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
Decks cleared for Pooja Bedi to claim rightful inheritance
The Bombay High Court has rejected the authenticity of a will bequeathing actor Pooja Bedi's late maternal uncle's estate to a charitable trust. The court cited lack of evidence and discrepancies in the will, ruling in favor of Bedi claiming one-third share of the estate. The other two shares will go to Bedi's late mother's sisters.
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 07:46 AM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
Pecuniary jurisdiction of city court enhanced to ₹10 cr
The Bombay city civil court in India can now handle civil disputes involving properties worth up to ₹10 crore, following a jurisdictional increase by the state government. The move aims to reduce the burden on the high court, which had been dealing with a higher number of civil suits due to the escalating value of properties in Mumbai. The amendment will result in the transfer of 8,762 civil suits from the high court to the city civil court. However, the overall backlog of cases is not expected to change significantly.
Updated on Nov 23, 2023 08:50 AM IST
To restart CPS courses or not: Two ministers fight it out
A fight between two senior cabinet ministers has erupted over attempts to restart courses offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS). The decision to de-recognise CPS courses was taken by the former medical education secretary, Ashwini Joshi, after irregularities were found in its affiliated institutions. CPS has challenged the de-recognition in court. The medical education department is reportedly rethinking the decision. The Maharashtra Medical Council has justified the action against CPS, claiming that none of its affiliated institutions are teaching hospitals.
Updated on Oct 28, 2023 07:38 AM IST
Explainer: The legal angle to the Maratha reservation row
An explainer on the nearly decade-year-old case that was recently disposed of by the SC even as the Maha govt asked the top court to reconsider its verdict
Published on Sep 04, 2023 08:41 PM IST
Who is ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma?
Here’s a quick read on the former Mumbai policeman, who was once a dreaded name in the underworld, and was put behind bars for his suspected role in a murder.
Updated on Aug 26, 2023 09:14 PM IST
‘Travesty of justice’: Bombay HC frees 30-yr-old Pune man sentenced to 83 years
The Bombay high court, which reviewed some of the cases in which the man was convicted, found that he hadn’t received legal aid in 38 of the 41 cases in which he pleaded guilty
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 04:34 PM IST
HC directs state Board to release disbarred teen’s Class 12 marksheet
The Bombay high court has ordered the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to release the marksheet of an engineering aspirant from Nashik. The board had withheld the Class 12 results of Krish Chordiya after stating that he was not eligible to be admitted to the science stream as he did not opt for science in Class 10. The court criticised the board and Gargi Junior College for not informing Chordiya of his ineligibility earlier and said that students should not be penalised for the faults of educational institutions.
Updated on Jun 10, 2023 12:49 AM IST
HC refuses to quash FIR against professor for putting up “Aug 5 Black Day for J&K” status
Hajam had moved the high court for quashing the FIR registered against him by Hatkanagale police station in Kolhapur district under section 153-A of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever or bringing about disharmony or feeling of hatred or ill-will
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 12:59 AM IST
CM has no supervisory powers over his cabinet colleagues: HC
Strap: Bombay HC strikes down the chief minister’s decision to stay bank recruitment allowed by minister of co-operation MUMBAI: The chief minister does not have supervisory powers over his cabinet colleagues and therefore cannot review or modify the decisions taken by his cabinet colleagues, the Bombay high court held last week
Published on Mar 09, 2023 05:43 PM IST
HC restrains police from taking coercive steps against Canadian bizman
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has restrained the Mumbai police from taking coercive steps against Canadian businessman Alnoor Hassan Ali Jamal in connection with disputes pertaining to a 13-acre Parke Davis plot in Saki Naka
Published on Nov 27, 2022 12:47 AM IST
No relief to man who sought divorce falsely claiming his wife was HIV positive
Mumbai The Bombay high court has refused to grant relief to a 44-year-old Pune resident who falsely claimed that his wife was HIV positive and sought divorce on that ground
Published on Nov 24, 2022 12:41 AM IST
Reconsider 1% reservation for orphans: HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay high court (HC) has asked the state government to reconsider its policy to provide 1% horizontal reservation for orphans in educational institutes and public employment, as the policy is not backed by legal provisions
Published on Oct 22, 2022 11:45 PM IST
HC comes to doctor’s rescue, saves his MBBS degree, PG-Diploma
Mumbai The Bombay high court came to the rescue of a 30-year-old Kurla resident who was about to lose his MBBS degree and a post-graduate diploma in Ophthalmology for allegedly securing admission through Scheduled Tribes category to the medical course at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital by producing a bogus Caste Validity Certificate
Published on Oct 13, 2022 12:05 AM IST
HC paves the way for change of guard at Breach Candy Club
A division bench of justice Gautam Patel and justice Gauri Godse on Monday also directed an ad hoc body of four – Vikram Malik, Jeannette Anand, Marion Panjwani and Sandeep Mehta –to step down from the managing committee
Updated on Oct 11, 2022 09:41 PM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
12 years on, Marine Drive resident gets $5,00,000 for repudiated insurance claim
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) on Thursday directed the Oriental Insurance Company Limited to pay the insurance claim of USD 2,40,000.
