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BMC Wrongfully Terminates ₹Contract After Awarding Tender to Second-Lowest Bidder; Bombay High Court Revives Gammon India’s Loss-of-Profit Claim

Gammon India’s BMC Contract Ends After Rival’s Successful Tender Challenge; Bombay High Court Revives Claim for Lost Profits ...
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Trademark Suits Must Go to District Court but States Notify Civil Judges as Commercial Courts; Supreme Court Refers Jurisdictional Conflict to Larger Bench

Can High Court Notification Dilute Trademark Act’s District Court Mandate? Supreme Court Says Issue Requires Authoritative Larger Bench Decision Facts The dispu ...
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Police Arrest Accused Without Written Grounds and Produce Him Beyond 24 Hours; Supreme Court Bars Automatic Re-Arrest, Makes Prior Judicial Approval Mandatory

Police Violate Two Constitutional Safeguards During Arrest; Supreme Court Says Seriousness of Crime Cannot Justify Automatic ...
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UAPA Accused Gets Default Bail After High Court Treats Investigation as Complete; Supreme Court Reverses, Says Courts Cannot Decide When Police Investigation Mus…

Bombay High Court Grants Default Bail to UAPA Accused; Supreme Court Sets Aside Order, Says Investigation Is Exclusive Domain ...
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Flat Purchasers Form Separate Society Despite Common Layout; Bombay High Court Grants Proportionate Deemed Conveyance, Says Original Society Cannot Deny Lan…

Original Society Accepts Separate Housing Society but Opposes Its Land Rights; Bombay High Court Says Registration Carries ...
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Elder Brother Faces Eviction From 4,000 Sq. Ft. Cuffe Parade Flat, Ordered to Deposit ₹3 Lakh Monthly; Bombay High Court Reduces Retrospective Burden

Brother Occupies Younger Brother’s Cuffe Parade Flat Since 1982 as Alleged Gratuitous Licensee; Bombay High Court Modifies ₹3 ...
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University Law Officer Serves Continuously Since 1997 but State Refuses to Count 13 Years for Pension; Bombay High Court Restores Pay and Pension Benefits

Law Officer Moves to Government-Aided Senior Post Without Break in Service; Bombay High Court Says Earlier 13 Years Cannot Be Ignored for Pension Facts Dr. Parv ...
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Highest Bidder Relies on Cattle-Fair Experience for ₹16.51 Crore User-Charge Tender; Supreme Court Disqualifies Bidder, Says Higher Revenue Cannot Cure Ineligibility

Cattle-Fair Contractor Claims Experience for Government User-Charge Tender; Supreme Court Says Incidental Collection Is Not ...
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Indian Couple Litigates Divorce in India and UK, Husband Seeks to Stop Wife’s Foreign Case; Supreme Court Refuses Anti-Suit Injunction, Finds UK Convenient Forum

Foreign Divorce May Not Ultimately Be Recognised in India, Husband Argues; Supreme Court Says Future Non-Recognition Cannot Prematurely Stop UK Proceedings Fact ...
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Victim Names Roommate as Attacker in Three Dying Declarations Before Dying 13 Days Later; Bombay High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Despite Delayed Death

Dying Declaration Recorded by Police Without Magistrate or Separate Fitness Certificate; Bombay High Court Says It Can Still Sustain Murder Conviction Facts The ...
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Son Claims Exclusive Ownership After Father Dies in 1949; Supreme Court Says Widow’s Limited Property Right Became Absolute Without Any Partition

No Oral Partition Proved Between Widow and Son; Supreme Court Says That Does Not Defeat Widow’s Statutory Property Rights Facts The dispute concerned two house ...
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Patwari Caught With ₹9,500 Tainted Currency in Vigilance Trap; Supreme Court Acquits Him, Says Recovery Alone Cannot Prove Bribe Without Demand and Acceptance

Vigilance Trap Recovers 19 Tainted ₹500 Notes From Patwari; Supreme Court Finds No Witness Saw Demand or Acceptance, Sets Aside Conviction Facts The appeal conc ...