Swati Deshpande
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Mumbai, MH, India
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Bombay HC quashes POCSO case against teen after girl's mother consents; complaint lodged due to 'communication gap'
The Bombay high court recently quashed by consent a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) registered in November 2021 → Read More
Bombay HC quashes two FIRs against Congress man, makes police pay
Holding that the Pune police slapped serious penal sections against Congress worker Sanjay Kudale on "flimsy grounds" with no application of mind, th → Read More
Build ‘institutions of empathy’, judges also have role to push for social change: says CJI Chandrachud
India News: MUMBAI: “Empathy is an essential ingredient in law and it is what separates a just society from an unjust one,” said Chief Justice of India D Y Chandr. → Read More
Elgar Parishad case: Citing ISI & Maoist links, NIA opposes bail for Gautam Navlakha
Activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case, was in touch with Ghulam Nabi Fai, an alleged Pakistani ISI agent held by the FBI → Read More
Credibility of the Supreme Court of India is sky-high: Bombay HC
India News: MUMBAI: “The credibility of the Supreme Court of India is sky- high", said Bombay high court and observed, “It cannot be eroded or impinged by the sta. → Read More
Nia: Gautam Navlakha was in touch with man arrested by FBI in 2011 for receiving funds from Pakistan: NIA
India News: MUMBAI: Gautam Navlakha, Delhi-based activist arrested and accused of Maoist links in 2018 Elgar Parishad case, “was in touch with Ghulam Nabi Fai’’ w. → Read More
Girls seen as commodities, says Bombay HC while granting bail in baby sale case
"We are in the 21 st century and still there are incidences where the girls are treated as commodities and they have been used as a medium for financi → Read More
Bullet train of national importance, says HC, gives push to project
India News: MUMBAI: Enabling the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to forge ahead, the Bombay HC on Thursday dismissed a challenge by Godrej & Boyce Manufactu. → Read More
Even after divorce, wife entitled to maintenance in domestic violence, says Bombay HC
Bombay high court directed a man to post-divorce pay his wife maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (DV) Act, observing tha → Read More
Bombay HC grants bail to Anil Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande in corruption case registered by CBI
The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to Sanjeev Palande, personal secretary of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a corrupt → Read More
No coercive steps against Rakhi Sawant till next hearing on February 1
India News: MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday was informed that no coercive steps will be taken by police against actor Rakhi Sawant till February 1 in a case . → Read More
Abuses can't be given in chorus and atrocity not inferred when whistling from one's terrace, says HC
India News: MUMBAI: The Bombay high court bench at Aurangabad recently granted pre-arrest bail to a trio accused by a woman belonging to a Scheduled Caste communi. → Read More
NIA silent on ex-cop Pradeep Sharma's link with Sachin Waze: Bombay HC
Even as it denied bail to retired police officer Pradeep Sharma in the case of planting of explosives in a stationary vehicle near industrialist Mukes → Read More
Bombay HC rejects former cop Pradeep Sharma's bail plea in bomb scare case
The Bombay high court on Monday rejected a bail application of former encounter specialist of Mumbai Police Pradeep Sharma, who is accused in the bomb → Read More
HC junks PIL seeking graver charge against Mumbai gynaecologist for Cyrus Mistry death
India News: MUMBAI: “We don’t find any public interest involved in the case," said the Bombay high court on Tuesday and dismissed a public interest litigation (PI. → Read More
Bombay HC seeks state authorities’ response to Anushka Sharma's challenge over VAT dues
Actress Anushka Sharma on Friday approached the Bombay high court with petitions against the state and commissioner of sales tax authorities challeng → Read More
‘CBI’s reasons for arrest casual, flout law’: HC gives Kochhars bail
India News: MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the release of Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her businessman-husband Deepak Koc. → Read More
Blast not official duty: Bombay HC rejects Purohit’s plea in 2008 Malegaon case
India News: MUMBAI: A bomb explosion and causing the death of six people is not an act of “official duty”, the Bombay high court observed Monday, dismissing an ap. → Read More
Bombay HC refuses to defer bail again, Anil Deshmukh may walk out
India News: The CBI plea for a second extension of the order deferring bail to former minister Anil Deshmukh was declined on Tuesday by Justice SG Chapalgaonkar → Read More
Loan fraud case: Kochhars seek remand-order nixing; no urgency, says HC
India News: Chanda Kochhar, former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank, and her husband Deepak Kochhar approached the Bombay high court vacation bench a day after a trial co → Read More