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Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation v. Ashish Laxman Chavan
The Bombay High Court upheld the Industrial Court's award directing Pune Municipal Corporation to pay incentive 'Mushahira' to Octroi Department employees, affirming their vested right despite conflicting views on whether the department qualifies as an 'industry'.
Grasim Industries Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax
The Bombay High Court held that an Indian payer who bore withholding tax under a foreign technical collaboration agreement is entitled to refund when the income is held not taxable in India, directing the Income Tax Department to refund the amounts with interest.
Alok Punj Vidya Peeth (Regd) Society Nehru Adarsh Vidyalaya v. Government of NCT of Delhi
The Delhi High Court directed the Directorate of Education to hand over management of Alok Punj Secondary School to the petitioner society as per an unchallenged LG order, subject to repairs and post-Board exams.
Madhura Milind Gadgil v. Milind Neelkant Gadgil
The Bombay High Court held that maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act is maintainable even after divorce if domestic violence occurred, setting aside the Sessions Court's order that denied maintenance post-divorce.
Trust & Anr. v. Sh. Diwan Chand
The Supreme Court restored the trial court's decree granting possession to the appellants, holding that respondents failed to disprove appellants' ownership of the disputed property forming part of Khasra No. 4833 and that adverse possession was not established.
Trust v. Sh. Diwan Chand
The Supreme Court restored the trial court's decree granting possession to the appellants, holding that the disputed property is part of Khasra No. 4833 owned by them and rejecting respondents' adverse possession claim.
SHREE CHOUDHARY TRANSPORT COMPANY v. INCOME TAX OFFICER
The Supreme Court upheld disallowance under Section 40(a)(ia) for failure to deduct TDS on payments to truck operators as sub-contractors under Section 194C, affirming that such payments are taxable and TDS provisions apply irrespective of written contracts.
Rajesh Kumar Yedurajsingh Bhadoriya v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the appellant's conviction for the murders of his wife and daughter based on a complete chain of circumstantial evidence and a reliable extra judicial confession.
Union of India and Another v. Sh. Vivek Gupta and Others
The court upheld that an employee exonerated from disciplinary proceedings is entitled to seniority benefits from the original promotion recommendation date despite joining service later.
M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court declined to answer sales tax references where the party at whose instance the references were made expressed disinterest, holding that the Court is not bound to decide such references without a hearing.
Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under Section 304-B IPC for dowry death, affirming the application of the presumption under Section 113-B Evidence Act and rejecting the appellant's defense.
Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction under Section 304-B IPC for dowry death, affirming the application of the presumption under Section 113-B Evidence Act and rejecting the appellant's defense.
Deputy Regional Director, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation v. M/s. Aashu Engineering Works
The Bombay High Court upheld the imposition of damages under Section 85-B of the ESI Act, ruling that the order was passed after due hearing and proper consideration, and set aside the ESI Court's quashing of the damages.
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd v. Vashi Fantasia Business Park Premises Co-operative Society Ltd
The Bombay High Court upheld CGRF orders allowing 24 separate LT electricity connections for VRF air conditioning systems in a commercial complex, rejecting the petitioner's insistence on a single HT connection under unique factual circumstances.
United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shri Laxman Hirman Shewale
The Bombay High Court upheld compensation for injury caused by iron bars unloaded from a stationary vehicle, affirming a broad interpretation of 'use of motor vehicle' under Section 165(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Union of India & Ors. v. P.S. Gosain
The Delhi High Court dismissed the Union of India's petition and upheld the Tribunal's order granting pay parity to respondents identically situated to those in the Sridharan case, emphasizing the finality of judicial decisions and the principle of extending benefits to similarly placed persons.
Kanhaiyalal Nathulal Joshi & Ors. v. Jagdish Harkishan Sharma
The High Court upheld a temporary injunction restraining the defendant from dealing with disputed property based on changed circumstances, clarifying that fresh injunction applications require new facts and cannot revisit settled issues.
Laxman Mahadev Katkar v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that land acquisition proceedings lapsed under Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, due to non-inclusion of subject lands in the award within two years and quashed the impugned order violating natural justice.
Rajat Joon v. Rajinder Singh Joon
The Delhi High Court allowed an application by a non-party legal heir to lead evidence challenging a compromise decree on grounds of collusion and clarified the effect of adoption on inheritance rights under Section 12 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act.
Avtar Singh v. State of Punjab
The Supreme Court set aside conviction under the Essential Commodities Act as the seizure by an unauthorized police officer was invalid under the LPG Order, 1988.