HC orders State to decide change of user within 2 months
Nagpur: Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the State government to decide within two months on change of users of Sonegaon lake. It also directed the State Urban Development Secretary to grant hearing to all the parties...
Bombay HC stays revoking of meat-sellers’ licence over suspicion of selling beef
Representational Pic Mumbai: In a relief to meat-sellers in the neighbouring Palghar district, the Bombay high court today stayed a notice issued to them by the civic body concerned asking them to shut shop on suspicion that they had been...
Time to see if IPL is in interest of cricket: Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today said the Indian Premier League has made people familiar with phrases like 'betting and fixing' and in view of the alleged violations of foreign exchange rules it was time to see if the tournament...
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ekbote seeks anticipatory bail
Mumbai: Right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, booked for allegedly inciting violence on January 1 during an event to commemorate the bicentenary of Bhima-Koregaon battle, has approached the Bombay high court for anticipatory bail. The leader submitted his plea before a bench led...
HC quashes order gagging media in Sohrabuddin case trial
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday quashed and set aside the trial court's order prohibiting journalists from reporting on or publishing the proceedings of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case trial. Justice Revati Mohite-Dere minced no words in holding that...
Raise awareness on sanitary napkins: HC to Maha govt
Mumbai: The Bombay high court today asked the Maharashtra government what steps it has taken to bring down prices of sanitary napkins and spread awareness about their use. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and N W Sambre said...
Kamala Mills Fire: Bombay HC sets Feb 12 as next date of hearing
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday fixed February 12 as the next date of hearing the plea filed by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro, seeking a judicial inquiry into Kamala Mills Fire incident that claimed 14 lives. While hearing...
Mumbai’s Kamala Mills fire: HC permits accused Vishal Karia to seek bail
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today permitted hotelier Vishal Karia, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the Kamala Mills fire, to seek immediate bail from a magistrate's court. Karia was booked under Section 216 of the Indian Penal...
HC cancels State Excise circular imposing new licence conditions on country liquor shops
Representational Pic Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday cancelled the circular issued by State Excise Department regarding country liquor shops. The circular, issued by State Excise Department on September 1, 2017, had imposed new license conditions on...
मुंबई: मां को न हो मानसिक कष्ट, बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने 28 सप्ताह के गर्भ को गिराने की दी इजाजत
Representational Pic मुंबई: बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को एक विशेष मामले में एक महिला को 28 सप्ताह के गर्भ को गिराने की इजाजत दे दी। अदालत ने भ्रूण में गंभीर असामान्यताओं और महिला को होने वाली मानसिक वेदना को...
Investigate Death Of Sohrabuddin Case Judge, Says Petition
Mumbai: The death of judge BH Loya -- who was hearing the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case -- in 2014 should be investigated, says a petition filed in the Bombay High Court. The petition, filed by the Bombay Lawyers' Association, has...
तेजाब और रेप पीड़ित महिलाओं को मुआवजा में देरी पर महाराष्ट्र सरकार को हाई कोर्ट ने फटकारा
मुंबई: बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने महाराष्ट्र सरकार को बलात्कार और तेजाब हमला पीड़ित महिलाओं को मुआवजा देने में हो रही देरी के लिए कड़ी फटकार लगाई है। हाई कोर्ट ने कहा कि इन मामलों में लाल फीताशाही और प्रक्रिया संबंधी...
Act against developers not returning part of redeveloped
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court said today that the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority should be "worried" that private developers often fail to return a part of the building to the MHADA as per the initial agreement between them. A...
HC rejects bail plea of Ketan Parekh
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today rejected the bail plea of former stockbroker Ketan Parekh who is an accused in cases linked to the 2001 securities scam. Justice AM Badar observed that Parekh had shown a disregard for previous proceedings against...
India cutting sorry figure with threats to artists: HC
Mumbai: A democratic country like India is cutting a very sorry figure with open threats being given to artists and others and with attacks on people for voicing their opinions, the Bombay High Court said today. The high court, while...
Bombay High Court upholds validity of RERA
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today upheld the validity of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA). A bench of Justices Naresh Patil and Rajesh Ketkar pronounced its judgement on a bunch of petitions filed by by real estate...
Enraged HC directs CBI to submit probe report in Dabholkar murder case immediately
Nagpur/Mumbai: Enraged by the sluggish investigation, the Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and State Government to immediately submit probe report in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The bench has directed both the agencies,...
Illegal pandals: Bombay high court issues notice to civic chiefs
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday took a stern view of the "inaction" against the illegal pandals set up during Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri, and issued notices to commissioners of three civic bodies, asking them to explain why contempt...
एसटी हड़ताल : मुंबई हाईकोर्ट ने सरकार को लगाई फटकार
मुंबई: एसटी कर्मचारियों की जारी हड़ताल को लंबा खिंचता देख बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने राज्य सरकार को कड़े शब्दों में फटकार लगाई है। बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने सवाल किया कि, सरकार ने हड़ताल को ख़त्म करने के लिए कोई ठोस कदम उठाये...
खडसे कुटुंबीयाविरोधात काय कारवाई केली, 3 आठवड्यात उत्तर द्याः हायकोर्टाचे सरकारला निर्देश
मुंबई: एकनाथ खडसे यांच्याबाबतीत राज्य सरकार गप्प का आहे? असा प्रश्नही मुंबई हायकोर्टाने विचारला आहे. भाजपचे ज्येष्ठ नेते एकनाथ खडसे यांच्या बेहिशेबी संपत्तीप्रकरणी मुंबई हायकोर्टाने राज्य सरकारला तीन आठवड्यात उत्तर द्यायला सांगितले आहे. हायकोर्टाने फेटाळली खडसेंची मागणी सामाजिक कार्यकर्त्या अंजली दमानिया यांनी...
Dabholkar, Pansare killings well planned, linked: HC
Mumbai: The killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare were "well planned" and the perpetrators had organisational backup, the Bombay High Court said today, and asked the investigators to look beyond their current line of probe to apprehend the...