High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High Court Directed Pune Municipal Corporation to grant occupation certificate for two buildings at Indian Law Society Law College, Pune. While one of the buildings is meant for the new girls hostel, the second one is reserved for an arbitration centre.Allowed a plea by one Beena Muller, a citizen of Switzerland, to direct the State Adoption Resources Authority (SARA) to disclose necessary information about her adoption that took place over 30 years ago to an attorney appointed by her for this purpose. Division bench of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SJ Kathawalla directed SARA to supply necessary information as may be available in connection with the adoption of the petitioner to the power of attorney holder Anjali Pawar. Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice GS Patel heard the writ petition filed by Indian Law Society and directed PMC to grant OC within two weeks.Set aside conviction of one Abdul Gani Mulla, a man sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly ransacking the house, assaulting the wife and children of another man Balkrishna during the Bombay riots of 1992.The High Court at Goa struck down Article 19 of the Decree Law No.35461 enacted to give recognition to judgments and annulments of marriage with respect to Catholics by Patriarchal Tribunal and Metropolitan Tribunal, as unconstitutional and ultra-vires to Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.Granted relief to a 54-year-old Mumbai based businessman and quashed three separate orders passed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs allowing Central Bureau of Investigation to intercept phone calls of the petitioner businessman in a case of bribery involving an official of a public sector bank.Allowed a criminal application filed by one Sandeep Shirsat, convicted of murder and rape and declared him to be a juvenile at the time of crime. Consequently, Shirsat will not face the death penalty awarded to him by the trial court. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SK Shinde set aside the findings recorded against the applicant accused by the trial court in judgement dated May 11, 2017 convicting him under Sections 302, 376(2)(g), 326 of the Indian penal Code.Granted relief to Hardcastle Restaurants Private Ltd, which operates several franchises of McDonald's in Western and Southern India and set aside an order of National Anti-Profiteering Authority alleging profiteering on behalf of the company for not passing on the benefits of reduction in tax on restaurant services, from 18% to 5%, to the consumers.Confirmed the death sentence awarded to three men convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl who was on her way back home after finishing school in Ahmednagar district at Aurangabad.Held that hawkers do not have an absolute and unconditional right to squat on pavements or footpaths and conduct their business causing hindrance to pedestrian and traffic movement in the area. Chhattisgarh High Court While setting aside an order of conviction passed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the High Court said that without there being any corroboration by Independent Witnesses, relying only on the evidence of Investigating Officers, whose statements were contradictory, was improper. Delhi High Court Taking stern view of a false rent agreement filed by a husband in Domestic Violence proceedings pending against him before the Trial Court, the High Court enhanced the interim maintenance payable by him to his wife and directed initiation of an inquiry under Section 340 of CrPC.Issued notice to Election Commission, Central Government and Sikkim Government in a petition challenging the reduction in disqualification term of Prem Singh Tamang from 6 years to 1 year and 30 days.Issued notice to ASG Maninder Acharya to take instructions from the central government in order to furnish information about the functioning and other important issues pertaining to Intellectual Property Appellate Board.Issued notice to Enforcement Directorate in bail application filed by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. The application was before the bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait.Issued notice to New Delhi Municipal Corporation, and SHO, Connaught Place Police Station, in a PIL challenging the public notice which led to the eviction of various street vendors from the Jama Masjid area.Directed Commissioner of Delhi Police to equip Police Control Room Vans with mobile phones or iPads in order to enable them to efficiently record the crime scene and tender the same to the court as legal evidence.While dismissing a petition assailing election of certain allegedly disqualified candidates to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa, filed before it on account of indefinite Advocates' strike at Orissa, the High Court remarked that all lawyers must boldly...

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