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High Court Quashes FIR and Revisional Order for Violation of Accused's Right to Hearing in Criminal Revision. The court held that Section 401(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 mandates hearing for accused or other persons in revisional proceedings, and Sessions Judge's failure to hear petitioners before allowing revision against dismissal of Section 156(3) application rendered the order and subsequent FIR invalid....

The dispute arose from a criminal writ petition filed by two petitioners, a senior citizen and her daughter, seeking to quash an FIR registered against them under Sections 442, 427, 504, 379 read with...

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High Court Quashes FIR and Chargesheet in Criminal Writ Petition Finding Abuse of Process in Tenancy Dispute. Court held that criminal proceedings were initiated to give criminal color to civil tenancy dispute and ingredients of offences under Sections 329(3), 324(4) read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 were not made out from FIR, chargesheet, and statements....

The petitioner filed a criminal writ petition seeking quashing of FIR No. 79/2024 dated 12.10.2024 registered at Colvale Police Station and subsequent chargesheet No. 3/2025 dated 27.01.2025 pending b...

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High Court Quashes Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee Orders Due to Arbitrary Rejection of Old Documentary Evidence. Court Emphasizes Probative Value of 1938 and 1950 Documents and Directs Fresh Consideration as Committee Acted on Surmises Without Expert Opinion....

The dispute involved multiple writ petitions filed by members of the Togarwar family challenging orders of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Gadchiroli, which rejected their claims o...

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High Court Dismisses Stranger's Writ Petition Against Eviction Decree Execution Due to Lack of Legal Right and Suppression of Facts. Objection Based on Oral Assurance from Tenant Fails as No Documentary Evidence Produced Under Hyderabad Rent Control Act, 1954, and Execution Proceedings Must Proceed as Per Decree....

The dispute arose from the execution of an eviction decree ordered by the High Court in 2011, originating from eviction proceedings initiated in 1992 under the Hyderabad Rent Control Act. The subject ...

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High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Establish Complete Chain of Circumstances, Particularly with Recovery of Gold Chain Lacking Corroboration....

The appeal arose from a conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, where the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The prosecution case was based on circumstantial...

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High Court Allows Petition for Processing Relative Adoption Under HAMA, Directing CARA to Assist with Visa Documentation. Adoption Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 is Valid and Not Subject to Inter-Country Adoption Regulations as per Section 56(3) of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, with Adoption Deed Executed Prior to Regulatory Engagement....

The dispute involved a married Hindu couple, both Indian nationals at marriage, who adopted a child from close relatives under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA) through a registered...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Landlords' Writ Petition in Rent Eviction Case, Upholding Restoration of Suit for Merits Hearing. Service of Summons Was Defective as Made on Wrong Address and to Incorrect Person, and Tenant Deposited Arrears of Rent Under Section 32 of Goa, Daman and Diu Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1968, Entitling Them to Contest Proceedings....

The dispute arose from a rent eviction suit filed by landlords against the legal heirs of a deceased tenant under the Goa, Daman and Diu Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1968. The lan...

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High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Rejection of Application to Recall Witnesses in POCSO Case - Upholds Trial Court's Order. The court held that recall of child victim for further cross-examination was not justified under Section 348 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, as it would cause psychological trauma and defeat the protective intent of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and the petitioner failed to establish necessity for a just decision....

The High Court of Bombay at Goa heard a criminal writ petition challenging the trial court's order that dismissed an application to recall witnesses for further cross-examination. The petitioner was u...

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High Court Allows Writ Petition Quashing Orders Treating Termination Period as Break in Service and Recovery of Excess Amount from Pensionary Benefits. Reinstatement Without Back Wages Does Not Imply Break in Service, and Recovery from Retired Employee is Impermissible Under Supreme Court Guidelines....

The dispute arose from a writ petition filed by a former driver employed by the Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur, challenging orders that declared his termination period from 1997 to 2004 as a break in servic...

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High Court Partly Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim, Modifying Compensation for Consortium and Future Prospects. Tribunal's Income Assessment Upheld, but Award Enhanced for Loss of Consortium to Both Claimants and Future Prospects, with Interest from Claim Application Date Under Section 171 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The appeal arose from a motor accident claim petition filed by the wife and son of the deceased, under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The deceased died in an accident on 24 May 2014 when...

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