Keywords: Bombay High Court, Divorce, Epilepsy, Hindu Marriage Act In a noteworthy legal decision, the Bombay High Court has recently asserted that epilepsy cannot be considered a valid ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. This ruling came in response to a case where a husband sought divorce Read more…
Keywords: Bombay High Court, Child custody, Adultery The Bombay High Court, while dismissing a petition filed a father challenging his 8-year old daughter to her mother, has ruled that the wishes of a child cannot be the sole reason for granting custody to a particular parent. The court deemed that Read more…
In Bombay high court of India. NAME OF THE CASE Abdul Wahid vs State of Maharashtra (1991),93 BOMLR 478 EQILIANT CITATION 1992 CriLj 1900 DATE OF JUDGEMENT 27/08/1991 COURT Bombay High court CASE NO Criminal application CASE TYPE Criminal PETITIONER Abdul Wahid RESPONDENT State of Maharashtra BENCH Justice Deshpande, W.M. Read more…
Case Name: Rajesh Suryabhan Nayak v. State of Maharashtra Criminal Writ Petition No.: 428/2002 Court: Bombay High Court Bench: Justice J Patel, Justice B Dharmadhikari Date of Judgment: 7th June 2006 Parties Involved: Appellant: Rajesh Suryabhan NayakRespondent: State of Maharashtra Legal Provision Related to the Case: Section 111 of Code of Criminal Read more…
Bombay High Court discharged a man who was accused of raping his girlfriend, the court observed that, when two people consensually come in a relationship, one of them cannot be held liable solely because the other person alleged rape after the relationship did not end up in marriage. In 2019, Read more…
Recently, Bombay set aside the trial court’s judgement refusing to discharge a man under “section 376, 323” of Indian penal code on a complaint by his 27 year old girlfriend. When two people are in a relationship and putting or investing equal time and efforts, one person cannot be blamed Read more…
The Bombay high court recently ruled out that the transgender person who has undergone a sex re- assignment surgery can file a complaint and can seek relief under protection of women from domestic violence act. On 16 March, a single bench of Justice Amit Borkar said that the definition of Read more…
The court made the remark while dismissing a FIR against a man who hacked an MLA’s Facebook page and defamed his political opponents. A First Information Report (FIR) filed against a guy who had hacked into MLA Ravi Rana’s Facebook page and used profanity against his political rivals was dismissed Read more…
High Court said that half of life term means 10 years, since under Indian Penal Code (IPC) for fractions, a “life imprisonment” is to be taken as 20 years. When it is mentioned that it should be one-half of the life imprisonment, the exact meaning is in section 57 of Read more…