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Bombay High Court Quashes Collector's Order for Sale of Seized Rice and Release of Truck on Bank Guarantee in Essential Commodities Act Case — Held That Collector Has No Power to Order Sale of Perishable Goods Without Magistrate's Order Under Section 459 CrPC...

The petitioners, Shaikh Yunus and Dinesh Bagade, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) challenging an order dated 10 April 2017 passed by the Co...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Due to Unreliable Testimony and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Section 376 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Fails to Prove Forcible Intercourse Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Bandu s/o Maroti Dupare, was convicted by the 3rd District Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, for an offence punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to rigoro...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Acquits Appellant in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Dying Declaration Suffered from Material Inconsistencies and Was Not Supported by Medical Evidence....

The appellant, Fatima C. Fernandes, was convicted by the Sessions Court for the murder of her mother-in-law, Angelina Fernandes, by setting her ablaze after pouring kerosene. The prosecution's case re...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Testimony of Interested Witness. Conviction under Section 302 read with 34 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness was brother of deceased and his evidence was inconsistent and not corroborated....

The case pertains to the murder of Ashok Salve, who was the elder brother of PW-7 Bajirao Salve. The appellants, Santosh Ashok Chavan (accused No.1) and Sunil @ Pintya Bapu Khandale (accused No.2), we...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declarations. Dying declaration found suspicious as deceased was not in a fit state of mind and oral dying declarations were inconsistent with medical evidence under Section 302 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Durgabai Shaligram Mokalkar for the murder of her husband under Section 302 IPC. The prosecution case was based on a written dying declaratio...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Civil Revision Application – Execution Proceedings Maintainable Despite Irregularity in Decree Transfer. Non-use of Prescribed Form for Transfer Certificates Held Not Material Irregularity Under Order 21 Rule 90 CPC; Substantial Compliance with Section 38 CPC Sufficient....

Background: Two civil revision applications arose from execution proceedings instituted by the decree holders against the Municipal Council, Tumsar, the judgment debtor. Facts: Decrees were passed by ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision Against Order Granting Leave to Defend in Summary Suit Despite Arbitration Clause. Court holds that existence of arbitration agreement does not bar summary suit under Order 37 CPC, but objection as to maintainability must be decided before granting leave to defend....

The dispute in this case arises from a summary suit filed by the respondent, M/s. Jalaram Feeds, against the applicants, Narayana Farm Produce Pvt. Ltd. and its director, under Order 37 Rule 2 of the ...