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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH
M.W.CHANDWANI
Suryabhan S/o Hiraman Nimje – Appellant
Versus
Dayaram S/o Shankarrao Pajankar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeals against damages for malicious prosecution. (Para 1 , 5) |
| 2. factual background of the case and context of grievances. (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 3. definition and conditions of malicious prosecution. (Para 6 , 12 , 14) |
| 4. court's reasoning on findings of malicious prosecution. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 5. arguments on the prosecution's justification and existence of probable cause. (Para 10 , 11) |
| 6. impact of absence of legal heirs on malicious prosecution suit. (Para 16) |
| 7. final dismissal of the suit and appeals. (Para 18 , 19) |
JUDGMENT :
M.W. CHANDWANI, J.
1. These two appeals have been filed by the appellants against the common judgment and order passed by the learned District Judge, Nagpur whereby allowing Regular Civil Appeal Nos.478/2012 enhancing the amount of damages from Rs.1/- to Rs.3,00,000/- against the appellants for prosecuting respondent no.1 maliciously. Whereas, Regular Civil Appeal No.523 of 2012 filed by the appellants came to be dismissed.
2. The plaint depicts that respondent no.1 was a member of the Adiwasi Samaj Unnati Grah Nirman Sahakari Sanstha Ltd., Nagpur. He was elected as Secretary of the said society on 17.02.1980 and again on 03.01.1988, he was re-elected
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