HC rules against State compelling minority schools to absorb surplus teachers
Nagpur: Giving a big respite to the minority institutions in the state, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Monday turned aside the action of Amravati Education Officer who directed a minority school to absorb surplus teachers. A division bench...
Maratha Reservation : HC directs state govt to clear its stand by Jan 30
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has on Wednesday directed all parties including the Maharashtra government to clear their stand on reservation for the Marathas by January 30 so it can commence hearing petitions regarding the issue. The court is hearing a...
Will help Haji Ali fight case in SC, says kin of Sabarimala priests
Mumbai/Nagpur: After women were allowed entry into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, a kin of the family of priests at Sabarimala temple in Kerala has promised support for the plea of the Haji Ali Trust...
बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने महिलाओं को दी हाजी अली दरगाह के भीतरी भाग में जाने की इजाजत
मुंबई/नागपुर: हाजी अली दरगाह के भीतरी भाग तक महिलाओं को जाने की इजाज़त मिल गई है.बॉम्बे हाइकोर्ट ने 2012 से महिलाओं के जाने पर लगी पाबंदी को असंवैधानिक बताते हुए हटा लिया है. हाईकोर्ट ने राज्य सरकार से दरगाह जाने...
HC expunges inadmissible evidence recorded by Special court for CBI
Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court while delivering an important Judgment touching the Criminal Jurisprudence, directed that several portions of evidence recorded by the special court- CBI Nagpur presided over by Justice V D Shukla be expunged...
PIL seeks scrapping of BJP’s lotus symbol
Representational Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: A public interest litigation seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to scrap the 'lotus' symbol allotted to BJP was filed in the Bombay high court today, contending that it is a national flower and...
HC seeks CBIs response on Peter Mukerjeas bail plea
File pic Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the CBI for its response on the bail plea of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of his wife Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora. Justice...
Bombay High Court clears Udta Punjab with single cut
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has cleared Bollywood film Udta Punjab for release with one cut, a scene that the filmmakers said they had offered in court to delete. A lawyer of the film's producer Phantom Films, which had moved court...
Abuses need to be deleted, court tells Udta Punjab makers
Mumbai/Nagpur: Proceedings resume in the Bombay High Court on the Udta Punjab plea. The court observes: There is no need to assert or incorporate abusive words in every dialogue. As far as cut no 5 suggested by CBFC is concerned, there...
HC dismisses PIL seeking new Commission to probe Gandhi murder
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to probe afresh the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in January 1948, and the conspiracy behind it. A bench headed by Justice V M...
Maharashtra to challenge Bombay HC ruling on beef ban
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court's order to de-criminalise possession and consumption of beef in Maharashtra while continuing the ban on slaughter in the state has evoked mixed reactions. The court has partially struck the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act exempting...
Jiah Khan suicide: HC refuses to extend stay on trial against Sooraj
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to extend the stay granted on trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case. The High Court had, on February 25, stayed trial against Sooraj while hearing a petition filed...
Bombay High Court Verdict: Demolish Adarsh Housing Society
Adarsh Housing Society epicenter of scam during Congress government 31-storey building meant for war veterans and widows Politicians and bureaucrats got under-priced flats instead Mumbai/Nagpur: The Adarsh Housing Society, an illegal Mumbai apartment building that became a symbol of political corruption...
Bombay High Court allows IPL match in Pune on May 1
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed one Indian Premier League (IPL) match to be played in Maharashtra. A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice M S Karnik allowed the May 1 to be played between Rising...
Maharashtra drought: Bombay HC asks BCCI to consider shifting IPL out of state, hearing adjourned till April 13
New Delhi/New Delhi: The Bombay High Court, who heard the apprehensions of moving the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches out of the state due severe water crisis, have asked the BCCI to consider shifting the tournament out of state and...
IPL Matches : Nagpur cricket fans cross handed over HC’s verdict!
Nagpur: As Bombay High Court is set to out with the verdict on whether IPL matches should be given permission in Maharashtra, anxious fans in Nagpur have trained their attention on the issue as they desperately await this season of the...
Shani temple row: Will not allow gender discrimination at religious places, Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC
Mumbai/Nagpur: In a victory of sorts for women seeking entry inside temples, on Friday the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court that it is against gender discrimination and will strictly implement provisions of Maharashtra Hindu Place of Worship (Entry...
Women can’t be barred from entering Shani Shinganapur temple: Bombay high court
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Bombay high court on Wednesday said that "women cannot be barred from entering Shani Shinganapur temple". "There's no law which prevents women from entering temples. Women should have equal access to places of worship," the Bombay HC observed while...
HC frowns at shocking indifference towards drought-hit farmers
Nagpur: Coming down heavily on its “callous, and indifferent” approach towards distressed farmers, the Bombay High Court here slammed the Maharashtra government and its officials for refusing to provide relief to poor farmers and their dependents in Amravati division of...
Youth spends 6 year in Jail now seeks 100 cr as compensation
Nagpur: Jail was the last place this youth expected to spend six years of his life. But this happened. A mistaken identity and the subsequent ordeal forced this youth spend over six years in prison for no fault of his...
HC hammers fine of Rs 50,000 on lethargic ZP Education Officer
Nagpur: The lethargic attitude shown by an Education Officer cost him dear as he was hammered with a fine of Rs 50,000 by the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. The Zilla Parishad Education Officer was given lots of opportunities...
