Top Law News What action on arrest of girls: HC to Maha on FB row January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has been asked by the Bombay High Court that what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the bandh observed in Mumbai during Bal Thackeray’s funeral in November last year. A Bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka asked prosecutor Konde-Deshmukh […] Read more » Bal Thackeray Bombay High Court chief minister Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Home Minister R R Patil Inspector General of Police journalist Ketan Tirodkar Maharashtra government Sukhwinder Singh Tirodkar
Criminal Law News Mum High Court to hear death confirmation case of rapist from Jan 22 January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Sangli district of Maharashtra in June 2010, a 24-year-old convict, sentenced to death for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl has been produced before the Bombay High Court which decided to hear arguments on confirmation of sentence from next week. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and A R Joshi directed the police […] Read more » Bombay High Court death penalty jail in pune Justices N H Patil and A R Joshi labourer in a farm Sangli district of Maharashtra Yerwada jail in Pune
Criminal Law News HC acquits retd Brig, wife from running brothel January 14, 2013 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that there were contradictions in the prosecution evidence, the Bombay High Court has acquitted a retired Army Brigadier and his wife from the charges of running a brothel in the garb of a massage parlour in Pune. The judgement was delivered recently by Justice P D Kode, who observed that there was no merit […] Read more » Army Brigadier Bombay High Court brothel in the garb Defence lawyer defence lawyer Mukhtar Khan High Court Justice Kode Kendriya Vidyalaya Kendriya Vidyalaya School in Pune massage parlour massage parlour in Pune Mukhtar Khan Pune rigorous imprisonment School in Pune
Top Law News High Court pulls up Maharashtra officers January 8, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has come down heavily on Maharashtra administration officers for failure to decide representations made to them by the members of public, saying this apathy had given rise to a number of litigations resulting in waste of precious time of the courts. Justices A M Khanvilkar and R Y Ganoo observed this […] Read more » Bombay High Court Collector direction failure to decide representation High Court Institution or pendency Justices A M Khanvilkar and R Y Ganoo Maharashtra administration officers
Top Law News High Court asks cop to pay maintenance to estranged wife December 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Refusing to grant relief to a police officer challenging the Rs 16,000 maintenance he was directed to pay to his estranged wife and children, According to the Bombay High Court, “The cop is seen to be living comfortably than his known source of income would permit.” Justice Roshan Dalvi was hearing a petition filed by […] Read more » 000 maintenance Bombay High Court grant relief to a police officer Justice Roshan Dalvi maintenance to estranged wife police officer Sainu Virkar Prevention of Corruption Act Rs 16
Top Law News Bombay High Court to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation: Deal with complaints on illegal structures December 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Admonishing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for its apathy shown in taking action against illegal structures, the Bombay High Court has asked the civic body to evolve some internal correctional mechanism to deal with such matters expeditiously. “We may place on record that similar grievances have been made in large number of matters in which the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Deputy Municipal Commissioner illegal structures Justices R D Dhanuka and A M Khanvilkar Mazhar Hussain
Top Law News High Court reprieve for woman, her parents in harassment, death case December 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Notices has been quashed by the Bombay High Court which were issued by a lower court against the three after observing that the deceased died due to natural reasons, to rescue of a woman and her parents, accused of causing mental harassment and death of her father-in-law, Justice K U Chandiwal was hearing a petition filed by […] Read more » Amit and Deeksha Bombay High Court death death of father Deeksha Bhandari Delhi Police High Court hyper-sensitivity hyper-tension Justice K U Chandiwal mental harassment natural reasons North Rohini police station police authorities Pradeep kumar Bhandari
Criminal Law News High Court upholds conviction of man for stabbing the girl he loved December 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a 35-year-old businessman for stabbing a girl, who had rejected his proposal for marriage, saying that the five-years’ rigorous imprisonment imposed on him was not “too harsh” as pleaded by him. According to Justice R C Chavan, “Considering the genesis of the incident and the manner in which […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice R.C. Chavan one-sided love rigorous imprisonment stabbing a girl suburban Andheri Vijay Chavan
Top Law News High Court’s relief to Parle, orders release of seized candy December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to confectionery major Parle Biscuits Private Ltd, the Bombay High Court has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release 39 batches of the company’s `Kaccha Mango Bite’ candy, seized for containing lactic acid. The court pointed out that the law was silent on the lactic acid, and the FDA had […] Read more » 39 batches of the company Bombay High Court Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Justice S J Vazifdar Kaccha Mango Bite lactic acid Parle Biscuits Private Ltd Parle’s factories in Nashik and Raigad Virag Tulzapurkar
Top Law News Technician of ship grounded during cyclone gets bail December 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Over a month after six crew members of a large oil tanker beached off the Chennai coast when Cyclone Nilam slammed into the east coast, the Bombay High Court has granted interim bail to a technician of the tanker against whom a case of negligence was registered. A case of negligence was registered by the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chennai coast Cyclone Nilam Elliott's Beach in South Chennai Justice A.M. Thipsay large oil tanker large oil tanker beached MT Pratibha Cauvery. Senior counsel Shirish Gupte Shastri Nagar police station technician of the tanker Ved Prakash Sharma
Top Law News High Court sets January 15 deadline for meters recalibration December 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court set a deadline till January 15 for the Maharashtra government to complete the process of recalibration of meters in autos and taxis across the city pursuant to the fare hike in October. The state government faced flak from the High Court for poor implementation of calibrating meters, and basing its decision […] Read more » autos and taxis Bandra Bombay High Court Byculla Justices D Y Chandrachud and Amjad Sayed Kandivli Maharashtra government NGO public interest litigation recalibrate meters
Top Law News High Court seeks MoEF response on Adarsh plea December 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has been directed by the Bombay High Court to file its reply to a plea by the controversial Adarsh housing society to transfer its petition challenging the demolition order to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). A division bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice […] Read more » Bombay High Court Coastal Regulation Zone green tribunal Green Tribunal Act National Green Tribunal Union government Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)