Light Pollution: Bombay High Court Directs Maharashtra To Effectively Implement 1998 Order Banning Neon Lights After 11 PM

The Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra Government to ensure that an order passed way back in February 1998, which banned use of neon lights across Mumbai and neighbouring cities is implemented effectively this year, especially during the festive season to avoid causing light pollution. The Court was hearing a petition seeking declaration of 'dark sky friendly' areas across the State along with regulation of use such lights. A division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra...

Section 482(4) BNSS Bar On Pre-Arrest Bail Is Not Absolute; Court Can Examine If Prima Facie Ingredients Are Disclosed: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court had held that the bar on anticipatory bail under Section 482(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in cases involving offences under Sections 65 or 70(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) is not absolute. The Court observed that the application can be examined to determine whether the ingredients of the alleged offence are prima facie made out; if they are, the statutory bar operates and the application is not maintainable.Justice M. M. Nerlikar was hearing...

'Use Of Threatening & Abusive Language Not Bona Fide Mistake': Bombay High Court Holds Advocates In Contempt

The Bombay High Court has held two advocates guilty of contempt of Court for threatening a Judicial Officer in open court and attempting to pressurise him while he was conducting proceedings. The Court emphasized the need to maintain dignity, and imposed a fine of ₹2,000 each and costs of ₹50,000 on the advocates concerned, besides referring the matter to the Disciplinary Committee of the...

Pouring Kerosene On Wife And Telling Her To Die Constitutes Abetment To Suicide Even If She Ignited Herself: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that pouring kerosene on wife and telling her to die amounted to active instigation and provocation for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, upholding the conviction of a husband whose wife subsequently set herself on fire. The Court observed that although the deceased herself ignited the fire, the accused had put her in a situation where she took the...

'Mindset Needs To Change': Bombay High Court Criticises Practice Of Prosecutors 'Vehemently' Opposing Bail Despite Long Incarceration

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 7) criticised the 'practice' of the public prosecutors to 'vehemently' oppose bail applications even in cases of long incarceration. The High Court said that even in cases where an accused is behind the bars for years altogether, the prosecutors oppose the bail applications citing the 'severity' of the crime. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav made...

After A Decade, Bombay High Court Discharges Rahul Raj Singh From TV Actress Pratyusha Banerjee Suicide Case

Nearly after a decade of being named as an accused in the suicide case of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, the Bombay High Court recently discharged her boyfriend and event planner Rahul Raj Singh, observing that there was no material on record to show that the Balika Vadhu fame actress took the extreme step due to the alleged harassment by him. Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dige in...

Bombay High Court Expresses Surprise Over Former Cop Sachin Waze Owning Lavish Cars, Notes Extortion Allegations

The Bombay High Court while hearing the appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the bail granted to dismissed cop Sachin Waze in the infamous Antilia Bomb Scare case, on Thursday (October 8) expressed surprise over the former Assistant Police Inspector (API) owning at least five high end cars and travelling in a Mercedes regularly.A division bench of Justice...

'We Don't See Any Improvement': Bombay High Court Pulls Up BMC Over Garbage, Poor Hygiene Across Mumbai

Just because South Bombay and Worli are clean does not mean that the entire city of Mumbai is clean, remarked the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 7) while pulling up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for not undertaking effective measures to maintain proper health and hygiene across all the 24 wards in the city. A division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr...

'Merely Running School Is Not Charitable Purpose': Bombay High Court Rejects Education Trust's Property-Tax Exemption Bid

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Jai Hind Sindhu Education Trust seeking exemption from property tax, holding that an educational institution must establish for every financial year that its buildings and lands are solely occupied and used for a public charitable purpose. The Court held that merely running an educational institution, or being a linguistic...

Bombay High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail To Galaxy Hospital Licensee In Illegal Abortion Death Case

The Bombay High Court has held that a hospital licensee cannot disown an illegal abortion conducted by an unqualified person merely by claiming that he had not performed any “overt act”, while rejecting anticipatory bail to the licensee of Galaxy Hospital. The Court observed that the applicant, who had control and supervision over the hospital, was duty-bound to ensure that it was being...

'Protesting Students Aren't Anti-Social, State Should Restore Their Trust' : Bombay High Court On Pune MPSC Protest

If the students are protesting, it means they have serious grievances, the Court said.

Informing Accused In Prison About Plea To Extend Investigation Period Not Enough; Must Produce Them Before Court: Bombay High Court

Merely informing the undertrial prisoner through the Jail Superintendent about the prosecution having applied for extension of the 180-days period for completing the probe under stringent Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and granting an opportunity to the accused person to file a written reply will not automatically equate with the accused person's production before...