Top Law News High Court tells husband to pay wife despite his unemployment, illness December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal of a man to waive off interim monthly maintenance of Rs 5,000 to his wife as he was sick and unemployed, ruling that the payment should be made regularly until the divorce petition was disposed of. On this Justice Roshan Dalvi said, “Pending the petition, the interim maintenance would […] Read more » arthritis and TB susceptibility Bombay High Court HIV treatment HIV+ status Justice Dalvi Justice Roshan Dalvi Pending the petition Suryakant Tiwari
Top Law News Ensure safety of whistleblowers, activists: High Court December 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Criticising the Maharashtra government for failing to frame guidelines on safety of social activists and organisations that face threat due to their activism, the Bombay High Court asked the state to take immediate steps to ensure their security. a division bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated said, “It is […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated High Court Maharashtra government Nitin Deshpande Pune-based RTI activist Satish Shetty
Top Law News Hospital, BMC fail to reach agreement, High Court told December 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and multi-speciality hospital Seven Hills Healthcare have failed to arrive at an amicable solution in an ongoing dispute over 20% reservation of beds for poor patients. In June this year, FI Rebello has appointed by the High Court, retired Chief Justice of Allahabad […] Read more » 300 beds BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation FI Rebello former Bombay HC judge High Court hospital Justices AM Khanwilkar and RD Dhanuka multi-speciality hospital Seven Hills Healthcare retired Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Seven Hills Healthcare unconditional NOC
Family Law News HC quashes order giving divorce to husband exparte December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that a court should use its discretion, the Bombay High Court has set aside an order of a civil judge in Baramati, who refused to condone the delay made by a woman in an application urging to dismiss a divorce decree granted to her husband ex-parte. Saying that this was a fit case where […] Read more » Baramati Civil Judge Bombay High Court civil judge in Baramati CROSS-EXAMINATION divorce High Court high court judge Justice Dalvi Justice Roshan Dalvi mental shock Snhel alias Nandini Ghante The High Court judge
Top Law News Supreme Court forms panel on road mishap December 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra Government has been suggested by Bombay High Court to consider linking ration cards with the newly introduced Aadhar cards so as to ascertain bogus and duplicate ration cards in the state. A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka took a serious view of the issue of bogus ration cards and questioned […] Read more » Aadhar cards Bombay High Court Justices A M Khanwilkar and R D Dhanuka Maharashtra government public interest litigation
Top Law News Eveteasing should be curbed as it concerns women’s dignity: High Court December 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Incidents of eve teasing should be dealt with strictly as the issue involves women’s dignity, the Bombay High Court has observed. The comments came from a bench headed by Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode while hearing a suo motu PIL. On September 17, the same bench had while confirming death sentence on […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode PIL suburban Dombivali
Media & Entertainment News Pooja Bhatt gets court relief in obscenity case December 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to producer and actor Pooja Bhatt, the Bombay High Court has quashed an order of a lower court to initiate criminal proceedings against her for alleged obscenity over the poster of her film ‘Rog’. She was charged for criminal conspiracy and under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code for public display […] Read more » Bombay High Court film ROG Himanshu Malik Ilene Hamann Irrfan Khan Justice K U Chandiwal Pooja Bhatt public display or exhibition of obscene material section 292 of the Indian Penal Code
Criminal Law News Man, parents acquitted by High Court in dowry murder case November 26, 2012 / November 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man and his parents who had been sentenced to life imprisonment by the lower court have been acquitted by the Bombay High Court for allegedly murdering his wife for dowry. Kiran Patil and his parents Dinkar and Ushabai Patil have been acquitted by the Aurangabad bench of the High Court acquitted, rejecting the prosecution’s […] Read more » allegedly murdering assaulted Aurangabad bench of the High Court Bombay High Court burn injuries dowry dowry harassment dowry murder case Justices Sunil Deshmukh and A H Joshi Kiran Patil and his parents Dinkar and Ushabai Patil life imprisonment
Top Law News White paper on Mah irrigation scam within 3 weeks November 23, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court informed by Maharashtra government that a white paper on the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam, involving bureaucrats of Water Resources Department and Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC), would be ready within three weeks. This statement was made by Advocate General Darius Khambata before a division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI Justices A M Khanwilkar and Mridula Bhatkar Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation Maharashtra government Water Resources Department
Top Law News Dying declaration not sole criteria for conviction: High Court November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dying declaration not sole criteria for conviction: High Court It has been observed by the Bombay High Court has that a dying declaration cannot be the sole criteria for conviction and in case of two contrasting views; the one favourable to the accused should be adopted. A division bench of justices Pratap Hardas and Ashok Bhangale told that the criminal court has to bear […] Read more » Bombay High Court High Court of justices Pratap Hardas and Ashok Bhangale Sharifabi's sole criteria for conviction
Top Law News Supreme Court stays trial court order to secure Patil’s call records November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has stayed a Maharashtra trial court’s order to the CBI to place before it the cell phone call records of Dr V G Patil, who was killed in September 2005 allegedly due to political rivalry with former President Pratibha Patil’s brother G N Patil. A bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan […] Read more » Bombay High Court former President Pratibha Patil's brother G N Patil Jalgaon District Congress Committee Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court V G Patil
Top Law News Supreme Court stays trial court order to secure V G Patil’s call records November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra trial court’s order to the CBI has been stayed by the Supreme Court to place before it the cell phone call records of Dr V G Patil, who was killed in September 2005 allegedly due to political rivalry with former President Pratibha Patil’s brother G N Patil. The order which was given on an […] Read more » Bombay High Court CBI G N Patil Jalgaon District Congress Committee Justice B.S. Chauhan Maharashtra trial court Supreme Court V G Patil V G Patil's call records