Bombay High Court
Trial Judge Went Overboard: Bombay High Court Alters Murder Convict's Sentence From 'Remainder Of Life' To 'Life Imprisonment'
The Bombay High Court recently modified the sentence of a man convicted of murdering his wife from “life imprisonment for the entire remaining of his life” to “imprisonment for life” citing the importance of adhering to the wording adopted in section 302 of the IPC.A division bench of Justice VV Kankanwadi and Justice Abhay S Waghwase sitting at Aurangabad observed that the trial...
System Default Is The Standard Excuse Of Department When It Comes To Giving Refunds: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has stated that system default is the standard excuse of the department when it comes to giving refunds.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the excuse used is that the system under the control of the Centralized Processing Center (CPC), Bangalore, has some issues and, therefore, amounts are not being released to assessees....
State Mandating Project Affected Persons To Construct House On Alternate Land Within A Year Of Allotment "Draconian": Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that project affected persons are allotted alternate land on humanitarian grounds and the State cannot impose any condition on the allotment that may lead to loss of the land. The court said that such a condition would violate Article 14 of the Constitution.“The object and purpose in rehabilitating a person like the Petitioner by allotting him the alternate land...
Bombay High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognisance Of Deteriorating Air Quality In Mumbai, To Issue Comprehensive Directions
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the poor air quality in Mumbai, while hearing a PIL on the same issue.The court said the Central and State Pollution Control Boards, State Government, Union and all Municipal Corporations should be made party and should state the measures taken by them to address the concern. "We will pass a detailed order. We are also taking suo...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: October 23, 2023 To October 29, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 494 - 505]Film Farm India Pvt Ltd v. ALT Digital Media Entertainment Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 494Dr. P. Varavara Rao v. National Investigation Agency and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 495Indumati Borse v. Pune Municipal Corporation and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 496Sameer Baijanath Joshi v. Union of India and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 497Zakir Yusuf Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra...
S.304(A) IPC - Bombay High Court Quashes Death By Negligence Case Against Shopkeeper After 4-Yr-Old Victim’s Family Consents
The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a shopkeeper and his employee for allegedly causing a 4-year-old’s death by negligence (304A IPC) after the child’s family consented to the quashing on humanitarian grounds.A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Sharmila Deshmukh granted relief to shopkeeper Anandraj Manikam on the condition he would deposit Rs. 25,000 with...
Tenant’s Premises Demolished While They Were “Illegally” Detained By Police: Bombay HC Orders CID Probe Against Officers, Says No Sanction Required
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department to investigate five police officers under Section 156 (3) of the CrPC wherein tenants’ premises were demolished while they were allegedly illegally detained at the local police station and coerced into surrendering their tenancy.Justice RM Joshi at the Aurangabad bench held the police’s acts were not...
Bombay High Court Directs Airforce To Reconsider NOC Revalidation Request For Residential Project Near IAF Airfield And NDA Aerodrome In Pune
Observing that the No Objection Certificate (NOC) was granted for the construction and not the builder, the Bombay High Court directed the Indian Airforce authorities to reconsider a builder’s application for revalidation of NOC for construction of a building near the IAF Airfield in Pune.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla refuted the IAF...
Bombay High Court Denies Medical Bail To HDIL Promoter Rakesh Wadhawan, Directs JJ Hospital To Send Physiotherapist And Nurse To Prison Hospital
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant bail on medical grounds to Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) promoter Rakesh Wadhawan who is booked in the multi crore Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank loan fraud case and lodged in Arthur Road Central Prison, Mumbai.Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang face allegations of fraudulently obtaining loans of Rs 2,558...