. 77 of 2013 for offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, filed a criminal writ pe...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Cruelty and Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Insufficient Evidence. Conviction under Sections 498A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand of Rs.1,000 and that cruelty drove deceased to commit suicide....

The appellant, Ananta Laxman Pansare, was convicted by the 8th Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, for offences under Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for subjecting his wife Kavita t...