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Bombay High Court Directs Refund of Admitted Amount in Income Tax Rectification Order — Petitioner Entitled to Refund of Rs.833 Crores Under Section 245 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The court held that the revenue cannot retain the admitted refund amount and directed refund within four weeks, subject to verification....

The petitioner, Vodafone Idea Limited, filed a Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a Writ of Mandamus for refund of Rs.1009,43,88,637/- as quantified by a rectification order dated 28th...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal and Enhances Compensation for Minor Injured in Motor Accident — Permanent Disability Assessed at 70% with Multiplier of 18. The court held that the Tribunal erred in assessing disability at 30% and applied correct multiplier and future prospects as per law....

The appellant, Ketaki Milind Kulkarni, a minor aged 8 years at the time of the accident, filed a claim petition under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for injuries sustained in a mot...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Enhances Compensation for Death of Milind Kulkarni Due to Negligent Driving of Tanker. Court applies multiplier method under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and grants additional compensation for loss of consortium, loss of estate, and funeral expenses....

The appellants, being the widow, daughter, father (since deceased, represented by legal heirs), and brother of the deceased Milind Dinkar Kulkarni, filed a claim petition under the Motor Vehicles Act,...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Compensation Award in Motor Accident Case — Insurance Company Liable for Negligent Parking of Vehicle. Truck parked without indication on highway causing accident; insurer held jointly liable with owner for compensation under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The case arises from a motor accident that occurred on 13th March 2009, when the respondent no.1, a minor aged 10 years, was traveling in a Tata Magic vehicle on Pune Bangalore road. A truck bearing r...

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Bombay High Court Directs Police to Register FIR in Forgery Case Involving Fraudulent Approval of Teacher's Services. Court holds that when a complaint discloses a cognizable offence, police must register an FIR under Section 154 CrPC, and failure to do so warrants mandamus....

The petitioner, Arun Devare, filed a criminal writ petition seeking a direction to the police to register an FIR against respondents 3 to 5 for allegedly preparing forged and fraudulent approval docum...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Port Trust's Eviction Notices for Unauthorized Occupants. Held that lessees/licensees whose tenures expired and who continued in possession without consent are unauthorized occupants liable to eviction under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963....

The judgment concerns a group of writ petitions filed by various entities who were originally lessees or licensees of land belonging to the Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai (the Port Trust). Th...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Landlord's Petitions in Leave and Licence Dispute, Upholds Finding of Tenancy. Agreement styled as 'conducting business' held to be a colourable document creating landlord-tenant relationship under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947....

The dispute pertains to a suit property, a shed admeasuring 7 x 17 feet, owned by the respondent/landlord. The respondent claimed that by an agreement dated 1st December, 1975, he gave the suit proper...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in POCSO Case for Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault on 9-Year-Old Boy. Court holds that testimony of child victim alone, if credible, is sufficient for conviction under Section 4 of POCSO Act, 2012....

The appellant, Mahesh Sambhaji Chafle, was convicted by the Special Judge, Hingoli, under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) for committing penetrative ...