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Bombay High Court Awards Compensation to Widow and Children for Death of Patient in Mental Hospital Due to Negligence. State Held Vicariously Liable for Failure to Provide Adequate Staff and Security at Yerwada Mental Hospital.

The petitioners, the widow and two children of a deceased man, filed a writ petition seeking compensation from the State of Maharashtra and its office...

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay Removes Interim Application and Treats Guardianship Petition as One under Clause XVII of Letters Patent. Disposal of Interim Application No. 1768 of 2025 on 24 April 2025 Leads to Removal from Board.

The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, presided over by Justice Abhay Ahuja, took up Guardianship Petition No. 8 of 2025 along with Interim Applicati...

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High Court of Karnataka Appoints Wife as Guardian of Comatose Husband and Directs Banks to Release Funds for Treatment and Livelihood. Court exercises parens patriae jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to appoint guardian for incapacitated person and issue mandamus to banks.

The petitioner, Sandya Anilkumar, wife of Dr. Anil Kumar H.V., filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Murder Case on Ground of Insanity. Paranoid Schizophrenia Established Under Section 84 IPC — Act Done Without Knowledge of Nature or Wrongfulness.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment and order dated 29.05.2003 of the learned ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli, in Sessions...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Imprisonment for Son Convicted of Murdering Mother Based on Circumstantial Evidence. Conviction under Section 302 IPC confirmed as chain of circumstances including motive, last seen, and recovery of weapon was complete and consistent with guilt.

The appellant, Suryakant J. Gawde, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji, sitting at Ponda, Goa, for the murder of his mother, Smt. S...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Husband's Appeal Against Dismissal of Divorce Petition on Grounds of Cruelty and Mental Disorder. Allegations of mental cruelty and unsoundness of mind not proved; wife's behaviour attributed to post-marriage adjustment issues.

The appellant/husband filed a divorce petition under Section 13(1)(ia) and Section 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, alleging that the respo...