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Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Coastal Regulation Zone Notification for Versova Mangroves — No Violation of CRZ Norms Found. Court held that the impugned notification dated 18.01.2019 was issued after due consideration of all relevant factors and did not violate the CRZ Notification, 2011....

The present Public Interest Litigation was filed by 14 petitioners, including residents of Versova, Mumbai, and the Jai Bharat Cooperative Housing Society Limited, challenging the notification dated 1...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction for Murder Based on Circumstantial Evidence and Last Seen Theory. Appellants convicted under Section 302 read with 34 IPC for murder of Kambar Ali, relying on motive, last seen evidence, and recovery of weapons....

The case involves two appeals against a common judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay, convicting the appellants under Section 302 read with 34 IPC for the murder of Kambar Ali. The...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Dying Declaration and Weak Circumstantial Evidence. The Court Held That the Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Section 302 read with 34 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the acquittal of Eknath Bhila Khairnar (respondent/accused) for the murder of Pundlik Laxman Jadhav under Section 302 read with 34 IPC. The prosecution case w...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Cheating Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Dishonest Inducement. Conviction under Section 420 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove that appellant had fraudulent intention at the time of promise to marry....

The appellant, Sanjay Dhondu Manchekar, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly cheating the complainant by promising to marry ...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Management's Challenge to Tribunal's Order Modifying Punishment in Service Dispute. The court upheld the Tribunal's power under Section 59 of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 to substitute a lesser punishment of withholding two increments and reinstatement with 50% backwages, finding no perversity or gross disproportionality....

The petitioners, Marathwada Shikshan Prasarak Mandal and Majalgaon Arts, Science and Commerce College, challenged the judgment and order dated 20.06.2018 passed by the Presiding Officer, University an...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Land Dispute Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute and Lack of Criminal Intent. Allegations of Forgery and Cheating in Revenue Records Held to Be Essentially Civil Disputes Not Attracting Criminal Penalties Under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 IPC....

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad, by its judgment dated 4 December 2020, allowed Criminal Application No. 547 of 2012 filed by Paraji Sheshrao Madan and others (original accused) seeking quashing o...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheating Case Due to Civil Nature of Dispute. Dispute Between Society and Former Employees Over Alleged Misappropriation Held to Be Civil, Not Criminal, Under Section 420 IPC....

The applicants, Mahadeorao Uttamrao Rajurkar and Sanjay Dyaneshwar Dhok, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of FIR No.406 of 2017 re...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses State Appeal Against Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence. Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 302, 326, 396 read with 34 IPC....

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 10th December 2001 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Baramati in Sessions Case No. 85 of 1998, acquitt...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition Against Judicial Officer for Alleged Disregard of Precedents. Court holds that mere erroneous orders or non-mention of cited judgments do not constitute contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971....

The petitioner, Yogesh Waman Athavale, an advocate practicing in Chiplun, filed a contempt petition under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, against respondent No.1, Vikram Abasaheb Jadhav, a Civil Jud...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Railway's Refusal to Grant NOC for Redevelopment of Cooperative Housing Society. Held that Railway land vests in the President of India and the Railway has no authority to demand NOC for redevelopment on land owned by MHADA....

The petitioners, Vinobha Bhave Nagar Godavari Adhyapak Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. and M/s. Nisar Properties Pvt. Ltd., filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before...