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Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petition Challenging BJP Candidate's Victory in Dahisar Assembly Constituency. Allegations of Corrupt Practice Under Section 123(1) of Representation of the People Act, 1951 Fail as Petitioner Fails to Prove Bribery or Undue Influence.

The Petitioner, Vinod Ramchandra Ghosalkar, was the Shiv Sena candidate for the Dahisar Assembly Constituency in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Asse...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in NDPS Case Due to Non-Compliance with Section 50. Failure to Inform Accused of Right to be Searched Before Gazetted Officer or Magistrate Renders Search Illegal and Conviction Unsustainable.

The appellant, Vijay Dhanbahadur Thapa, was convicted by the Special Judge, Mapusa, in Special Criminal Case No. 12/2008 for an offence punishable und...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Tax Recovery Clerk in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Corroboration. Demand and Acceptance of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The appellant, Ravindra Mahadeo Kothamkar, a Tax Recovery Clerk with the Thane Municipal Corporation, was convicted by the Special Judge under Section...

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High Court of Bombay Dismisses Appeals Against Acquittal in Sohrabuddin Fake Encounter Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Hostile Witnesses. Acquittal Upheld as Prosecution Failed to Establish Police-Politician Conspiracy and Connection to Seized Firearms Under Sections 120B, 302 IPC and Section 378 CrPC.

The appeals arose from the judgment of acquittal dated 21 December 2018 by the Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, in Sessions Case Nos. 177 of 2013, 1...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Challenging Wakf Board Notification Including Service Inam Lands in Dargah Property. Errata Notification Adding Lands to Wakf Property Upheld as Valid Exercise of Power Under Wakf Act, 1995.

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of civil appeals challenging an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that upheld an Errata Notification issued b...

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Bombay High Court Decides Appeal Regarding Retrospective Reassessment of Property Tax Under Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. Single Judge had Quashed Orders and Demands Reassessing Rateable Value from 1-4-2000.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai issued special notices in 2001 and 2002 reassessing the rateable value of Dalamal Tower Premises Co-operat...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 set aside as prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt.

The appellant, Kashinath Shiru Ahire, was a maintenance surveyor in the Land Record office at Sindkheda, District Dhule. He was convicted by the Speci...

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Karnataka High Court Examines Writ Petition Challenging Conduct of Elections to Karnataka Medical Council. Preliminary Objections Based on Estoppel and Availability of Alternative Remedy Raised Under Karnataka Medical Registration Act, 1961.

The petitioner, a registered member of the Karnataka Medical Council, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging...

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Supreme Court Overrules PV Narasimha Rao, Holds Bribery Not Protected by Parliamentary Privilege — Legislators Who Accept Bribes for Speech or Vote Are Not Immune from Prosecution Under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court of India, in a seven-judge bench decision, overruled its earlier majority judgment in PV Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI/SPE) (1998) 4 S...