Bombay High Court

The act of holding a minor girl’s hands and opening the zip of pants will not come under the definition of “sexual assault” under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012

The question for consideration of Court in the case was, whether the ‘pressing of breast’ and ‘attempt to remove salwar’ would fall within the definition of ‘sexual assault’ as defined under Section 7 and punishable under Section 8 of the POCSO Act.

Media Trial During Criminal Investigation Obstructs with the Administration of Justice and Therefore Amounts to ‘Contempt of Court’: Bombay HC

The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankat Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni of Bombay High Court gave a list of guidelines in a 251-paged verdict on a bundle of PILs relating to ‘media trials’ in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday orders to shift Varavara Rao to Nanavati Hospital from Taloja Jail, for 15 days for a systematic check-up.

Bombay High Court’s Goa bench had observed that merely stating that this was a serious crime without anything else, cannot be a good ground to refuse the premature release of the petitioner

The Bombay High Court allowed a Joint plea for waiving the Cooling-off period as mentioned under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act and directed the family court to decide the divorce plea of a couple on an urgent basis.

Recently, the Bombay High Court while quashing an FIR alleging dowry harassment by the in-laws of a woman for lack of prima facie case took significant observation on the affinity to make vague and omnibus allegations of dowry harassment against every member of the husband’s family.