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Bombay High Court Allows Termination of Pregnancy Beyond 20 Weeks Due to Severe Foetal Anomalies. Medical Board Confirms Substantial Risk of Serious Physical Handicap Under Section 3(2)(b) of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

The petitioner, a woman in her 27th week of pregnancy, filed a writ petition seeking permission for medical termination of pregnancy. She had undergon...

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High Court Quashes POCSO Proceedings Against Accused Due to Lack of Prima Facie Case and False Implication. Allegations of Sexual Assault on Minor Found Baseless as Medical Evidence and Conduct of Complainant Contradicted FIR.

The petitioner, Krishnappa, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking quashing of proceedings...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Transfer of Assistant Professors from Autonomous College. Government retains administrative control over employees recruited before grant of autonomy, and transfer order is not ultra vires.

The petitioners, Assistant Professors, were recruited by the State Government before their college became autonomous. Subsequently, the government tra...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Dowry Death and Abetment of Suicide Case Under Sections 498A, 304B, 306 IPC. Prosecution Failed to Establish Cruelty or Harassment Soon Before Death; Death Held to Be Suicide Provoked by Scolding Over Lost Ration Card, Not Dowry Demand.

The appeal arose from the acquittal of four accused persons by the Sessions Court, Nanded, in a case concerning dowry harassment, dowry death, and abe...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Eviction Order Against Daughter-in-Law Under Senior Citizens Act for Violation of Natural Justice. Maintenance Tribunal's Order Set Aside as Petitioners Were Not Given Adequate Opportunity to Be Heard Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.

The petitioners, Jyoti Pawar (daughter-in-law) and Ranjnabai Bhosale (mother of Jyoti), filed a writ petition challenging an order of the Maintenance ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Denial of Legal Heirship Certificate to Second Wife in Pension Dispute Under Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. Court Interprets Rule 116(6)(a)(i) in Consonance with Hindu Personal Law, Refusing to Recognize Void Marriage for Pension Purposes.

The dispute arose from an application for a legal heirship certificate under the Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827 filed by the first wife and her childr...

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Bombay High Court Refers Conflict on Emergency Parole for POCSO Convicts to Larger Bench. Interpretation of Rule 19(1)(C) of Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 Requires Resolution of Conflicting Decisions on Entitlement of Convicts Under Section 376 IPC and POCSO Act.

The petitioner, Pintu Uttam Sonale, a convict under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Protection of Children from S...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petition for Appointment as Civil Judge Due to Disqualification Under Rule 5(2) of Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 — Marriage to a Married Man with Living Spouse Renders Candidate Ineligible for Judicial Service.

The petitioner, Smt. Radharani Mahadev Kolambe, an advocate, applied for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) pursuant to a notification dated 1s...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction of Father for Rape of Minor Daughter Under IPC and POCSO Act — Life Imprisonment Maintained. Incestuous Rape by Father of 14-Year-Old Victim Resulting in Pregnancy; Conviction Under Section 376(2)(f),(n) IPC and Section 5/6 POCSO Act Upheld.

The appellant, Dnyaba @ Dnyaneshwar s/o Gyanuji Tajne, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Washim in Special Child Case No.72/2016 for off...

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Bombay High Court Allows Unaided Private School to Fix Fees Subject to Reasonable Regulation. Fee Fixation Must Be Transparent and Not Excessive Under Grant in Aid Code and Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1987.

The petitioners, Hindi Vidya Bhavan Society and another, are a society registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860 and a public trust under...