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Bombay High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Son in Brutal Matricide Case — Gruesome Murder of 60-Year-Old Mother with Evisceration of Body Parts. Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 302 IPC and Death Penalty, Finding No Mitigating Circumstances and Rejecting Defenses of Insanity and Intoxication.

The Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence of Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi for the brutal murder of his 60-year-old mother, Yallava, on 28 August 201...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Applications; Condition to Stay Outside Home District Held Illegal. Condition That Prisoner Must Not Enter District Where Family Resides Defeats Object of Furlough Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay dealt with two criminal writ petitions filed by convicted prisoners challenging the rejection of their furlough...

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Supreme Court Upholds Union of India in Section 17A Challenge — Prior Approval Requirement for Investigating Public Servants is Constitutionally Valid. Read Down to Mandate Independent Screening; Lokpal to Approve for Covered Public Servants.

The writ petition was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of C...

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High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench Upholds Death Sentence in Double Murder Case, Confirms Conviction Under Sections 302, 307, 506 r/w 34 IPC. Court considers sustained provocation and eyewitness credibility in illicit relationship killing.

The matter arose from an incident on 22.10.2013, where the husband of deceased Sangeeta, along with his brother and cousin, killed Sangeeta and Basava...

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Bombay High Court Allows Back Wages to Employee Acquitted in Corruption Case — Denial Must Be Reasoned. Reinstatement After Acquittal Does Not Automatically Entitle Back Wages; Employer Must Consider Nature of Acquittal and Conduct Under Articles 14 and 16 of Constitution.

The petitioner, Ramchandra Bapusaheb Desai, was employed as a Junior Engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (res...

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Bombay High Court Allows Quashing of FIR in Matrimonial Dispute Case Due to Amicable Settlement. Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Under Sections 498A, 323, 504 r/w 34 IPC as Parties Have Resolved Differences and Consent Terms Filed.

The petitioners, who are the husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law of the respondent No. 2 (the complainant), filed a criminal writ petition seeki...

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Bombay High Court Allows Prisoners' Furlough Petitions — Imposition of Condition to Stay Outside District Held Invalid Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. Competent Authority Cannot Impose Condition Not Contemplated by Rules; Orders Rejecting Furlough Set Aside.

The judgment concerns two criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners challenging orders rejecting their applications for furlough. The petitioners, Ra...