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Bombay High Court Allows Pension Claim of Employee Transferred from Government Institute to Government Company. Holds That Pensionary Benefits Cannot Be Denied on Ground of Transfer Without Option to Retain Government Pension Under Article 14 of the Constitution....

The petitioner, Prakash Parshuram Mavlankar, was employed with the erstwhile Haffkine Institute, a government entity under the State of Maharashtra, from 5th June 1965 to 31st August 1975. In 1975, th...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Directs Registration of FIR and Compensation for Assault on Prisoner in Custody. State Liable for Custodial Violence Under Prisoner Rights....

The case involves a criminal writ petition filed by three under-trial prisoners, Mustaq Ahmed, Vinesh Narayan Faldessai, and Jovita Ryan Dos Remedios Pinto, who were lodged in Sub Jail, Sada, Vasco-Da...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal and Finds Compensation Awarded to Family of Quadriplegic Army Officer Inadequate. MACT Award of Rs.13,09,500 on Death Basis Held Not Just; Court Directs Enhancement Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for Tetraplegia Resulting from Road Accident....

The case arose from a motor vehicle accident on 17 October 1991, when Bhagendra Singh, a non-commissioned officer in the Indian Army, was struck by a government vehicle while cycling, resulting in tet...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Cancellation of Notary Certificate for Violation of Natural Justice. Impugned order set aside as it was passed without show-cause notice and without affording opportunity of hearing, in contravention of Notaries Act, 1952 and Notaries Rules, 1956....

The Petitioner, Mr. Lalit Doshi, a practicing Advocate since 1971 and a Notary Public since 2004 appointed by the Central Government, challenged an order dated 15th December 2016 passed by Respondent ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal in Suit for Possession and Mesne Profits — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With. Letters Patent Appeal against decree for possession and mesne profits dismissed as no substantial question of law or perversity found in concurrent findings of fact....

The present Letters Patent Appeal arises from a judgment and decree passed by a Single Judge of the Bombay High Court in First Appeal No. 133/1976, which affirmed the decree of the trial court in a su...

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Bombay High Court Allows Land Acquisition Compensation Revision Applications Due to Non-Consideration of Comparable Sale Instances. Court Remands Matters to Reference Court for Fresh Determination of Market Value Under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The case involves multiple civil revision applications filed by landowners whose agricultural lands were acquired by the State of Maharashtra for the Gosekhurd Irrigation Project. The Special Land Acq...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Revision, Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Forced Resignation Case. Civil Court Has Jurisdiction to Entertain Suit Challenging Resignation Obtained by Force, as Dispute Does Not Fall Under Industrial Disputes Act or Specific Relief Act....

The case involves a civil revision application filed by the defendants challenging an order passed by the trial court on a preliminary issue regarding jurisdiction. The plaintiff, Dr. Vijay Sarathi Va...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Supplier Against Western Coalfields Limited for Withholding Admitted Dues. Withholding of Payment Based on Vigilance Report Without Hearing Violates Natural Justice....

The petitioner, Sujyoti India (P) Limited, a private limited company and authorized distributor of SKF India Limited, entered into a rate contract with Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) on 11.12.1995 f...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Chancellor's Refusal to Intervene in University Appointment. Chancellor's Power Under Section 76(7) of Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 is Administrative, Not Quasi-Judicial, Hence Writ Not Maintainable....

The petitioner, Mrs. Vandana Khedikar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging an order/communication dated 12.03.2015 issued by the Chancellor of Rashtrasant ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Specific Performance Suit — Holds That Payments Made to Authorized Representatives of Partnership Firm Are Valid Under Contract Act. Burden of Proof Shifts to Defendants When Plaintiff Proves Payment to Persons Held Out as Authorized in Brochure....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original plaintiff, Mr. Sharad Prabhudas, against the judgment of the First Appellate Court which reversed the Trial Court's decree for specific performa...