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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Removal of Councillor Due to Availability of Alternate Remedy. Petition under Article 227 held not maintainable as Section 13(4) read with Section 405 of Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 provides an efficacious remedy of reference to a Judge....

The petitioner, Shripad Shankar Chindam, was a councillor of the Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation. By an order dated 27.02.2020 passed under Section 13(3) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act...

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Bombay High Court Considers Criminal Appeal Against Conviction for Murder and Causing Hurt; Reliability of Interested Witnesses and Recovery of Weapon Central to Appeal. Conviction Under Sections 302 and 324 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 Based on Three Eye Witnesses, Including Injured Witness, Challenged as Tainted by Relationship and Inconsistencies....

The appeal before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, arose from the judgment and order dated 10-03-2014 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge-2, Aurangabad, in Sessions Cas...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State's Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Child Witness. The court held that the sole testimony of a child witness, without corroboration and with material contradictions, was insufficient to convict the accused for murder under Section 302 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Vishnu Dagadu Gaikwad and Balu Vishnu Gaikwad (respondents) for the murder of Ramabai, the wife of the informant. The prosecution case was th...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration. Dying declaration recorded without medical certification of mental fitness held insufficient for conviction under Section 302 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Balu Valu Chaudhari, who was charged with murder under Section 302 IPC for allegedly setting his wife Chandrakala on fire. The prosecution ca...

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Bombay High Court Allows MCGM to Execute Storm Water Pumping Station Upgradation Work Subject to Environmental Compliance. Public Interest Work Permitted Pending Environmental Clearances....

The petitioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), filed a writ petition seeking permission to execute upgradation work of design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of heavy dut...

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Bombay High Court Examines Legality of TV Advertisements Promoting Hanuman Chalisa Yantra Under Black Magic Act and Cable Television Networks Act. The Court Continued Proceedings in Public Interest Despite Petitioner's Attempt to Withdraw and Appointed Amicus Curiae to Prosecute the Matter....

The petitioner, a teacher from Aurangabad, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging television advertisements that promoted the sale of Hanuman Chalis...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Causal Link Between Assault and Death. The court upheld the acquittal of accused charged under Section 302 r/w Section 34 IPC as the prosecution failed to establish that the head injury causing death was inflicted during the alleged assault....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Rameshwar s/o Kanhoba Chalak and Ramesh s/o Kishanrao Chalak (respondents/accused) in Sessions Case No.186/1999, where they were charged with...

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Bombay High Court Allows Concurrent Running of Sentences for Convict in Three Wildlife and Forest Offence Cases Under Section 427 CrPC. Court exercises discretion to direct concurrent sentences for a poor farmer convicted in three separate cases under Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and Indian Forest Act, 1927....

The petitioner, Kuttu @ Rahul Chhahalal Pardhi, a convict undergoing imprisonment in three different crimes, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court seeking directions for concurre...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Rejection of Nomination Objections in Gram Panchayat Elections. Election Dispute Under Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959 - Court Holds That Orders of Returning Officer Are Not Subject to Writ Jurisdiction Under Article 226....

The petitioners, Shivaji Laxman Wadkar and Kiran Daulat Gosavi, filed two separate writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court. They challenged the order...