Special Correspondent. I have spent over a decade covering courts in Mumbai, primarily the Bombay High Court, and including several important trials like trial of 120 accused in March 1993 Mumbai bombings, 26/11 case - trial of Ajmal Kasab.
Articles by Kanchan V. Chaudhari
27 years on, homebuyers to get 7 times the price of undelivered flats
Mumbai: About 27 years after they booked flats in a residential project at Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai, two residents of Lokhandwala will receive amounts equal to seven times the price of the flats as the builder failed to complete the project and handover over ready flats
Updated on May 16, 2022 09:48 PM IST
Homebuyers awarded 20% refund for delay in flat possession
NCDRC bench directed the developer to pay an additional amount of ₹25,000 to each of the complainants towards litigation costs.
Published on May 15, 2022 11:44 PM IST
Railway accident claims can’t be rejected on ground of contributory negligence: HC
“The principle of contributory negligence cannot be invoked in such case,” the court said in the April 28 order which became available on Friday, May 13
Published on May 14, 2022 06:53 PM IST
‘Conservation fee’ can’t be levied on projects outside eco-sensitive zones, says HC
The Bombay high court has struck down the demand of ₹4 crore from a developer in Thane, saying the forest department could not levy a “conservation fee” on commercial activities outside the eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) surrounding national parks and wildlife sanctuaries
Updated on May 11, 2022 07:57 PM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
HC grants 50% fee refund to 65 PG Ayurveda students for a three-year loss
Mumbai: The Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by 65 post-graduate (PG) students from the Ayurveda stream who completed three years of their course, but refused to appear for the final examination, as the Admissions Regulatory Authority had declined to approve their admissions
Published on May 07, 2022 09:54 PM IST
HC strikes down GR allowing deduction of 10% land acquisition amount paid to tribals
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday struck down a July 2010 Government Resolution (GR) issued by the state government authorising the deduction of 10% from the compensation paid to tribals for the acquisition of the Class II occupancy lands allotted to them by the government
Published on Apr 16, 2022 09:45 PM IST
Bombay HC holds family of accident victim entitled to full compensation
The family members had moved to the high court, seeking full compensation. They claimed that there was no negligence of the deceased and the accident had occurred solely due to the rash and negligent driving of the driver of the offending tempo
Published on Apr 14, 2022 06:59 PM IST
HC to FTII chairman: Consider recalling suspension order of professor for criticising Modi govt
The bench said, “We are of the prima facie view that the impugned suspension order is illegal and needs to be considered properly”
Published on Apr 09, 2022 10:52 PM IST
HC grants bail to accused in 2011 Kurar quadruple murder case
The incident came to light on June 6, 2011, when partially burnt bodies of the victims were found in deserted hills in Appa Pada area near Kurar village.
Published on Apr 02, 2022 05:54 PM IST
HC allows 20-year-old to take mother’s caste
Even before the divorce, she was looked after and taken care of in all respects by her mother, who belongs to the Mahar community, a scheduled caste.
Published on Mar 26, 2022 06:17 PM IST
In a setback for Zee, Bombay HC allows investors’ plea for EGM
The division bench of justice SJ Kathawalla and justice Milind Jadhav has, however, continued the restraint for three weeks to enable Zee Entertainment Enterprises to move the Supreme Court.
Published on Mar 24, 2022 07:57 PM IST
Child conceived in rape also a victim, must be adequately compensated: HC
Bench said under the Code of Criminal Procedure “victim” means a person who has suffered any loss or injury caused by reason of a crime and the expression includes his or her guardian or legal.
Updated on Feb 27, 2022 05:10 AM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
No relief for former president of Union Biblical Seminary in POSH case
On January 25, the one-member panel submitted its report which held the president of the seminary guilty of sexual harassment at workplace
Published on Dec 04, 2021 03:45 PM IST
Bombay HC refuses pre-arrest bail to judicial magistrate booked in bribery case
- An associate of the judicial magistrate allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe on her behalf for dismissing a criminal complaint against a milk vendor.
Published on Mar 07, 2021 12:08 PM IST
Bombay HC refuses pre-arrest bail to judicial magistrate booked in bribery case
- While rejecting the anticipatory bail, the court said there was a strong indication of the applicant’s involvement in the offence.
Published on Mar 07, 2021 10:17 AM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
Bombay HC refuses to interfere in physical criteria for medical admission
- The petitioner had moved the high court in January this year after she was declared ineligible for admission to an undergraduate medical course as her left hand was amputated.
Published on Feb 28, 2021 12:56 PM IST
Employee union at GM Motors opposes closure of Telgaon plant, moves court
It alleged that after January 2020, employees of the company were forced and coerced to accept a voluntary retirement scheme, which the union claimed was not fair and equitable.
Published on Jan 18, 2021 01:34 PM IST
Bombay HC restrains police from issuing fresh summons to Kangana Ranaut, sister
The actor and her sister have moved the high court challenging the October 16, 2020 order of a magistrate court at Bandra.
Published on Jan 11, 2021 01:07 PM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
Fake encounter murder case: ‘Perverse’ govt order to let out guilty cops struck down by HC
The bench criticised the CBI special judge, then Mumbai police commissioner
Published on Mar 07, 2019 12:34 AM IST
Kanchan V Chaudhari, Mumbai
Bombay high court reunites Hindu girl with Muslim foster family
Justice Gautam Patel ignored the biological mother’s plea for her custody primarily on the ground that the woman was involved in some immoral activity
Published on Aug 04, 2018 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Kanchan V Chaudhari, Mumbai
