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Bombay High Court Allows Retired Employee's Petition Quashing Post-Retirement Departmental Enquiry. Initiation of disciplinary proceedings after superannuation without enabling service rule is impermissible as employer-employee relationship ceases....

The petitioner, a retired employee of the Zilla Parishad, superannuated on 31.07.2020. After 15 months, on 13.10.2021, the Zilla Parishad issued a chargesheet-cum-show-cause notice initiating a depart...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Petitioners in Income Tax Reopening Challenge Due to Change of Opinion. Reassessment Proceedings Under Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 Fail as No Tangible Material Showed Income Escapement Beyond Assessee's Explanation for Deduction of Compensation Payments....

The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by a husband and wife challenging reassessment notices issued under the Income Tax Act, 1961 for assessment year 2016-17. The petitioners had filed retur...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declarations. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for setting wife ablaze set aside as dying declarations were inconsistent and not corroborated by medical evidence....

The appellant, Vijay Radhaji Bhandare, was convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, Sindhubai, by setting her ablaze. The prosecution case was based on an oral dy...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Child Witness Testimony. Conviction under Section 302 IPC set aside as sole eyewitness account of 12-year-old daughter found inconsistent and lacking corroboration....

The appellant, Shankar Shrirang Gulik, was convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 IPC for the murder of Chhaya Shinde and sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution's case was based on th...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Husband for Murder and Cruelty Based on Dying Declarations. Dying Declarations Found Reliable and Corroborated by Medical Evidence and Witness Testimony....

The appellant, Surendra Rudra Pratap Singh, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay, for the murder of his wife Soni under Section 302 IPC and for cruelty under Section 498-A IP...

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Bombay High Court Allows Widow's Claim for Compensation for Husband's Death Due to Wild Boar Attack Under Government Resolution Dated 11th July 2018. The court held that wild boar is a 'wild animal' under the resolution and the rejection was erroneous....

The petitioner, Anuja Arun Redij, is the widow of Shri Arun Arvind Redij, who died on 5th February 2019 due to injuries sustained when a wild boar attacked him while he was returning home on his two-w...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim — Tribunal's Reduction of Compensation Set Aside. Claimants Entitled to Full Loss of Dependency of Rs.12,01,176/- Despite Restriction of Claim in Petition, as Deficit Court Fees Were Offered....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Latur, which reduced the compensation awarded to the appellants (children of the deceased) from the calculated loss of dependenc...

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Bombay High Court Allows Wakf Board Employees to Continue Until 60 Years, Quashes Retirement at 58. Employees appointed under Wakf Act, 1954 and Marathwada Wakf Board Regulations, 1964 are entitled to retirement age of 60 years as per Section 79 of Wakf Act, 1995, not 58 years under Maharashtra Civil Services Rules....

The petitioners, employees of the Maharashtra State Board of Wakf, were appointed under the Wakf Act, 1954 and the Marathwada Wakf Board Regulations, 1964. They were issued retirement notices upon rea...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Inconsistent Evidence and Doubtful Age of Victim. Conviction for Rape and Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Victim Was Below 18 Years and Testimony Lacked Corroboration....

The appellant, Praful Maroti Bagde, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, in Special (POCSO) Case No. 92/2018 for offences under Sections 376(2)(i)(j) and 450 IPC and Sections 4 ...