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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Mischief by Fire and Criminal Intimidation Case Due to Inconsistent Testimony and Lack of Independent Witnesses. Conviction under Section 436 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellants, original accused Nos.1 to 3, were convicted by the 4th Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Beed in Sessions Case No.133/2002 for offences punishable under Section 436 read with Section 34...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Dacoity Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Corroboration. Identification of accused in a dacoity committed in the dead of night was based on weak evidence and interested witnesses, leading to acquittal under Section 395 IPC....

The appellants, Uttam Shivram Shinde and Madhukar Shivram Shinde, were convicted by the 2nd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Beed in Sessions Case No.11/2002 for the offence of dacoity under Section 3...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Dowry Death Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Abetment to Suicide. Conviction under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove cruelty or instigation leading to suicide....

The appellant, Appasaheb Gorakhnath Kakade, was convicted by the 4th Adhoc Sessions Judge, Aurangabad in Sessions Case No.79/2004 for offences under Sections 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 18...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeal for Specific Performance of Sale of Agricultural Land — Upholds Concurrent Findings of Trial and Appellate Courts. The plaintiff failed to prove readiness and willingness to perform the contract, and the courts below correctly dismissed the suit for specific performance....

The appellant (original plaintiff) filed a suit for specific performance of a contract of sale of 6 acres of agricultural land (Gat No. 69/A) situated at Sangvi, Tahsil Shripur, District Dhule. The de...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating Caste Claim of Thakur Scheduled Tribe — Affinity Test Cannot Override Genuine Pre-Constitutional Documents. The court held that when genuine old documents exist, the affinity test cannot be used to discard them, and directed issuance of validity certificate....

The petitioner, Dattatraya s/o Shriram Ingle, a government employee born on 14.12.1959 and nearing superannuation, challenged the order dated 10.02.2003 passed by the Committee for Scrutiny and Verifi...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Disqualification of MLA in Election Law Case — Conviction Does Not Trigger Disqualification Under Section 8(3) of Representation of the People Act, 1951, When Sentence Is Suspended Pending Appeal....

The petitioner, Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram, a citizen of India, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, seeking a declaration that respon...

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Bombay High Court Allows Caste Validity Petition Based on Prior Certificates of Paternal Cousins. Caste Scrutiny Committee's Rejection Set Aside as It Failed to Consider Binding Effect of Prior Validity Certificates Issued to Paternal Relatives....

The petitioner, Abhilash Hasrath Savale, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 19 January 2012 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Konkan Division, which rejected...

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High Court Hears Writ Petition Against Termination of Teacher for Moral Turpitude; Article 81(B) of Education Code Challenged. Petitioner Alleges Violation of Natural Justice; Respondents Contend Summary Enquiry Sufficient....

The writ petition was filed by a former teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal which had rejected his original application against termina...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Disqualification of Councillor in Municipal Council Dispute — Lack of Evidence and Procedural Violations. Disqualification order set aside as the State Government failed to provide opportunity of hearing and relied on unsubstantiated allegations under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965....

The petitioner, Nandkumar alias Laxman Sahadu Borude, was an elected councillor of the Municipal Council, Shrigonda, having been elected in 2014. He challenged an order dated 25 January 2016 passed by...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Possession Dispute — Sale Deed Interpretation and Possessory Title. Court held that the plaintiff failed to prove possession of the first floor at the time of sale and that the suit for possession based on title alone without prior possession is not maintainable under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963....

The case involves a second appeal filed by the original defendant (Shriram Thakur, since deceased, through his legal representatives) against the judgment and decree of the Special Civil Suit No.296/2...