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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Witness Testimony. Trial Court's Disbelief of Injured Witnesses and Eyewitnesses Was Justified Under Sections 147, 148, 302, 326, 149 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment of the Additional District Judge, Sangli, dated 06.03.1997, in Sessions Case No. 139/1995, which acquitted all 12 accused persons charged under S...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant for Sexual Assault of Minor Under POCSO Act and IPC — Evidence of Child Victim and Witness Found Credible Despite Minor Inconsistencies....

The appellant, Vikas Yashwant Madavi, was convicted by the Special Judge (POCSO Act), Thane, for sexually assaulting a 3½-year-old girl. The incident occurred on 4 December 2012 when the victim and h...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Provisional Attachment Order in GST Case — Attachment of Escrow Account Held Invalid as Petitioner Was Not the Tax-Defaulting Assessee. Section 83 of CGST Act, 2017 does not permit provisional attachment of property of a third party who is not a noticee or assessee under the Act....

The petitioners, Abhi Engineering Corporation Pvt. Ltd. and another, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging two provisional attachment orders dated 27.09.2019...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Cancellation of Class 12 Result for Medical Aspirant — Violation of Natural Justice in Examination Result Cancellation. Board's failure to provide show cause notice before cancelling result of improvement examination held arbitrary and unsustainable....

The petitioner, Zahida Khatoon Abdul Kaiyoom, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the cancellation of her class 12 (Science) examination result by the Maharashtra State Boar...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Cancellation of Performance Licenses for Tamasha Troupes — Violation of Natural Justice. Licenses Cancelled Without Show Cause Notice or Hearing Under Tamasha Rules, 1960....

The petitioners, Renuka Sanskritik Kala Kendra and Natraj Sanskrutik Kala Kendra, are proprietors of tamasha troupes operating in Moha, Taluka Jamkhed, District Ahmednagar. They were granted performan...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Show Cause Notice in Section 107 CrPC Proceedings for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Procedure. Notice Issued Without Mentioning Bond Amount or Surety and Not in Form XIV Violates Sections 107, 116 and Schedule II of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Authority Given Liberty to Issue Fresh Notice in Conformity with CrPC....

The petitioner, a resident of Pirna, Bardez, Goa and founder member of an organisation called 'Revolutionary Goans', challenged a show cause notice dated 27.01.2021 issued by the Deputy Collector and ...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Revision Application of Commanding Officer, INS Hansa, Seeking Transfer of Criminal Case to Navy Court. The Court held that when naval personnel are accused of offences triable by court-martial, the criminal court must deliver them to naval authorities under Section 78 of the Navy Act, 1957 read with Section 475 Cr.P.C....

The present criminal revision application was filed by the Commanding Officer of INS Hansa, Dabolim, Goa, being aggrieved by the order dated 14.11.2019 passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, '...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Re-credit of Amount Allegedly Misused via Forged Cheque — No Direction to Bank as Criminal Complaint Pending Investigation...

The petitioner, Bhupendra Hargovandas Majithia, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to Respondent No.3 (Axis Bank) to re-credit an amount of Rs.65,00,000/- ...

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Bombay High Court Holds Offences Under Section 132(1)(i) of CGST Act Are Bailable — Petitioner Entitled to Release on Bail. The court interpreted Section 132(5) of the CGST Act, 2017 to determine that offences punishable with imprisonment of five years or less are bailable, and arrest under Section 69 does not alter the bailable nature....

The petitioner, Yogesh Jagdish Kanodia, was arrested on 30 December 2020 by the Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (Investigation-B), Mumbai, under Section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Ac...

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Bombay High Court Grants Default Bail to Activist in UAPA Case for Failure to File Charge Sheet Within 90 Days. The court held that the right to default bail under Section 167(2) CrPC is indefeasible and the period of house arrest cannot be excluded from the computation of the 90-day period....

The appellant, Gautam P. Navlakha, a 69-year-old scholar, writer, and civil rights activist, was arrested on 28/10/2018 in connection with FIR No. 4 of 2018 registered at Vishrambag Police Station, Pu...