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Bombay High Court Quashes Second Departmental Enquiry Against RPF ASI for Same Misconduct — Double Jeopardy Principle Under Article 20(2) of Constitution and Rule 219.4(b) of Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987 Bars Re-prosecution After Final Punishment...

The petitioner, Ramrao Maroti Shinde, an Assistant Sub-Inspector in the Railway Protection Force (RPF), was subjected to a departmental enquiry in May 2019 for allegedly forging travelling entries to ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Widow's Claim for Freedom Fighter Pension Under Swatantrya Sainik Sanman Pension Scheme Due to Lack of Evidence. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove her husband's participation in the Hyderabad Liberation Movement, and thus the claim for pension was rightly rejected....

The petitioner, Smt. Rukhminbai wd/o Asaram Kale, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad seeking a direction to the respondents to grant her pension under the Swatantrya Sain...

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Bombay High Court Quashes MCOCA Approval Against Accused in Murder Case — Lack of Material to Show Organized Crime Syndicate. Approval under Section 23(1)(a) of MCOC Act set aside as the FIR and investigation did not disclose the existence of an organized crime syndicate or continuing unlawful activity as defined under the Act....

The petitioner, Balasaheb Barku Kolhe, challenged an order dated 6th May 2021 passed by the Commissioner of Police, Nashik City, granting approval under Section 23(1)(a) of the Maharashtra Control of ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Fishermen Cooperative's Petition Against Demolition of Fishermen Huts in Coastal Zone. Court Holds That Traditional Fishing Communities Have Customary Rights to Occupy Foreshore Land for Livelihood, Subject to Environmental Clearances Under CRZ Notification, 2011....

The petitioner, Mariyayi Macchimaar Sahkari Sanstha Maryadit, a cooperative society of traditional fishermen, filed a writ petition challenging the proposed demolition of their huts located on foresho...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Caste Scrutiny Committee Order Invalidating OBC Claim of Momin Caste Candidate. Committee Failed to Consider Pre-1967 Documents and Brother's Validity Certificate, Rendering Its Decision Perverse....

The petitioner, Momin Mohammad Ilyas, was appointed as an Attendant in Class IV category on a post reserved for OBC candidates on 26 February 2009. He submitted a caste certificate dated 27 May 1996 s...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Contempt Appeal Against Admission of Contempt Petition and Framing of Charge — Holds That Order Admitting Contempt Petition Is Not Appealable Under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The Court Found That the Impugned Order Was Interlocutory and Not Final, Hence the Appeal Was Not Maintainable....

The case involves a contempt appeal filed under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, challenging an order dated 12.03.2018 passed by a learned Single Judge in Contempt Petition No. 239/2015...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Lapsation of Land Reservations Under MRTP Act — Failure to Acquire Land Within Ten Years Results in Deemed Lapse. Reservation for Public Offices and Truck Terminal on Petitioner's Land Held Lapsed as No Acquisition Proceedings Were Initiated Within Statutory Period Under Section 127 of MRTP Act, 1966....

The petitioner, Sakharam Mahadev Jadhav, was the owner of lands bearing Survey No.69/1 and 69/2/1 situated at Village Belavali, Taluka Ambarnath, District Thane, within the jurisdiction of Kulgaon-Bad...