Bombay HC Directs Civic Body To Grant Occupation Certificate For Girls Hostel And Arbitration Centre At ILS Law College [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court last week 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.Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice GS Patel heard the writ petition filed by Indian Law Society...

Power Of Attorney Holder Not A Third Party Under Adoption Regulations; Bombay HC Allows Swiss Citizen To Trace Her Biological Parents [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court earlier this month 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...

1992 Bombay Riots : Bombay HC Sets Aside Conviction Of Man In Assault Case [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court 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 incident allegedly took place on December 7, 1992 after riots had broken out all over Mumbai post the demolition of Babri masjid at Ayodhya by...

Make All Roads Motorable Before 31st January 2020, Kerala HC Directs Govt. [Read Judgment]

"No amount of excuses or reasons of any kind can justify even the loss of one life or injury solely because of bad roads.."

Individual Partner Cannot Claim Eviction On Bonafide Need Ground For His Occupation Of Building Owned By Firm: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"Section 11(3) of the Act can be invoked by a firm only when the firm itself bonafide needs to occupy the tenanted premises."

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High Court Dismissed the bail pleas of Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves in the Bhima Koregaon case. Justice SV Kotwal pronounced the judgement to a packed courtroom with Senior Advocate Mihir Desai, Dr.Yug Mohit Chaudhary and Sudeep Pasbola present for the accused applicants.Held that there no vicarious liability in criminal law unless the statute takes it...

Reserved Seats: Mandatory To Submit Caste Validity Certificate Within 12 Months Of Election, Failure Will Result In Retrospective Termination: Bombay HC (FB)

A full bench of the Bombay High Court declared that it is mandatory for a candidate contesting from a reserved seat to produce a caste validity certificate within 12 months of the date of election and failure to do so would lead to retrospective termination.Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, Justice RV Ghuge and Justice RG Avachat at the Aurangabad bench answered a reference regarding election of...

Inherent Power To Quash Criminal Proceedings In Non-Compoundable Cases Should Be Exercised Sparingly: HP HC [Read Judgment]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday reiterated that high courts have the inherent power as prescribed under Section 482 of CrPC, to quash criminal proceedings, even in those cases where the offences involved are non-compoundable. However, such power must be exercised with utmost caution. The observations were made while allowing the petition for compounding of offences, made by...

Appeal Against Interlocutory Orders Barred Under Both, The Guardian & Wards Act & The Family Courts Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has held that grant of interim custody of a child under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (G&W Act) is an interlocutory order and thus, no appeal would lie from the same. The Appellant, Colonel Ramesh Pal Singh and approached the high court, appealing against the order of the Family court whereby the petition filed by Respondent herein, Sughandhi...

[Section 143 NI Act] Dispose Dishonor of Cheque Cases Within Six Months: Uttarakhand HC To Trial Courts [Read Order]

Reinforcing the significance of speedy disposal of matters, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed a trial court to dispose of the impugned dishonor of cheque proceedings within six months. A petition seeking directions in this behalf was filed to seek disposal of proceedings in the case "Asian Galaxy Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Sidhivinayak Electric Traders Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.". The...

[Abetment To Suicide] 'A Child Of Tender Age Should Be Handled Very Carefully':Delhi HC Refuses To Grant Pre-Arrest Bail To Teacher

Remarking that a child of tender age should be handled very carefully and must be protected from every kind of hurt, whether physical or mental, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the anticipatory bail application filed by a teacher who was accused of abetting a student's suicide by subjecting her to mental torture. The Petitioner, Ritika, was a biology teacher and...

Act Of Registry Not An Act Of Court: Karnataka High Court [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court has said "Act of Registry (of court) is not an act of the court and therefore the immunity otherwise available to the court as such does not protect the Registry." The court took this view while partly allowing a petition filed by an auction purchaser who had deposited amount in court pending completion of auction sale and even after two orders of the court, Registry...