Top Law News Court questions mill rule restricting women to work after 60 February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Labour Commissioner has been asked by the Bombay High Court to have a re-look at a standing order of Podar Textile Mill which allows efficient male workers to work for three years post-retirement, while depriving the same benefit to their female counterparts. The court was of the view that after approval of the impugned standing […] Read more » 20-A by the Labour Commissioner in 1958 Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah constitutional validity female counterparts Justice Anoop Mohta Labour Commissioner mill rule restricting women Podar Textile Mill right of equality of women
Criminal Law News High Court upholds life sentence for husband for torching wife February 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that it was a serious crime against humanity, the Bombay High Court has upheld a lower court’s judgment awarding life imprisonment to a 25-year-old man for sexually harassing his wife and eventually setting her on fire. The mother-in-law of the victim was also convicted and sentenced to life on charges of murder along with […] Read more » Belati village in Solapur Bombay High Court common intention gram panchayat harass by mother judgment of the court Justice Sadhna Jadhav Justice VK Justice VK Tahilramani life imprisonment sex maniac and used to consume tablets sexual of wife sexually following sexually harassing
Criminal Law News High Court upholds life sentence for mother who killed child February 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The life imprisonment imposed by a lower court on a young woman who jumped from the terrace of her house along with her 15-day old baby with a view to kill the child and herself in this matter the Bombay High Court has upheld. However, finding the infant still alive, the mother stabbed the infant […] Read more » Bombay High Court infant with a kitchen knife justices Sadhana Jadhav kitchen knife life imprisonment mother who killed child Savita Bhosale VK Tahilramani Yerwada prison
Top Law News Civic body duty bound to pull down dilapidated buildings : HC February 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Civic body duty bound to pull down dilapidated buildings : HC The Bombay High Court has ruled that a municipal body is duty bound to pull down a dilapidated building or structure and police is also obliged to provide logistic support to this exercise even though the occupants of the property may be unwilling to vacate the premises. The ruling was delivered yesterday by Justices KK […] Read more » 354 of the Act Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Civic body duty bound dilapidated buildings Justices KK Tated and AM Khan section 354 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act
Criminal Law News NIA opposes Sadhvi Pragya Singh’s bail February 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Investigation Agency, probing the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it was opposing the bail plea of prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur who has sought the relief on medical ground. Sadhvi who was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 had sought bail on medical ground to undergo […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case Bombay High Court High Court Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit Maharashtra ATS National Investigation Agency NIA relief on medical ground Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sadhvi Pragya Singh's bail
Criminal Law News HC to NIA: Will Sadhvi be treated at Tata Hospital January 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday sought to know from National Investigation Agency (NIA) whether Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, would be provided treatment at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital here. Justice RC Chavan also asked the agency to file a reply by February 05 on Sadhvi’s bail […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast case accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case Bombay High Court Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer hospital in Bhopal Mahesh Jethmalani medical care in Bhopal or Mumbai National Investigation Agency (NIA) Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sadhvi's bail application Tata Hospital Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital
Top Law News Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar: Maha to HC January 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ration cards can be linked with Aadhar: Maha to HC The Maharashtra government on Monday told the Bombay High Court that though ration cards could be linked with the newly introduced Aadhar cards, it was not possible to appoint a nodal agency to supervise the verification process. A division bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and KK Tated was hearing a public interest litigation filed by […] Read more » Aadhar cards Additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai Bombay High Court India Kevic Setalvad Justices AM Khanwilkar and KK Tated Maharashtra government public interest litigation ration cards
Top Law News High Court slams civic body for spending Rs 30 lakh January 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked with the decision of the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation to spend Rs 30 lakh out of Rs 50 lakh schools’ sports budget for a cricket tournament, the Bombay High Court rued the state of affairs in state-run schools, which earlier used to be role models. A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and […] Read more » Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation Bombay High Court cricket tournament Justices A M Khanwilkar and K K Tated Mahapor Chasak Sharad Patil
Top Law News Maha not implementing GR to appoint police complaints body January 25, 2013 / January 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra Home Secretary has been asked by the Bombay High Court to file an affidavit within three weeks on a petition alleging that a Government Resolution for constituting a Police Complaints Authority to look into police lapses has not been implemented. A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the Maharashtra Home Secretary on January 23 […] Read more » Bombay High Court encouraging litigations Justice AM Khanwilkar Maharashtra Home Secretary petitioner Makarand Mahadik Police Complaint Authority Police Complaints Authority Supreme Court
Environment Law News Top Law News Grampanchayat opposes sugar factory January 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has been asked by the Bombay High Court and others to file a response to a petition opposing construction of a sugar factory in Aashti village of Solapur district on the grounds that it would damage ecology and pollute environment. The petition filed by Aashti Grampanchayat alleges that the factory was being […] Read more » Aashti Grampanchayat Aashti village air pollution Ashti Talao Audumberraoji Patil Sakhar Karkhana Bombay High Court Commissioner of Sugar grampanchayat Maharashtra government Maharashtra Minister Harshvardhan Patil Mohol Tahsildar noise pollution Solapur Collector Solapur district Solapur Zilla Parishad sugar factory sugar factory in Aashti village sugar factory in Solapur district water pollution wife of Maharashtra Minister Harshvardhan Patil
Criminal Law News Will you object to Sadhvi’s bail on health ground: HC January 19, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been asked by the Bombay High Court whether it had any objection in granting bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, on medical grounds. If she wants bail to get herself treated, would you object to it? Justice R C Chavan sought […] Read more » 2008 Malegaon blast Advocate Ganesh Sovani Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani bail of Sadhvi Pragya bail to Sadhvi Pragya Bhopal Bombay High Court Central Jail Jawaharlal hospital in Bhopal Justice R.C. Chavan Lt Col Prasad Purohit Maharashtra government Maharashtra Police medical grounds RSS worker Sunil Joshi Sadhvi Pragya Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Sadhvi's lawyers Mahesh Jethmalani and Ganesh Sovani treatment in police custody
Criminal Law News ‘Accused would hinder probe can’t be ground for bail’ January 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a case the Bombay High Court has observed that the bail cannot be rejected to an accused only on the grounds that he would interfere in the investigation and influence witnesses. Justice R C Chavan, while granting bail to an advocate Deepak Sharma observed that the sessions court could not have rejected bail only […] Read more » advocate Deepak Sharma Bhandup police Bombay High Court influence investigation investigation and influence witnesses Justice R.C. Chavan witnesses