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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder Based on Dying Declaration in Bride Burning Case. Dying declaration found credible and reliable despite minor inconsistencies, leading to confirmation of life imprisonment under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC....

The case pertains to the death of Suvarna Warankar, who died on 12/09/2012 due to burn injuries. Her dying declaration, recorded by the Executive Magistrate (Tahsildar), stated that her husband (Umesh...

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Bombay High Court Allows Lapsing of Land Reservation for Primary School Under Section 127 MRTP Act Due to Non-Compliance with Time Limit. The Court held that failure of Nagpur Municipal Corporation to acquire reserved land within ten years results in automatic lapsing of reservation, entitling landowner to declaration and notification under Section 127(2) of MRTP Act....

The petitioner, Urban Township Pvt. Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, owned two parcels of land admeasuring 4907 sq.mtrs. and 11037 sq.mtrs. out of Survey Nos.2-3/1 and 2-3/4...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition in Part in Development Charge Levy Dispute. Development Charge on Already Developed Land Held Illegal Under Section 124 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966....

The petitioner, Sir Gangadharrao Chitnavis Memorial Medical Research Trust, a charitable trust, owned Plot No. 56 at Temple Road, Civil Lines, Nagpur. Four houses were constructed on the said plot pri...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Lapse of Reservation Under MRTP Act — Failure to Acquire Land Within Six Months of Purchase Notice. Petitioner's Land Reservation Lapses Automatically Under Section 127 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 as Respondents Did Not Issue Declaration Under Section 126....

The petitioner, Purshotam Vishandas Raheja, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court seeking a writ of mandamus against the State of Maharashtr...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Height Restrictions Near Naval Air Station — No Violation of Right to Development Found. Height restrictions imposed under Section 9A of the Aircraft Act, 1934 and Rule 44 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 for safety of aircraft operations are reasonable and not arbitrary....

The petitioners, Vikram Delite Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., Shree Ramkrishn Enterprises, and Parikshit Miglani, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bo...

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High Court Directs Coastal Zone Authority to Decide on Mangrove Cutting for High-Speed Rail Project. Court Holds That Expert Bodies Must First Determine Larger Public Interest Before Permitting Destruction of Mangroves Under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011....

The writ petition arose from a decision of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) deferring permission for the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited to cut or fell mangroves ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Cousin Fathers-in-Law in Dowry Death Case for Lack of Specific Allegations. Inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC exercised to prevent abuse of process where FIR and charge-sheet contained only omnibus allegations against distant relatives without any specific overt acts....

The applicants, Rajendra Daulatrao Wankhede and Balasaheb Daulatrao Wankhede, who were accused Nos. 6 and 7 in Crime No. 03 of 2021 registered at Harsul Police Station, Aurangabad, filed a criminal ap...

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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of Abetment of Suicide Case Against Applicant Due to Lack of Instigation or Intentional Aid. Allegations of Threat and Abuse Not Sufficient to Attract Section 306 IPC When Suicide Occurred Days Later Without Proximate Link....

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad allowed Criminal Application No. 577 of 2020 filed by Rahul Rajaram Maske seeking quashing of FIR and chargesheet for offences under Sections 306, 323, 504, 506 rea...

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Bombay High Court Allows Teachers' Petition for Pay Revision Benefits - Discrimination in Pay Scales Violates Article 14. Teachers in aided schools are entitled to same pay scales as government school teachers under Goa School Education Act, 1984....

The petitioners, six teachers employed in aided and government schools in Goa, filed a writ petition seeking the benefit of revision of pay scales on par with teachers in government schools. The petit...