MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday said the State must register an FIR after a magistrate’s inquiry into the death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case, found that five police personnel were responsible for his death. They are SPI Sanjay Shinde, API Nilesh More, head constables Abhijeet More and…
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has ruled that breaking off a relationship or refusing to marry does not constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 of IPC. Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged the accused, Vaibhav Mawale, who was charged after his former partner died by suicide in 2020.The…
Rupali Ganguly and Sana Raees Khan Earlier last month, Rupali Ganguly through her lawyer, Sana Raees Khan, filed a defamation suit against her stepdaughter, Esha Verma in the Bombay High Court. According to Sana, the legal action was initiated to safeguard the actress’s integrity and reputation from baseless and malicious allegations. In a recent development,…
NEW DELHI: A case in Bombay high court led the judges to ask question whether intellectual disability has anything to do with becoming a mother. On Wednesday, the Bombay HC’s justices R V Ghuge and Rajesh Patil were considering a petition from a father seeking to terminate his 27-year-old daughter’s 21-week pregnancy, citing her unmarried…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC refused to further delay travel of a woman and her son, 9, to visit her parents in Singapore after her former husband sought to prevent it. The trip was originally scheduled between Dec 22 and Jan 4.“I am not inclined to interfere with permission granted by family court (FC), which has entitled…
Rupali Ganguly’s lawyer Sana Raees Khan confirms filing the defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against stepdaughter Esha Verma. Sana exclusively updated Times Of India TV about the suit and details around the complaint. Sana said, “We have filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court today to protect Rupali’s integrity and reputation…
MUMBAI: Supreme Court stayed BMC’s demolition of an unauthorised construction in Vakola, a day after the municipality assured Bombay high court that the “offending” structure would be demolished within a week.Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna Varale of SC took up the hearing on Thursday 3.55pm and noted that in a contempt petition, “some order was…
NAGPUR: Justice Yanshivraj Khobragade’s rise from the dusty fields of Vidarbha to hallowed courtrooms of Bombay HC reflects power of resilience and making the best of available opportunity. Born on May 9, 1966 in Rengepar, a tribal village in Maharashtra’s Bhandara, his journey spells overcoming systemic barriers through grit, education, and acts of kindness.Rengepar had…
NAGPUR: Bombay high court‘s Nagpur bench recently ruled that sexual intercourse with a wife under 18 years of age, even if consensual, constitutes rape.The HC upheld the trial court’s order sentencing the convict 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, reinforcing Supreme Court’s precedent in Independent Thought versus Union of India. Delivering the verdict, Justice Govinda Sanap…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court has ordered the complainant policeman and investigation officer to compensate a man arrested under a repealed law, calling the action “illegal” and a violation of his rights to personal liberty.The high court on Oct 23 ordered the investigating officer, police inspector Narendra Padalkar, to pay Rs2…
