NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed the demolition of homes belonging to relatives of individuals accused in recent riots, ruling that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation‘s (NMC) action required legal scrutiny. The petitioners argued that the demolitions were arbitrary and in violation of Supreme Court guidelines.The petitions were filed by…
MUMBAI: Satish Salian, father of Disha Salian — former manager to deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput — filed a petition on Friday before the Bombay High Court seeking a fresh investigation by CBI into his daughter’s death. He alleged mysterious circumstances that led to her demise and political involvement for its ‘cover up’.Salian, 28, died…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC has refused to direct a potency test on a man eight years after his marriage, observing that advancing age would affect the test. It quashed a family court order that had allowed his wife’s plea.“…allowing medical exam after a period of eight years to ascertain whether the husband was impotent in 2017…
The Bombay High Court granted a request from Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife, Dhanashree Verma, to waive the six-month cooling-off period required under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act for a divorce decree. Justice Madhav Jamdar, the presiding judge, instructed the family court to expedite the divorce petition and reach a…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court has allowed a woman’s plea for medical termination of her over-35-week pregnancy by a procedure for stopping the heartbeat of the fetus.The woman (26) learned about the fetal anomaly last month. A J J Hospital medical board report unanimously recommended termination of the pregnancy, observing the fetus suffers from a congenital…
Former Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday stayed a special court’s order directing FIR against ex-Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials for alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations. The stay to remain in place for four weeks.A single bench of Justice Shivkumar Dige said…
<p>Madhabi Puri Buch (File photo)<br></p> NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Monday granted relief to former Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, directing the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) not to act on a special court’s order to file an FIR against her and five other officials until March 4. The directive comes after Buch, along…
Abhishek (L) & Abhinandan Lodha MUMBAI: The mother may know the best in the Lodha vs Lodha case. Real estate scions Abhishek and Abhinandan Lodha, who are in the midst of a court battle over trademark violations, have been instructed by their mother Manju through a letter to end the feud immediately. This comes at…
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay HC last week upheld the rape conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a minor under pretext of marriage. The court ruled a false promise amounts to “misconception of fact” that invalidates a girl’s consent, reports Vaibhav Ganjapure.Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke rejected the accused’s argument the girl had willingly engaged…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Tuesday rejected a petition by Mirza Himayat Baig, who was convicted in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast case, to shift him to a general barrack from solitary confinement.“At this stage, there is no concern about any psychological trauma on account of any indefinite solitary confinement,” said Justices Revati Mohite Dere…
