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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist in Police Defamation Case — Publication of News About Police Disharmony Does Not Attract Section 505(2) IPC. Police Case for Defamation of Public Servant Under Section 500 IPC Not Maintainable Without Sanction Under Section 199 CrPC.

The petitioner, a journalist, published two news articles in Dainik Pudhari on 8 October 2017 and 22 May 2018 regarding incidents involving police per...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Based on Circumstantial Evidence — Link Between Incident and Accused Not Established. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Circumstances of Last Seen, Motive, Blood-Stained Clothes, and Absconding Did Not Form Complete Chain Pointing to Guilt.

The appellant, Sandip Baburao Waidande, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for the murder of his wife Nirmala. The inciden...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Convicted Offender in Murder Case Due to Unsoundness of Mind Under Section 84 IPC. Appellant's act of killing brother and injuring another held to be act of person incapable of knowing nature of act by reason of unsoundness of mind.

The appellant, Rajendra Adakuji Choudhary, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur in Sessions Case No.84/2014 for offenses under S...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Postponement of Zilla Panchayat Elections Due to COVID-19 Pandemic - State Government and Election Commission Directed to Take Appropriate Decision in Public Interest

The petitioner, Kenneth Ian Stewart Silveira, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking postponement of the Zilla...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition in Cheque Dishonour Case, Holding Mumbai Court Has Jurisdiction. Presentation of cheque at complainant's bank in Mumbai constitutes part of cause of action under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

The petitioner, M/s. Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd., filed a criminal writ petition challenging an order of the Special Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai, d...