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Bombay High Court Quashes Show Cause Notice in Service Tax Case Due to Inordinate Delay and Lack of Jurisdiction. Refundable deposit received from SEZ developer not taxable as service, and 10-year delay in issuing SCN violates principles of natural justice....

The petitioner, Coventry Estates Pvt. Ltd. (formerly S and H Services Pvt. Ltd.), was engaged in construction of a residential complex in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under a contract with Sunny Vist...

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Bombay High Court Orders Unsealing of Premises in Customs Investigation — Power to Search Does Not Include Power to Seal Under Section 105 of Customs Act, 1962. Sealing of Office Premises Without Express Statutory Authority Held Illegal; Respondents Permitted to Conduct Confined Search....

The petitioner, M/s. Narayan Power Solutions, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the sealing of its office premises by the Assistant Commissioner of Customs (respondent no....

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Bombay High Court Partially Allows Insurance Company's Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Reduces Compensation Due to Reliance on Income Tax Return Filed After Death. Tribunal erred in considering post-death income tax return for computing deceased's income; notional income of Rs. 10,000 per month applied instead....

The case arises from a motor accident claim where the deceased, Jitendra Hiraral Pawar, died in a car accident on 13th April 2015. The claimants, his widow and children, filed a claim petition before ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Condonation of Delay in Customs Appeal Due to Bona Fide Prosecution Before Wrong Forum. The Court held that the period spent before the revisionary authority under a bona fide belief should be condoned, and the CESTAT erred in rejecting the application....

The appellant, Zulfikar Abdul Rashid Khan, is a businessman dealing in motor vehicles and parts. A show cause notice dated 12 August 2011 was issued under Section 112(b) of the Customs Act, 1962, lead...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Absence of Proximate Link Between Alleged Acts and Suicide. Loan Recovery Harassment Not Sufficient to Attract Section 306 IPC Without Direct Instigation or Active Participation....

The petitioners, Shripal Gangappa Chougule and Laxman Raghunath Choudhari, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal P...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Lack of Compelling Reasons and Non-Application of Mind. Preventive Detention Cannot Be Based on Single Isolated Incident Without Satisfying 'Disturbed Area' Condition Under Section 2(a-1) of MPDA Act....

The petitioner, Siddant alias Siddharth Sanjay Marathe, challenged a detention order dated 7 February 2023 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Pune City, under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Preven...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Examines Whether Forest Areas Must Be Notified as Tiger Reserve Under Section 38-V of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Petition filed in public interest claimed that State's failure to notify Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary after National Tiger Conservation Authority recommendations violated statutory duty and led to tiger deaths....

The High Court of Bombay at Goa, comprising M. S. Sonak and Bharat P. Deshpande, JJ., heard a public interest litigation filed by The Goa Foundation through its Secretary Dr. Claude Alvares against th...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Rejection of Tribe Claim for 'Mannerwarlu' Tribe. Court holds that the Scrutiny Committee failed to consider validated tribe claims of close blood relatives and the principle of stare decisis, directing reconsideration of the petitioner's claim....

The petitioner, Chaitanya Palekar, challenged the order dated 7.7.2022 passed by the Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Verification Committee, Kinwat, rejecting her tribe claim for 'Mannerwarlu' tribe...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Assistant Professor Challenging Rejection of Application for Associate Professor Post in Agricultural University. Ph.D. from Non-Agricultural University Held Valid for Eligibility Under Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Act, 1983....

The petitioner, Mahesh Sharadrao Deshmukh, was serving as an Assistant Professor at Vasantrao Naik Marathawada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, an Agricultural University established under the Maharashtra...