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High Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Application for Summary Judgment in Admiralty Suit Due to Extinguished Claims. Claims for Bunker Supplies Found Non-Maintainable Under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016....

The case involved an interim application for summary judgment filed by the Plaintiff, Cockette Marine Oil DMCC, in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay against the Defendant vessels for claims arisi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Husband's Appeal in Property Dispute After Divorce — Order 2 Rule 2 CPC Bar Not Applicable. The court held that a claim for declaration of ownership of a jointly owned flat filed after a divorce decree is not barred by Order 2 Rule 2 CPC as the cause of action for divorce and property relief are distinct....

The appellant-husband and respondent-wife were married in 1967 and had two sons. In 1996-97, they purchased a flat in Mumbai in their joint names. In 2013, the husband filed a divorce petition in Udup...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice in Income Tax Case Due to Lack of Failure to Disclose Material Facts. Reassessment Beyond Four Years Invalid as Original Assessment Was Scrutiny Assessment and No Failure to Disclose Was Shown....

The petitioner, an individual assessee, filed his income tax return for assessment year 2013-14 on 27 September 2013, declaring taxable income of Rs.73,08,942/-. The return was subjected to scrutiny a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition in Local Body Tax Dispute — 'Disputed Tax' Under Section 406(8) of Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act Does Not Include Interest or Penalty. Pre-deposit condition for appeal satisfied by depositing only the tax amount, not interest or penalty....

The petitioner, Wintry Engineering And Chemicals Private Limited, challenged an order dated 22 February 2024 passed by the Commissioner of Local Body Tax Department, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corpora...

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High Court Upholds Petitioner's Rights in Illegal Arrest Case — Police Failed to Follow Legal Procedures. Court Orders Compensation and Inquiry into Police Conduct....

The case involved a writ petition filed by a journalist challenging the legality of his arrest and detention by the police under FIR No. 24 of 2022. The Petitioner was arrested on January 15, 2022, un...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband and Father-in-law in Dowry Death Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Lack of Specific Allegations. Conviction under Sections 498-A and 304-B IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Demand of Dowry and Cruelty Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The case involves an appeal against the conviction of Pravin Babanrao Yawle (husband) and Babanrao Govindrao Yawle (father-in-law) for offences under Sections 498-A and 304-B read with Section 34 of t...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Writ Petition in Pension Calculation Case — Fraction of Year Treated as Completed Half-Year for Qualifying Service. Rule 49(2)(b) of Goa Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1987 interpreted to round off fraction of three months and above as half-year....

The petitioner, Mr. Sudesh Kumar Waingade, a retired government servant, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa challenging the calculation of his pension by the State of Goa and th...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Cyber Stalking Case: E-mails Lacking Sexual Content Do Not Attract Section 67 of IT Act or Sections 354, 509, 506 IPC. Court holds that vulgar language without lascivious intent or threat of injury does not constitute obscenity or criminal intimidation....

The Petitioner, Joseph Paul de Sousa, sought quashing of FIR No. 30 of 2009 registered with the Cyber Cell, Mumbai, for offenses under Sections 354, 509, and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and...