Law

Magistrate's 'promotion' puts doctor in the dock

The promotion dreams of a Nashik magistrate has perhaps turned to dust after the Bombay High Court took suo motu action to revise an order passed by her, acquitting an ayurvedic doctor charged with causing death by negligence.

The order, passed by judicial magistrate first class RR Randive, was sent to the HC for assessment as she was being considered for a promotion. However, after going through the order, justice Bilal Nazki said, "Prima facie, I feel the judgment needs to be revised."

Rs10 lakh penalty on BMC for stolen baby

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the BMC to pay compensation of not less that Rs10 lakh to Mohan and Mohini Nerurkar, whose three-day-old child was stolen from Sion Hospital on January 1.

Justices Bilal Nazki and AR Joshi said the Nerurkars must be compensated for the mental trauma they went through and told the BMC to state the amount on Thursday.

For the Nerurkars, the ruling did not bring much cheer. "We are happy about the action the court is taking against the erring officers, but we want the police to find our little boy," Mohan said.

"We came here for our child, not for the money," Mohini said.

Waghelas file plea for summon to Asaram

They want him cross-examined in the case of kids'mysterious death

The fathers of Dipesh and Abhishek Waghela, two students at the Asaram ashram run gurukul, who had died under mysterious circumstances in July last year, have filed an application before the justice DK Trivedi Commission formed to probe the deaths, to summon Asaram Bapu in connection with the case.

Accused in custody spoke toTV channel

How can an accused lodged in a jail give an interview to a television channel? That is the question Bombay High Court wants the state government to answer regarding an interview given by a prime accused in the 2005 murder of Jalgaon Congressman VG Patil while in custody.

VG Patil's wife, Rajni, filed a petition in HC in 2007, alleging that GN Patil, brother of President Pratibha Patil, had conspired to kill her husband on September 21, 2005, owing to political rivalry. Police made two arrests — Raju Mali and Raju Sonawane — but Rajni alleged that the mastermind, GN Patil, was being shielded because of his political clout.

Security in city court slackens

An unidentified thief entered the premises and broke open three locks last saturday

A month-and-a-half ago the city police had assured chief justice of the Bombay high court Swatanter Kumar to provide round-the-clock security on the district and sessions court premises.

But a recent incident where an unidentified thief entered the court premises and broke open three locks has revealed that the assurances have fallen flat.

The court authorities on Monday have written a letter to police commissioner Satyapal Singh reminding him about the unfulfilled promises, and demanding 24X7 security on the court premises.

Sadhvi speaks of jail food 'conspiracy'

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the accused in last year's Malegaon blast case, alleged on Tuesday that she was being served non-vegetarian food by jail officials, which goes against her religious beliefs.

A 'pure vegetarian' since birth, Thakur said she has been leading a pious life and attaches a lot of religious importance to the food. She claimed she was served boiled eggs with cooked cabbage last Sunday.

In an application seeking permission to receive home food, Thakur stated that the presence of worms and non-vegetarian food was causing her mental agony.

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