Updated on Oct 03, 2022 05:32 AM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
₹10lakh compensation for death due to wildlife accident: Bombay HC to state govt
The accident in question occurred in the wee hours on February 5, 2019, when the woman’s husband, Arjun Redij, a head mechanic at MSRTC workshop, was returning home from Ratnagiri to Chanderai
Published on Sep 27, 2022 10:11 AM IST
OCI, guilty of possessing child pornography in US, allowed to visit elderly parents
A division bench of justice SV Gangapurwala and justice RN Laddha allowed the US resident to visit his elderly parents in Mumbai, observing that he was “never accused of engaging any sexual offence with a child” and was “also given the benefit of probation (in the US)”
Updated on Sep 17, 2022 07:03 PM IST
Rape accused bailed, as the survivor concedes to affair with him
At the time, the complainant had claimed that the incident occurred late in the evening of January 20, when she was returning home from her husband’s catering shop on the bike of the accused
Published on Sep 15, 2022 07:29 PM IST
HC denies BMC’s attempt to reopen issue of ownership of 723 acres land in Oshiwara
The then principal collector for Konkan had in October 1860 allotted the 723-acre land of Oshiwara village to the predecessor of Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Pvt Ltd free of cost
Published on Aug 30, 2022 07:12 PM IST
No work, no pay: HC rejects acquitted teacher’s plea for salary during his imprisonment
Mumbai: The Bombay high court (HC) has rejected a plea of a 65-year-old retired teacher seeking a salary for the seven years that he spent behind bars in connection with the alleged murder of his wife
Published on Aug 14, 2022 05:52 PM IST
HC restrains CBI from arresting Nirav Modi’s brother-in-law
Subsequently, he has also been granted a pardon by the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court.
Published on Jul 31, 2022 01:44 AM IST
HC refuses to drop rape case against married man who posed as bachelor to marry actor
The Bombay high court on Tuesday refused to exonerate a man who is being prosecuted for raping a Marathi actor after allegedly marrying her by posing as a bachelor when his first marriage was in fact in subsistence
Updated on Jul 27, 2022 06:41 PM IST
Kanchan V. Chaudhari, Mumbai
No relief for man who lied about marital status to actor, faces rape case: HC
The accused faces rape charges because he lied about his marital status and married the Marathi actor by misrepresenting that he was a bachelor
Published on Jul 27, 2022 05:44 PM IST
HC junks woman’s plea for marriage annulment to ‘rapist’ husband
The woman had moved the family court for annulment of marriage claiming that it was performed under duress and by perpetuating fraud
Published on Jul 05, 2022 07:21 PM IST
Mere acceptance of Iraqi militant leader as Caliph not enough, says HC while granting bail to Parbhani ISIS module accused
The court also discarded evidence of some of the prosecution witnesses who revealed that the group used to have regular discussions on incidents involving Muslims across the world
Published on Jun 27, 2022 08:05 PM IST
Debt Recovery Tribunal can’t restrain a person from flying abroad: Bombay HC
The Nagpur bench of the high court passed the order while hearing a plea by a 34-year-old businessman who was restrained by the DRT from leaving India over outstanding dues on a loan
Published on Jun 08, 2022 04:15 PM IST
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
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