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Bombay HC grants Kunal Kamra protection from arrest; probe to continue

25Apr

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Bombay HC grants Kunal Kamra protection from arrest; probe to continue

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted protection from any coercive steps, including arrest, to comedian Kunal Kamra with respect to an FIR against him for cracking an allegedly objectionable joke on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a stand-up comedy show. The court admitted his plea for quashing the FIR and said he shall not be arrested in respect of the FIR during the pendency of the plea. “However, the investigation in this case can continue. If the investigating agency wants to record the petitioner’s statement, the same can be recorded in Chennai with the help of local police after giving notice of reasonable period to the petitioner so that he can remain present in Chennai. If during the pendency of this petition the chargesheet is filed, the concerned court (t...

‘Derogatory’ circular against judiciary: Bombay HC orders 1 week in jail for Navi Mumbai housing society functionary

23Apr

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‘Derogatory’ circular against judiciary: Bombay HC orders 1 week in jail for Navi Mumbai housing society functionary

The Bombay High Court Wednesday sentenced a member of the managing committee of a Navi Mumbai housing society to one-week simple imprisonment and fined her Rs 2,000 for criminal contempt of the court.However, on the request made by the woman’s lawyer, the high court stayed operation of its order and suspended her sentence for 10 days to enable her to appeal against it. The court convicted Vineeta Srinandan, the cultural director of Seawoods Estates Limited (SEL), for using “derogatory” language against the judiciary in a circular disobeying its order related to a dispute between the society and a resident over the feeding of stray dogs. SEL manages a residential complex consisting of more than 1,500 flats. Story continues below this ad Pronouncing the order, the court said...

Bombay HC grants bail to murder accused in jail for 9 years

16Apr

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Bombay HC grants bail to murder accused in jail for 9 years

Citing the right to speedy trial and overcrowded prisons in the city, the Bombay High Court granted bail to an accused in a murder case who has been behind bars for nearly nine years. The accused, Jamesraj Kounder, was arrested in 2016 allegedly for killing his brother, in collusion with his brother’s wife. While the wife was granted bail in 2017 by the sessions court, Kounder remained behind bars. So far, only 11 witnesses have been examined, with a total of 32 witnesses likely to be heard. Kounder sought bail filing an application from jail and lawyers Gunjan Mangla and Sia Chaudhary, were appointed through legal aid. Story continues below this ad They argued that trials are taking a long time to conclude and some prisons where undertrials are kept are simultaneously ov...

Bombay HC grants bail to man booked for raping 15-year-old girl, says she voluntarily joined him

14Apr

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Bombay HC grants bail to man booked for raping 15-year-old girl, says she voluntarily joined him

The Bombay High Court last week granted bail to a man booked for raping a 15-year-old girl, noting that the facts of the case indicated she had “sufficient knowledge and capacity to know full import of what she was doing and had only thereafter voluntarily joined the man” and her family was well aware about her relationship with him. The court said the man was incarcerated for 3 years and 11 months with “no possibility of the trial commencing/concluding in the near foreseeable future”, therefore, he deserved to be released on bail. A single-judge bench of Justice Milind N Jadhav on April 9 passed an order on bail application of now 25-year-old man booked for offences of kidnapping and raping minor girl under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Protection of Children against Sexua...

Bombay HC orders Pune civic body to remove all obstructions on footpaths, relocate electric fuse boxes

9Apr

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Bombay HC orders Pune civic body to remove all obstructions on footpaths, relocate electric fuse boxes

Stating that the safety of pedestrians cannot be compromised, the Bombay High Court recently directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to remove all obstructions on footpaths, including electric fuse boxes, and to set up a grievance redressal mechanism for citizens to register complaints on damaged or encroached footpaths. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by civic activist Qaneez Sukhrani, the bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M S Karnik stated on April 3 that it was the statutory responsibility of the PMC to provide basic facilities to pedestrians to move freely, have a safe passage on footpaths and pedestrians crossings, and to take all possible measures in this regard. The court stated: “We make it clear that the area designated as footpath must be kept...