Top Law News HC bans sand excavation in drought-hit areas of Maharashtra March 12, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been restrained the Bombay High Court from allowing excavation of sand in drought-hit villages, saying it would cause shortage of potable water for people and animals. The Court was hearing a petition filed by Rajendra Eknath Dhande, who sought a direction to the authorities to disallow sand excavation in drought-hit Khatgaon village of […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah drought-hit areas Executive Engineer of Rural Water Supply Department Justice Anoop Mohta Maharashtra government Solapur water for people and animals Zilla Parishad
Top Law News PIL opposes Mah Charity Commissioner’s move to make trusts pay March 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A PIL filed in the Bombay High Court has opposed the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner’s move to collect Rs 30 crore per annum from five lakh charitable trusts in the state towards administration fund to meet expenses, saying there was enough money lying with it in the form of fixed deposits. The petitioners told the high […] Read more » Bombay High Court charitable trust Charity Commissioner Devendra Shah Maharashtra Charity Commissioner PIL in Bombay High Court Public Trusts Administration Fund Shwetamber Trust Trustee of Jain
Family Law News HC sets aside Family Court order granting divorce to Pune man March 9, 2013 / March 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on HC sets aside Family Court order granting divorce to Pune man The Bombay high court has set aside a Family Court order granting a divorce decree ex-parte to a 35-year-old Pune man without providing a fair opportunity to hear his wife, thereby causing prejudice to her. Hearing the woman’s appeal against the Family Court order, the HC Bench noted last week “We are convinced that the wife is required to […] Read more » Bombay High Court divorce cases family court Family Court order
Media & Entertainment News Hit-and-run case: Salman wants culpable homicide charge March 7, 2013 / March 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming as “bad in law” invoking of the charge of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ against him in the 2002 hit-and-run case, actor Salman Khan today sought its quashing by a sessions court which questioned whether it had the jurisdiction to hear his plea. Salman has filed a revision application against the order of a Bandra […] Read more » 2002 hit and run case Bombay High Court culpable homicide charge Hit-and-run case murder Salman Khan section 304 A IPC section 304 part II of IPC
Family Law News HC quashes divorce decree on ground that wife should be heard March 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A divorce decree has been set aside by the Bombay High Court which has granted by a family court eight years ago to a man who had claimed that his Australian wife had deserted him in 1991. The court opined that the consequences of a decree of divorce had far-reaching effects on the marital status of […] Read more » 1954 Australian wife Bombay High Court divorce decree family court Section 18 of the Foreign Marriage Act 1969 Special Marriage Act
Top Law News Employer can cancel employment if material facts suppressed March 5, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has held that if a person withholds fact from his prospective employer about his conviction in a criminal case, he cannot as a matter of right claim the job even though he may have been pardoned or released on bond of good conduct by a Court for the offence. An employer, […] Read more » Bank of India Banking Regulations Act Bombay High Court justice P B Varale justices B P Dharmadhikari Probation of Offenders Act Probation of Offenders Act 1958 section 10(1)(b)(i) of Banking Regulations Act stealing a motorcycle in 2003 Supreme Court judgement theft case
Criminal Law News HC acquits man of murder, finds him guilty of lesser offence March 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man convicted for killing his wife in the presence of their three children has been acquitted of murder by the Bombay High Court, which held that he was guilty of a lesser offence. Vasant Hadal had appealed against the trial court’s order which had sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2002. The High Court […] Read more » Bombay High Court exception 4 to section 300 of IPC guilty of lesser offence High Court murder of wife section 302 of Indian Penal Code under section 304 part I under section 304 part II
Top Law News HC disapproves reducing jail remissions without applying mind March 4, 2013 / March 4, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Certain guidelines for prison authorities to follow while cutting down remissions of prisoners who do not surrender after expiry of parole or furlough period has been laid down by the Bombay High Court. The high court pulled up prison authorities for their tendency to use ready-made printed proformas with blank spaces filled in later, to […] Read more » Bombay High Court expiry of parole guidelines for prison authorities jail remissions without applying mind quasi-judicial spirits remissions of Shafi Qureshi ritualistic procedural exercise total remission period
Top Law News Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways March 1, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Bombay HC asks State to install CCTV cameras on National Highways The state Government has been directed by the Bombay high court to install CCTV cameras on National Highways across the state to detect over-speeding of vehicles and avoid accidents. The court has asked the state to install it on the all the lamp posts, fitted on the highway. The suggestion came from a bench headed by […] Read more » amicus curiae Bombay High Court CCTV cameras on National Highway Justice Ajay Khanwilkar lamp posts on highway National Highways state government
Family Law News PIL seeks officers to protect domestic violence victims February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging that the Domestic Violence Act was not being implemented, a PIL has urged the Bombay High Court to direct the Maharashtra government to immediately appoint full-time officers to protect victims of domestic violence. Appointment of such full time ‘protection officers’ is mandatory under the Domestic Violence Act which came into being in 2005 but […] Read more » Bombay High Court Domestic Violence Act' domestic violence victims JMFC court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Maharashtra government Masters in Social Service PIL Secretary of Women and Child Welfare Department
Intellectual Property News ‘Workers be paid before converting industrial plot’ February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the validity of an amended regulation under the Development Control Rules (DCR) which does not allow conversion of an industrial plot to a residential or commercial one after an industry closes down until the dues of workers are paid. The court told that the rule would apply even if […] Read more » Bombay High Court Development Control Rules industrial plot industrial zone Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Labour Commissioner No Objection Certificate Petitioner Shubham Fabrics residential or commercial
Top Law News High Court quashes externment of bizman citing non-application of mind February 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that it was a drastic action and unsustainable in law, the Bombay High Court has set aside an order passed by the Principal Home Secretary of Maharashtra Government externing a businessman from Nashik on the ground that there were four cases pending against him. “Externment order when implemented may result in far reaching harsh […] Read more » article 19(1)(d) article 21 of the Constitution of India Bombay High Court Bombay Police Act economic death externment of bizman justices A P Bhangale and A S Oka Principal Home Secretary of Maharashtra Government Principal Home Secretary of State Government section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act unsustainable in law