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Pollution at Worli: Bombay High Court quashes criminal process against govt bodies - The deputy chairman and the bodies were alleged of not taking proper steps to curb the increasing air and noise pollution at and around Worli Sea Face after the construction of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. → Read More
Bombay High Court junks Lodha petition to gag scribe's videos - Justice Gautam Patel refused to gag the five statements made by journalist Krishnaraj Rao, where he had demonstrated some major faults — including sub-standard constuction using gypsum — in the project named 'Dioro' at New Cuffe Parade. → Read More
Kherwadi Police to act against cops who hit teen for not stopping at check-post - The student had allegedly not stopped at a nakabandi patrolling stop, in March. → Read More
Bombay HC stops construction of casting yard at Juhu beach for Bandra-Versova sea link - The order was passed while hearing a petition filed by activist Zoru Bathena → Read More
Bombay High Court grants relief to mentally ill murder convict - The court partly allowed his appeal and reduced his sentence to the period already undergone by him and directed his release. → Read More
Bombay High Court asks cops to reverify address of man with Pakistani wife - The couple got married in 2017 in Karachi but her application has not been processed till date. → Read More
Post-divorce, no relief under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay High Court - The Bombay High Court has ruled that a woman cannot seek relief under the Domestic Violence Act against her divorced husband, as after divorce there is no husband-wife relationship between two individuals. → Read More
Bombay High Court quashes suicide abetment case against scribe, war vet - On March 27, 2017, a police station in Nashik had booked Aggarwal and ex-military man and Kargil war veteran Deepchand Singh for the suicide of a jawan after a sting expose highlighting the prevalent "sahayak system" in the Army. → Read More
Mumbai: Five-year sentence upheld in child sex assault case - The accused had assaulted a 13-year-old girl back in 2013. → Read More
Bombay High Court declares Good Friday as compulsory holiday - The Christian community is going to observe Good Friday on April 19. → Read More
Mumbai: After 12 years of custody battle, father gets overnight access to child - Mother to move SC against arrangement, HC grants stay of 4 weeks on order → Read More
Plea in Bombay High Court challenges move to make Good Friday an optional holiday - The plea states the notification issued by Central Government, it has included Good Friday as a compulsory holiday → Read More
Bombay High Court dismisses furlough plea of 2012 gang rape convict - Furlough is the right of a convict to be entitled to leave while serving a jail term → Read More
Dahisar resident moves Bombay High Court to save trees - A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar have stayed the order for some time and directed the civic body to file its reply → Read More
Mumbai: Dahisar resident moves HC to save 13 trees planted by his grandfather 80 years back - A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar, have for the moment stayed the order and directed the civic body to file its reply. Pawar said, "My grandfather had built the Pawar house, in Maratha colony, today the 4th generation of my family is living here for the last 100 years. → Read More
No political ads on social media 48 hrs before Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission - Advocate Pradeep Rajgopal appearing for ECI told the court that it was in consultation with intermediaries. He added that if the court issued a direction it would do it immediately. → Read More
Woman wants to abort 28-week-old foetus, Bombay High Court says no - The woman had moved court as abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is not allowed, as per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. → Read More
Rape, graver offence than murder: Maharashtra Govt - Continuing it's discourse, Maharashtra government on Friday, argued that post the Nirbhaya case, the legislature had taken all aspects into consideration before bring in the amendment to section 376 (E) giving death penalty to repeat rape offenders. → Read More
Mumbai: Death row convicts will now be allowed a ten mins phone call - Shaikh is held guilty for being a key conspirator in 2006 serial train bombings. → Read More
Shakti mill case: Centre defends provision of death penalty in rape cases - “Rape not only affects the person but also the victims soul and in addition to physical harm it has psychological impact on the victim, state not only has a duty to punish the offender but also deter future crimes,” argued the Union Government on Wednesday in the Bombay High Court. The arguments were made while opposing… → Read More