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Bombay High Court Quashes Government Circular Staying Transfer Rule in Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Act Case. Circular Staying Operation of Rule 41A of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981 Found Ultra Vires and Set Aside....

The petitioners challenged a circular issued by the State Government that stayed the operation of Rule 41A of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981, which go...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Condonation of Delay in Land Record Correction Appeal. Delay of 30 Years Condoned as Sufficient Cause Shown for Non-Filing of Appeal Within Limitation Under Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963....

The petitioners, legal heirs of Hari G. Koli, challenged an order dated August 21, 2019 passed by the District Superintendent of Land Records, Solapur, condoning the delay in filing an appeal for corr...

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High Court of Bombay Partially Allows Appeal by Pune Municipal Corporation in Motor Accident Claim, Reduces Compensation Due to Contributory Negligence of Deceased. The Court held that the deceased was 50% contributory negligent for the accident, modifying the Tribunal's 25% deduction....

The Pune Municipal Corporation appealed against the judgment and award of the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal, Pune, in Claim Petition No.581 of 2014, which awarded compensation to the claimants (husba...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Recasting of Issues in Tenancy Suit — No Error in Trial Court's Discretion. The Court held that the trial court's refusal to recast issues under Order XIV Rule 5 CPC was not perverse or arbitrary, as the proposed issues were already covered by existing issues....

The petitioner, Mr. Jitendra B. Mehta, filed a suit (R.A.D. Suit No.804 of 2010) before the Small Causes Court at Bombay seeking a declaration of tenancy in respect of Flat No.14, First floor, Mayur P...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in Murder Case Due to Lack of Direct Evidence and Unreliable Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances leading to murder of wife....

The appellant, Mukesh Vishwanath Chaudhari, was convicted under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife Madhuri, who died within two months of marriage. The prosecution case was based on circumstan...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Accused in POCSO and Atrocities Act Case Due to Long Incarceration and Filing of Charge-Sheet. The court held that continued detention of the appellant for about 2 years and 9 months without trial was not justified, and granted bail under Section 439 CrPC read with Section 14-A of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989....

The appellant, Kishor Shivdas Shinde, was the original accused in Sessions Case No.52 of 2020 pending before the Special Judge under the Atrocities Act/Additional Sessions Judge, Shahada, District-Nan...

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Bombay High Court Allows Discharge of Accused in Corruption Case for Lack of Sanction Under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The court held that sanction under Section 19 is mandatory and its absence vitiates the prosecution, entitling the accused to discharge....

The case pertains to a criminal revision application filed by two applicants, Kisan Baliram Rathod and Vibhuti Radharaman Devnath, challenging an order dated 21.09.2016 passed by the learned Special J...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Claim — Deemed Bona Fide Passenger Despite Missing Ticket. Non-production of ticket does not defeat claim under Section 124A of Railways Act, 1989 if other evidence establishes passenger status....

The present appeal was filed by the appellants, being the widow, son, and mother of the deceased Dilip Gaikwad, aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 22/12/2020 passed by the Railway Claims Tribun...