All Blogs

Scroll Down To Discover

Sort by:

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Conviction of Car Washer for Rape and Criminal Trespass — Victim's Testimony Found Credible and Corroborated by Medical Evidence and Prompt FIR....

The appellant, Alfred Fernandes, was convicted by the Fast Track Special Court, POCSO, Panaji, Goa, for offences under Sections 448, 354 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to rigorou...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Directors for Alleged Failure to Furnish Information in Auditor's Report Under Section 217(5) of Companies Act, 1956 — Inordinate Delay of 5-7 Years in Issuing Show Cause Notice Held Unreasonable and an Abuse of Process....

The petitioners, who were directors of M/s Timblo Private Limited, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging SARFAESI Proceedings Against Legal Heirs of Borrower. Court Holds That Legal Heirs Are Bound by Mortgage and Cannot Challenge Section 13(2) Notice After Delay and Without Availing Alternative Remedy Under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act....

The petitioners, legal heirs of Smt. Sudha Avdhut Patil, filed a writ petition challenging the proceedings initiated by the Central Bank of India under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financi...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Allows Electricity Company's Petition Challenging CGRF Order Directing Refund of Differential Tariff. Reclassification of Petrol Pump from Industrial to Commercial Tariff Upheld as Per Commercial Circular No.175 and MERC Tariff Order; CGRF Exceeded Jurisdiction by Not Considering Limitation Under Section 56(2) of Electricity Act, 2003....

The petitioner, the Executive Engineer and Nodal Officer of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd., challenged the order dated 29.06.2018 passed by the Consumer Grievance Redressal Fo...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

High Court of Bombay Allows Section 37 Appeals, Directs Inclusion of Solatium in National Highways Acquisition Awards. Omission of 30% Solatium Held to be a Computational Error Rectifiable Under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

Background: The matters involved a batch of appeals under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging arbitral awards that determined compensation for land acquisitions carri...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Reserves Judgment in Letters Patent Appeal Filed by Terminated Employees Against Single Judge's Order. Model Standing Orders Dispute: Whether Rule 32 Excludes Clause 4A Protection for Probationers Who Were Initially Trainees....

This Letters Patent Appeal arose from the dismissal of a writ petition by a Single Judge of the Bombay High Court, which had upheld the termination of four employees of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. The ...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeal in Income Tax Case on Dividend Distribution Tax Rate. DDT under Section 115-O is a tax on the company, not on shareholders, and the India-UK DTAA does not provide a lower rate for DDT....

The Bombay High Court dismissed a batch of seven appeals filed by Foseco India Ltd. under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, challenging a common order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITA...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Allows Appointment of Arbitrator and Grants Interim Relief in Construction Contract Dispute. The court held that the arbitration clause covered the disputes and that the petitioner made out a prima facie case for interim protection under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The petitioner, Generic Engineering Construction and Projects Ltd., filed Commercial Arbitration Application No. 675 of 2025 under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking app...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes Penalty for Non-Certification of Annexures to Return of Allotment Under Section 39(5) of Companies Act, 2013 — Default Under Section 39(4) Relates Only to Filing of Return, Not Certification of Annexures....

The petitioners, N.S.J.L Nidhi Ltd and its officers, challenged an order dated October 11, 2023, by which a Learned Adjudicating Officer imposed a penalty of Rs. 64 lakhs under Section 39(5) of the Co...

© Image Copyrights Juris Services & Technology

Bombay High Court Quashes GST Demand Against University for Violation of Natural Justice — Failure to Grant Personal Hearing Renders Order Illegal Under Section 74(1) of CGST Act, 2017. Circulars Mandating Personal Hearing Before Adverse Order Are Binding on Adjudicating Authority....

The University of Mumbai, established under the Bombay University Act, 1953 and later governed by the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitu...