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Bombay High Court Quashes Suspension Order of PMC Employee Due to Non-Compliance with Rule 4(2) of Maharashtra Civil Services (C.C.A.) Rules, 1979. Suspension order set aside as disciplinary authority failed to record satisfaction that continued presence of employee would hamper investigation.

The Petitioner, Lalit Ramkrushna Bode, an employee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), was suspended by an order dated 10/02/2025 issued by the A...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petition Seeking Discharge Under Section 300 Cr.P.C. in NIA Case — Principle of Autrefois Acquit Not Attracted as Previous Acquittal Was for Different Offences and Different Conspiracy

The petitioner, Dr. Sabeel Ahmed @ Motu Doctor, was accused No.21 in Special Case No.378/2021 pending before the Special Court for NIA cases, Bengalur...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Criminal Breach of Trust Case Due to Lack of Evidence and Procedural Irregularities. Petitioner's conviction under Section 409 IPC set aside as prosecution failed to prove entrustment and dishonest misappropriation beyond reasonable doubt.

The petitioner, Sri Y.R. Dwarakanath, was a Post Master at Subramanyapura Post Office from 2.6.1999 to 2001. He was charged with criminal breach of tr...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Petitioners in Food Adulteration Case — No Offence Made Out Under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Sale of 'Mint' and 'Saunf' Products Not Prohibited Under Section 26(2)(i) of FSS Act, 2006 as They Are Not 'Food' as Defined.

The petitioners, Anand Ramdhani Chaurasia and Vijay Banarasi Chaurasia, were engaged in the business of selling 'Mint' and 'Saunf' products. On 12th J...

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Bombay High Court Convicts Advocate for Criminal Contempt for Disrupting Court Proceedings and Threatening Judge. Advocate's conduct of shouting, snatching notebook, and threatening judge amounts to criminal contempt under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

The present criminal contempt petition was filed by Ashok Govindrao Bilolikar, the II Adhoc Additional District and Sessions Judge at Parbhani, under ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Minority Scholarship Schemes as Constitutional — Schemes for Minority Communities Do Not Violate Article 14 or 15(1) as They Are Based on Backwardness and Not Religion Alone.

The Bombay High Court disposed of two public interest litigations challenging the constitutional validity of two scholarship schemes for minority comm...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough for Prisoners Despite Past Overstay on Parole — Overstay Not a Permanent Bar Under Prisons (Bombay Furlough) Rules, 1959. The Court held that furlough is a right of a prisoner and past overstay on parole cannot be a permanent bar for grant of furlough.

The judgment concerns three criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners whose applications for furlough leave were rejected by the prison authorities o...