Giving Speeches Creating Legal Awareness, Training People How To Respond To Police Enquiries Not 'Anti-National' Activity: Bombay High Court

Merely giving speeches about legal awareness and making the members aware about their rights and how to respond when the police comes for an enquiry is not an 'anti-national' activity, the Bombay High Court held on Friday while ordering release of a member of the Popular Front of India (PFI).A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shriram Modak granted bail to Shaikh Sadique Isaq Qureshi, a member of PFI, who was booked for giving various speeches creating legal awareness, being in touch...

"78 Yrs Of Independence, People Are Educated & Wise": Bombay HC Permits Hindu Outfit To Felicitate Malegaon Blast Accused Pragya Thakur

Observing that after 78 years of independence, the Indian population is wise and educated, the Bombay High Court on Friday permitted a Hindu organisation to organise "Viraat Hindu Sant Sammelan" and confer the "Hindu Veer Puraskar" on right-wing extremist Pragyasingh Thakur, a prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon Bomb Blasts case.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe permitted - Hindu Sakal Samaj, to proceed with its function to be organised at Malegaon in Nashik district on...

'Only Conversant With Urdu': Bombay HC Quashes Detention Order Over Non-Supply Of Translated Documents To Detenue

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a detention order of a man after noting the fact that the detaining authority did not serve all the documents pertaining to his detention in 'Urdu' - the language he was only conversant with.A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shriram Modak noted that the detenue - Shahabaz Ahmed Mohammad Yusuf @ Commando was only conversant with Urdu...

“Can Number Of Autos, Taxis Be Limited?”: Bombay HC Asks State's Transport Commissioner To Decide Challenge Against Open Licensing Policy

The Bombay High Court recently ordered Maharashtra's Transport Commissioner to decide whether the 'open licensing policy' for autorickshaws and taxis–which has been questioned by an autorickshaw union–can be stopped so as to limit the number of autos and taxis in the State. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Pune-based Sawkash Authorickshaw Union, which contended that because of...

Statutory Obligation To Pay Transit Rent To Displaced Slum Dwellers Even If Developer Undergoes Insolvency Proceedings: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, particularly for slum dwellers and also developers, the Bombay High Court recently held that it is the 'statutory obligation' of the developer to pay the transit rent to slum dwellers, who await rehabilitation of their homes.Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar upheld the termination of a developer, who was initially engaged for a rehabilitation scheme of a slum in...

Infant Deaths: Bombay High Court Forms Committee To Examine Medical Infrastructure In Nanded, Sambhaji Nagar Govt Hospitals

In a suo moto PIL concerning deaths in government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has formed a 5-member committee to visit government hospitals in the districts and prepare a report on the infrastructure and medical facilities available at these hospitals.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe & Justice MS...

Will Notify Rules On Regulating Public Gatherings And Agitations In Two Weeks: Maharashtra Govt Informs Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra Government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (March 26) that it has framed Rules under the Maharashtra Police Act to regulate public gathering, morchas and agitations.During the hearing a division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe & Justice MS Karnik took note of an affidavit filed by a Deputy Commissioner of Mumbai Police, which stated that rules have been framed...

Dr Payal Tadvi's Mother Moves Bombay HC Challenging State's Decision To Remove Pradip Gharat As SPP, Says He Was Prosecuting Effectively

The mother of the late Dr Payal Tadvi has approached the Bombay High Court, challenging the removal of Pradip Gharat as a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in the case against doctors accused of abbetting Dr Payal's suicide.Abeda Tadvi, informant and mother of Dr Payal Tadvi, has filed a petition challenging the removal of SPP Gharat from the case through a March 7 Government Notification....

Bombay HC Asks Bar Council To Clarify Stand On Complaints Filed Against Advocates For Appearing For Their Client, Calls It 'Serious & Larger Issue'

While noting that a mother and son duo had filed a complaint against an advocate who was representing their daughter/sister in her matrimonial dispute, the Bombay High Court recently ordered the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (BCMG) to clarify its stance on the issue of litigants unnecessarily filing complaints against advocates and impleading them as respondents in writ petitions....

Spouse Threatening To Commit Suicide And Attempting It Is Cruelty, Grounds To Seek Divorce: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a spouse threatening to commit suicide and even attempting the same, would amount to cruelty and it can be a ground for one to seek divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act. Justice RM Joshi dismissed the second appeal filed by a woman, who challenged a judgment of a Family Court, which had granted decree of divorce in favour of the husband with a finding that...

Bill To Regulate Coaching Centres Likely To Be Tabled Before State Assembly In Monsoon Session: Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court

In relation to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking regulation of coaching institutions, the State government told the Bombay High Court that it has prepared a draft bill on the issue and that the bill would likely be tabled before the State Legislative Assembly in the monsoon session.The PIL filed in 1999 raised grievances that various private coaching centres were being run in the...

Arbitrator's Decision To Postpone Issue Of Partnership Firm's Dissolution To Stage Of Final Hearing Not Perverse: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and Rajesh S. Patil has held that the decision of the Arbitrator to postpone the issue of determining the date of dissolution of the partnership firm to the stage of final hearing cannot be considered perverse for the purpose of section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), as it requires evidence to...