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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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Companies Hire Cranes at Fixed Monthly Rates and Revenue Treats It as Deemed Sale; Bombay High Court Says Retaining Effective Control Makes It Service

Hiring Cranes Does Not Become Sale Merely Because Equipment Remains at Customer’s Site: Bombay High Court Facts M/s Sharma ...
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Medical Council Suspends Two Doctors for Alleged Negligence After Patient’s Urethral Treatment; Bombay High Court Quashes Punishment, Says Choosing Recognised Procedure Is ...

Doctor Uses Recognised Surgical Procedure as First Choice Instead of Preferred Alternative; Bombay High Court Says Choice of Treatment Is Not Medical Negligence ...
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Contractor Gets ₹3.30 Crore Award With 12% Pre-Reference Interest; Supreme Court Says Contractual Bar on Delayed-Payment Interest Overrides Arbitrator’s Power

High Court Restores Contractor’s 12% Interest on Arbitral Claims; Supreme Court Reverses, Says Clause 54 Completely Bars Pre-Reference Interest Facts The disput ...
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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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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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Drug Company Faces ₹13.41 Crore Recovery for Alleged Overpricing of Osteoarthritis Medicine; Bombay High Court Quashes NPPA Pricing Notification and Entire Demand

NPPA Cannot Impose Another Formulation’s Ceiling Price Without Calculating Price Under Drugs Price Control Order: Bombay High Court Facts The petition was filed ...
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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 ...
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Original Forged Building Plan Missing From Charge-Sheet, High Court Discharges Accused; Supreme Court Restores Trial, Says Forgery Can Be Proved Circumstantially

Photocopy of Allegedly Altered Building Plan Leads to Forgery Charges; Supreme Court Says Missing Original Is a Matter for Trial Facts The case arose between ne ...
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Domestic Help Lives in Owner’s Property for Decades and Claims Oral Gift and Adverse Possession; Delhi High Court Orders Her to Vacate

Woman Lives in House for Decades as Caretaker, Later Claims Adverse Possession; Delhi High Court Says Permissive Possession Never Became Hostile Facts Smt. Raji ...
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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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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 ...