Family Law News Bombay High Court acquits man in dowry case November 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bombay High Court acquits man in dowry case The Bombay High Court acquitted a Raighad farmer in a case lodged 26 years ago for allegedly harassing his wife and subjecting her to cruelty for dowry. Justice T V Nalawade let off Sopan of Karjat in Raighad district, setting aside a sessions court order which had convicted him for inflicting cruelty upon his wife. […] Read more » 498-A IPC Ahmednagar sessions court Bombay High Court cruelty for dowry harassing his wife Justice T V Nalawade Raighad farmer Sopan of Karjat in Raighad district
Top Law News High Court transfers probe in dowry case from Nashik to Kolhapur November 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has ordered transfer of investigations in a dowry case from Nashik to Kolhapur, Observing that it would be in the fitness of things to allow local police, in whose jurisdiction an offence is committed, to probe the complaint. The ruling was delivered by the bench on a petition filed by Jayashree Deshmukh […] Read more » Bombay High Court dowry case husband and sisters-in-law Jayashree Deshmukh Justices Abhay Oka and Sadhana Jadhav Nashik to Kolhapur Upnagar police station
Top Law News ‘Will not interpret Lilavati Hospital Trust deed’ November 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the Bombay High Court it has been held that it has no jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to interpretation of Trust Deed on powers of trustees in regard to Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust which runs the multi-speciality Lilavati Hospital. It has been observed by a division bench that in view of the bar attracted […] Read more » Bombay High Court Bombay Public Trusts Act High Court Justices D Y Chandrachud and A A Sayed Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust multi-speciality Lilavati Hospital. Originating Summons section 80 of Bombay Public Trusts Act Trust Deed
Top Law News Guv rejects aged convicts premature release plea November 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has been informed by the Maharashtra government that the plea of two women convicts, aged 80 and 90, seeking premature release from prison on account of old age, had been rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan. A High Court bench had recently asked the state to urgently consider the plea of the two […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra government plea of aged women convicts premature release from prison rejected by Governor K Sankaranarayanan
Top Law News Some Mumbai cable operators defy digitisation order November 2, 2012 / November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Shiv Sena-backed cable operators in Mumbai continued to be defiant vis-a-vis the digitisation of TV networks the first day of the central-government mandated switchover from the earlier analogue signal system. There was no total blackout of the TV sets of viewers who had still not got a digital Set Top Boxes (STB) and Cable Operator’s […] Read more » 100 percent digitisation blackout of the TV Bombay High Court Borivali cable operator Central Government digitisation of TV networks digitisation order Mumbai cable operators north Mumbai Set Top Boxes Shiv Sena Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray Union leader Anil Parab of the Shiv Sena
Top Law News Bombay HC upholds death sentence for BPO employee’s murderers September 17, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence of two people in the 2007 rape and murder case of a Pune BPO employee Jyotikumari Chaudhari. Chaudhari, 22, was raped and killed in November 2007 by her office cab driver Purshottam Borate and a friend of his, Pradip Kokate while they picked her up for […] Read more » Bombay HC upholds death sentence for BPO employee's murderers Bombay High Court BPO employee BPO employee Jyotikumari Chaudhari BPO employee's murderers cab driver Purshottam Borate Jyotikumari Chaudhari Mumbai-Pune Expressway outskirts of Pune Pradip Kokate rape and murder case of a Pune BPO
Top Law News Bio-access soon to Bombay High Court August 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As part of enhancing security measures, the Bombay High Courtwill soon instal a bio-access system for all advocates and staffers, an official said here Friday. Initially, all lawyers with minimum five years practice will be allowed to apply for a bio-access card, others would be given the card in stages. This would obviate the need […] Read more » bio-access card Bio-access soon to Bombay High Court Bombay High Court Bombay High Court Registrar General S.B. Shukre Chief Justice Mohit Shah Churchgate in South Mumbai circular inviting all lawyers enhancing security measures instal a bio-access system litigants throng physical frisking by security
Top Law News PM to attend Bombay High Court function August 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address a gathering of legal luminaries here this week to mark the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Bombay High Court, an official said here Monday. The year-long sesquicentennial celebrations of the court shall end Aug 18. Besides the prime minister, the function shall be attended by […] Read more » 150th anniversary celebrations of the Bombay High Court Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Information Technology Milind Deora legal luminaries Minister of State for Communications PM to attend Bombay High Court function Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News Bombay HC tells Mafatlal’s to apologise each other August 7, 2012 / August 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed industrialist Atulya Mafatlal’s estranged wife Sheetal, his mother Madhuri, brother Ajay and sister Gayatri Zaveri to appear before it and resolve their disputes by apologising to each other. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode summoned them after it was informed that while Atulya […] Read more » Atulya Mafatlal Bombay High Court industrialist Atulya Mafatlal industrialist Atulya Mafatlal divorce case Mafatlal Mafatlal's Mafatlal's apologisation
Top Law News HC directs Maha govt not to destroy seized gutkha, pan masala August 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government not to destroy the gutkha and pan masala packets seized by them pending hearing of petitions filed by several manufacturing companies challenging the ban on sale or manufacture of these tobacco products. The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) had seized gutkha and pan masala worth over Rs […] Read more » ban on guthka and pan masala ban on pan masala Bombay High Court FDA Food and Drug Authority Food Safety and Standards Act FSSA pan masala
Top Law News No sanction needed for cognisance of charge sheet: CBI August 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI on Monday said the special court, hearing the Adarsh Society scam, did not need a government sanction to take cognisance of the charge sheet filed against former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan. The agency’s statement came upon a query by the special CBI court. Special Public Prosecutor Ejaz Khan argued that no sanction was […] Read more » Adarsh case Adarsh Society scam Bombay High Court CBI CBI court CBI probe CBI's jurisdiction Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan ministry of defence
Top Law News Vice-Chancellor is “conscience keeper” of University: High Court August 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing Vice-Chancellor(VC) as “conscience keeper” of a varsity, Bombay High Court recently endorsed the action of RST Nagpur University here against a lecturer, who had been convicted in a revaluation-cum-bogus marksheet scam. “Being the conscience-keeper, the Vice Chancellor cannot be considered to be powerless, when the teachers approved by this Authority are found to be […] Read more » Bombay High Court Central India Institute of Mass Communication powers of vice-chancellor Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University's Vice-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor as conscience keeper Vice-Chancellor as conscience keeper of university Vice-Chancellor as conscience keeper of varsity