Court, Judiciary & Legal System Maha: Man gets 3-year Rigorous Imprisonment for molesting minor girl July 23, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has sentenced a 30-year-old man to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for molesting a teenaged girl last year. Thane district judge R V Tamhanekar, in his order last Friday, convicted Nadeem Anwar Hussain Ansari, a mechanic from Bhiwandi town, under section 354 (molestation) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children […] Read more » Maharashtra molesting minor girl rigorous impisonment
Top Law News Bombay HC forms panel to oversee repair, maintenance of roads in Maharashtra November 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today constituted a two-member committee to look into the repair and maintenance of roads in Maharashtra, observing that despite its several orders, the civic authorities failed to fix potholes and bad roads. Chief Justice Manjula Chellur said that while the HC did not wish to run the administration for the state […] Read more » Bombay High Court civic authorities Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra
Top Law News Petrol Pump fraud: Court rejects bail pleas of 12 accused November 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Kalyan has rejected bail applications of the 12 accused in the multi-crore petrol pump fraud case, police said today. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mukund Hatote told PTI that the court on Friday rejected bail pleas filed by the 12 accused. District and Additional Sessions Judge N M Waghmare also rejected anticipatory […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Petrol Pump fraud
High Profile Cases Defamation case against Rahul: Court defers framing of charges July 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Maharashtra court today deferred till October 27 framing of charges against Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case filed against him by an RSS worker regarding his alleged statement about Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, a lawyer representing the Congress vice president said. Magistrate Tushar Vaze was likely to frame charges today, but the matter was adjourned […] Read more » Court Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi featured Law Legal News Maharashtra Mahatma Gandhi
High Profile Cases Keeping check on pvt nursing homes violating norms:Maha to Bombay HC June 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government today assured the Bombay High Court that it was taking adequate steps to keep a check on private nursing homes and hospitals being operated without proper licenses across the state. The government made this submission in its affidavit, filed today in response to a public interest lawsuit filed by Pune resident Atul […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Keeping check on pvt nursing homes violating norms Law Legal News Maharashtra
Top Law News SC pulls up five states for not appointing food commissions April 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today pulled up the governments of drought-hit states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka for not appointing state food commissions or making them operational. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and N V Ramana, which had summoned the Chief Secretaries of ten states on the issue, directed that […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Court featured food commission Karnataka Law Legal News Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Supreme Court
Top Law News Uber Moves HC for Rs 12 cr in damages from taxi owners bodies April 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment App-based car service provider Uber India has approached the Bombay High Court seeking Rs 12 crore in damages from taxi owners and drivers associations for harming its reputation and livelihood of drivers by protesting against the company. In its suit, Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd also sought an injunction restraining the defendants from stopping Uber […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra suit Uber India Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd
Top Law News Policeman declines SC’s offer for reinstatement if he shaves April 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A policeman from Maharashtra, who was suspended for not adhering to no-beard policy of the state reserve force, has not agreed to the offer of the Supreme Court that it would revoke his suspension if he shaves. Zahiroddin Shamsoddin Bedade had approached the top court in 2013 after the Bombay High Court did not find […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra policeman Supreme Court \ J S Khehar
Top Law News Bombay HC asks protesting resident doctors to resume work immediately March 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today directed the resident doctors, who are abstaining from duty in various hospitals across Maharashtra for the last four days, to resume work immediately. The high court said the issues and demands of the doctors can be amicably resolved with the state government. The court also directed the government and the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra resident doctors
Top Law News ‘What’s the point of progress if kids are malnourished’ February 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today said Maharashtra’s progress and prosperity is pointless when 50 per cent of children in the state are malnourished and below the poverty line. The court also observed that the government has not taken any serious steps to address the problem. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra malnourished kids
Top Law News SC dismisses poll petition against ex-CM’s son January 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upholding a Bombay High Court order, the Supreme Court has dismissed an election petition filed against Amit Deshmukh, Maharashtra MLA and son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, alleging he had indulged in “corrupt practices”. A division bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Ashok Bhushan, dismissed the petition saying “we do not find […] Read more » Amit Deshmukh Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra poll petition Supreme Court Vilasrao Deshmukh
High Profile Cases Adarsh Society, Headley cases kept Maha courts busy in 2016 January 5, 2017 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The deposition of David Headley in the 26/11 terror attack case, lifting of ban on entry of women in the Haji Ali dargah and Shani shrine in Shingnapur and the Sheena Bora case kept courts in Maharashtra busy in 2016. Other cases which hogged the limelight during the year gone by were the high court […] Read more » Adarsh society Court featured Headley cases Law Legal News Maharashtra
