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Bombay High Court Allows Petition for Removal of Personal Data from Ministry Website in RTI Privacy Case. Disclosure of Personal Details in RTI Application Uploaded Online Violates Right to Privacy Under Article 21 of the Constitution of India....

The petitioner, Saket S. Gokhale, a former journalist and social activist, filed an RTI application on 27 October 2019 with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs seeking details about a government ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Inconsistent Dying Declarations. Conviction under Section 302 IPC for setting wife on fire set aside as dying declarations were contradictory and not corroborated by medical evidence....

The appellant, Vinod Jaysing Kashid, was convicted by the Sessions Judge, Satara, for the murder of his wife, Chaya Kashid, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sentenced to life impr...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification of Councillor for Joining Aghadi Post-Election Under Maharashtra Local Authority Members' Disqualification Act, 1986. Formation of Aghadi or Front by elected councillors of recognized parties after election amounts to defection and attracts disqualification under Section 3 of the Disqualification Act....

The petitioner, Ibrahim @ Arif Kadir Deshmukh, was elected as a Councillor of Sangamner Municipal Council for the term 2016-2021 as a candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The respondent ...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellant in Kidnapping Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 363 and 365 IPC set aside as sole identification by witnesses was doubtful and no independent corroboration of recovery of child....

The appellant, Aditya Sham Chaturvedi, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, under Sections 363 and 365 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping a child. The prosec...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging No-Confidence Motion Against Trust Office Bearers. Scheme of Administration Does Not Prohibit No-Confidence Motion; Resolution Valid Under Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950....

The petitioners, Lakhichand Marotrao Dhoble and Kisangopal Chunnilalji Gandhi, were the Chairman and Treasurer respectively of a public trust named Shri Ganesh Mandir Tekdi, Nagpur, registered under t...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Refusal to Stay Appeal Pending Application to Set Aside Ex-Parte Decree. Explanation to Order 9 Rule 13 CPC Does Not Confer Automatic Right to Stay; Conduct of Defendants Justified Refusal....

The petitioners, original defendants in a suit for specific performance of contract, challenged an order of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, which rejected their application (Exh...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Appellants in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 r/w 34 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove chain of circumstances beyond reasonable doubt....

The appellants, Shrinivas @ Shenu Shirsappa Ayyappa Swami and Vyankatesh @ Vyankati Narsimallu Sagar, were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay on 20th February 2015 in Sessions ...

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Bombay High Court Directs Registration of FIR and Transfer of Investigation in Criminal Writ Petition Alleging Police Inaction. The court held that the police are bound to register an FIR under Section 154 Cr.P.C. if the information discloses a cognizable offence, and transferred the investigation to a senior officer to ensure fairness....

The petitioner, Gurusharan Singh Chohan alias Raja Chohan, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974, seekin...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused for Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder in Fatal Assault Case. Accused Dilip Sonawane convicted under Section 304 Part II IPC for causing death by intentionally inflicting injuries with a stick, while co-accused convicted for simple hurt and criminal intimidation....

The case arises from an incident on 23rd August 1999 in Tandulwadi, Solapur, where the deceased Navnath Gaikwad was assaulted by three accused persons. The first informant Nagnath Gaikwad, brother of ...