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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Appellants for Murder and Attempt to Murder of Police Officers. Circumstantial evidence including last seen theory and recovery of weapons held sufficient to prove guilt under Sections 302, 307, 353, 201 IPC and Section 25 Arms Act....

The case involves two appeals filed by Raju @ Mukesh Punamchand Dangre and Dipak @ Golu Ananda Tayde against their conviction and sentence by the Additional Sessions Judge, Malkapur, in Sessions Trial...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Land Acquisition Case Due to Limitation Issue and Inadequate Compensation. The court held that the Reference Court must determine the date of knowledge of the award before rejecting a reference as barred by limitation under Section 18(2)(b) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The appellant, Dr. Shankar D. Nadkarni, owned land in Survey No.32/7, Cotarlim, Sanguem, Goa, which was acquired in 1993 for a public purpose. The Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) classified the land as...

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Bombay High Court Rules on Appeal and Cross-Objections in Motor Accident Compensation Case About Pay Commission Recommendations and Driver Licence. Court Holds That Post-Accident Pay Revisions Cannot Be Considered for Loss of Dependency While Future Prospects Already Covered by 15% Addition Under National Insurance Co. Ltd v. Pranay Sethi....

The matter arose from a first appeal filed by the legal heirs of deceased Narendra Parsekar challenging the judgment and award dated 27.03.2018 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Goa. The a...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitioner Club to Permit Mobile Phone Usage at Race Courses Without Additional Entertainment Duty. The Court held that mobile phone use is not entertainment under the Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923, and no additional duty is leviable....

The petitioner, The Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd., conducts horse races in Mumbai and Pune under a license from the State of Maharashtra under the Bombay Race Course Licensing Act, 1912. It is a ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Relaxation of Anticipatory Bail Condition in Cheating Case Due to Petitioner's Inability to Pay. Condition of deposit of 50% of alleged amount under Section 438 CrPC held onerous and relaxed under Section 440 CrPC for daily wage earner....

The petitioner, Abhishek s/o Ashok Malve, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India and Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging an order da...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Assistant Teachers in Cheating Case Due to Lack of Criminal Intent. Allegations of Fabricating Educational Certificates for Salary Benefits Do Not Attract Offences Under Sections 420, 468, 471 IPC as Dispute is Civil in Nature....

The applicants, 23 assistant teachers employed in various schools, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No. 123/2021 registered...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Lack of Material to Show Public Order Disturbance. Detention of alleged bootlegger set aside as activities related to illicit liquor did not affect public order but only law and order....

The petitioner, Jaywanta s/o Gangaram Pawar, was detained under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Dangerous persons and Video pirates Act, 1...

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Bombay High Court Hears Interim Application in Suit for Specific Performance of Family Settlement Minutes. Interim Injunction Sought to Restrain Defendants from Valuing or Buying Out Shareholding Pending Suit for Enforcement of Minutes of Discussion....

The dispute arose in the context of a family-run private limited company engaged in automobile dealerships across multiple states. The Plaintiffs and Defendants were directors and shareholders of Defe...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Police Sub-Inspector in Corruption Case Due to Lack of Valid Sanction and Unreliable Trap Witnesses. The court held that the mandatory sanction under Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was not properly obtained and the trap witnesses were not independent, leading to acquittal....

The appellant, Damu Ramu Avhad, a Police Sub-Inspector, was convicted by the Special Judge, Nashik, under Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Section 1...