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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in NDPS Act Case, Modifying Sentence on Double Punishment Grounds. Separate sentences for offences under Sections 20 and 25/29 from same transaction held impermissible, and fine cannot be cumulative when sentences run concurrently under Section 53 IPC.

8 Apr 2026

The appeal arose from a conviction under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The appellant and a co-accused were intercepted dur...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Termination of Railway Contract for Submission of Forged Bank Guarantees. Court upholds termination based on petitioner's failure to provide substantive reply despite multiple opportunities, and holds that writ jurisdiction is not appropriate for disputed questions of fact regarding forgery.

19 Dec 2024

The petitioner, M/s. K. K. Vidyut, a joint venture company, was awarded a contract by the respondents (Union of India and Central Railway officials) f...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Quashes Sanction for Prosecution of Agriculture Officer in MGNREGA Case — Government Order Entrusting Inquiry to Lokayukta Set Aside for Non-Compliance with Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The court held that prior approval under Section 17A is mandatory before any inquiry into offences against a public servant, and the entrustment order without such approval is invalid.

20 Dec 2023

The petitioner, Sri Mallayya Koravanavar, an Assistant Director of Agriculture in the Karnataka State Government, filed a writ petition challenging a ...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings in Cheque Dishonour Case Due to Invalid Service of Demand Notice. Notice returned 'not claimed' does not constitute deemed service under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and proceedings are an abuse of process.

10 Aug 2018

The applicants, Sanjay Pukhraj Parikh and Anita Sanjay Parikh, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Furlough Petition for Convict Under Section 376 IPC — Government Notifications Substituted, No Further Relief Required. Conviction for rape under Section 376 IPC is a valid ground for rejecting furlough, and the prayer for rectification of substituted notifications is infructuous.

25 Apr 2018

The petitioner, Pundalik G. Gole, was convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Mumbai in Sessions Case No. 669 of 2011 for offences under Sections 376...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes Subsequent FIR in Land Dispute — Abuse of Process Under Section 482 CrPC. Second FIR on identical allegations as earlier FIR quashed as not maintainable.

6 Apr 2017

The applicant, Mohammad Hisham Osmani, filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing ...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes Notification Denying Furlough to Convicts Under Section 364 IPC — Rule 4(13) of Furlough and Parole Rules Held Ultra Vires. The Court held that the classification of convicts under Section 364 IPC as ineligible for furlough is arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.

5 May 2016

The petitioner, Santosh Namdeo Bhukan, was convicted under Sections 364, 302, and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Additional Sessions Judge,...

High Court

Bombay High Court Strikes Down Sub-Rule 13 of Furlough Rules as Ultra Vires and Discriminatory — Convicts Convicted for Kidnapping Cannot Be Blanketly Denied Furlough. Sub-rule 13 of Rule 4 of the Maharashtra Prisons (Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959, which excluded prisoners convicted for kidnapping from furlough, held arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.

28 Apr 2016

The petitioner, Sharad Devaram Shelake, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune under Sections 302 and 364 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Application for Restoration of Contempt Petition - Contempt Proceedings Cannot Be Restored Once Dropped Due to Double Jeopardy Principle. The Court held that restoration would violate the principle of autrefois acquit under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

12 Dec 2005

The applicant, Shri Damodar Sadashiv Agre, filed a contempt petition (Contempt Petition No.29 of 2004) alleging non-compliance of an order passed by t...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Leave Petitions Despite Past Overstay, Holding That Past Abscondence Cannot Be a Permanent Bar. The court ruled that each application must be considered on its own merits under the Prison (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959, and set aside the rejection orders for reconsideration.

25 Feb 2005

The judgment concerns two criminal writ petitions filed by convicts Ramchandra Raghu Naik and Bindu Ramchandra More, challenging the rejection of thei...

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