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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in SC/ST Atrocities Case Due to Unreliable Evidence and Improper Investigation. Allegations of Caste-Based Insults and Extortion Not Proven Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Section 3(1)(v)(x) of SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Bhagwan Maruti Mane @ Kamble, Ravindra @ Balu Vasantrao Patil, and Nandkumar Ramchandra Mane (respondents) by the IV Ad-hoc Assistant Session...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition, Quashes Eviction Order in Family Dispute Over Tenanted Premises. Petitioner allowed to retain possession pending suit as original plaintiffs did not press proceedings and landlord raised no objection....

The petitioner, Kalpana Koyama (also known as Kalpana R. Ghatge), filed a writ petition challenging an eviction order dated 29 August 1998 passed by the Additional Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Mum...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition by Daughter in Family Dispute, Quashes Eviction Order, and Permits Continued Possession Pending Suit. The court set aside the eviction order passed by the Small Causes Court due to the death of the plaintiff mother and the sister moving out, allowing the petitioner to retain possession until the suit is finally decided....

The petitioner, Kalpana Koyama (also known as Kalpana R. Ghatge), filed a writ petition challenging an eviction order dated 29 August 1998 passed by the Additional Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Mum...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Dowry Harassment Case — Prosecution Fails to Prove Cruelty Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Acquittal of Husband and In-laws Under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 IPC Upheld Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Corroboration....

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal under Section 378(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the judgment and order of acquittal dated 26th August 2003 passed by the 5th Judicial...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Retail Liquor Dealers' Challenge to Sales Tax on Pre-December 1998 Stock. Circular and Notifications imposing 8% sales tax on liquor stock manufactured before 9th December 1998 held valid and not retrospective....

The petitioner, Maharashtra Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, representing retail liquor licensees holding FLII Licence under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949, filed a writ petition challenging a Ci...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Teacher in Service Law Case — No Misrepresentation Found After 14 Years of Approved Service. Recovery of salary paid to an employee cannot be ordered after long lapse of time in absence of misrepresentation or fraud, and approval of appointment by authority estops subsequent recovery....

The petitioner, Smt. Sulbha Sharad Vithalkar, was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in Respondent No.1's school in 1985. At the time of joining, she possessed a B.A. degree and a Sangit Visharad degre...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Food Adulteration Case for Non-Compliance of Mandatory Sampling Rules. Failure to Stir Groundnut Oil Before Sampling and Lack of Proof that Sample Bottles Were Cleaned and Dried Rendered Evidence Unreliable, Justifying Benefit of Doubt Under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954....

The appeal arose from the acquittal of the respondent, a proprietor and vendor of a provisions store, who was charged with selling adulterated groundnut oil in violation of the Prevention of Food Adul...

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High Court of Bombay Acquits Husband in Dowry Death and Abetment Case Due to Insufficient Evidence and Unexplained Delay in FIR. Conviction Under Sections 306 and 498A IPC Set Aside as Demand Was Advance Not Dowry and Cruelty Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The appellant, Sheshrao Dange, was tried along with his parents and sister in Sessions Trial No. 109 of 2002 for offences under Sections 306 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The trial court c...