While hearing the criminal appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against his conviction in the hit-and-run case in which he has been awarded a five-year jail sentence, Bombay High Court has adjourned the appeal till July 1. EarlierSessions Court convicted the Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case five-year jail term. A man…
Bombay High Court, in the case filed by IDBI trusteeship Services, on behalf of FMO, against Hubtown as the guarantor, while upholding the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in real estate can be made only by way of equity and not debt by way of any fixed return, held that, offshore investors cannot seek legal recourse…
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Division bench of Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) comprising Justice Vasanti Naik and Anant Badar, while dismissing the appeal filed by a man, who challenged the family court’s order refusing to grant him his daughter’s custody in August 2013, said that, “the custody of a girl child should be allowed to remain with her mother so…
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Justice Anuja Prabhudessai of Bombay High Court while hearing an appeal filed by one Munshi Mohammed Shaikh challenging a sessions court order of October 2013, convicting him under sections 489 (b)and 489 (c) of Indian Penal Code for possession of counterfeit notes and sentencing him to five years in jail observed that mere possession of…
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Justice S C Gupte of Bombay High Court while hearing a suit filed by writer Jyoti Kapoor alleging copyright infringement and breach of confidence against Kohli and production house Bombay Film Company, found prima facie similarities between the script of ‘Phir Se’ and another movie ‘R.S.V.P’. Subsequently Bombay High Court has put an interim stay…
Bombay High Court while hearing an application for anticipatory bail ruled that every breach of promise to marry is not rape and pre-marital sex between couples is no longer shocking in India’s big cities. Being a society in transition, it could be treated as one of the most significant verdict. Complainant claimed that, she was…
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A bench headed by justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Apex Court held that smoking prohibition only extended to public places and not spaces earmarked for smoking. In a landmark judgment, the Apex Court on Monday lifted a three-year-old ban on hookah smoking holding that prohibition on ‘facilitating’ Hookah smoking in strictly smoking spaces is impermissible…
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Supreme Court while dismissing the appeal of Cimco Birla Ltd, has severely criticised the company for harassing a woman employee by “dragging her from one court to another from 1987 till date, nearly 27 years”, and imposed costs on it directing it to comply with the order within a month. Upon hearing both the parties Court was of the view…
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If the consignee of a shipment does not take delivery of the cargo, then the liability to pay demurrage and port charges for warehousing will fall on the agent of the ship owner or the steamer agent. The Supreme Court clarified this position last week in a batch of appeals against Bombay and Calcutta High…
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Sai Manoj Reddy There is a petition filed at the Bombay high court by Mr. Sanjay Prajapati stating that his brother was detained by seven hills hospital and this case was heard by the division bench of Justice V.M. Kanade and P.D. Kode. Mr. Sanjay Prajapati’s brother was admitted in the seven hills hospital, andheri,…
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