Bombay High Court imposed Rs 25 lakh fine to a Haryana based lady entrepreneur and her husband for misusing the gender protection laws by threatening to file a fake rape case. Neha Gandhir, the proprietor of Feel Good India Company, Haryana was in a trademark infringement fight with a Mumbai-based[Read More…]
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SC declares consensual sex between live-in partners not rape if man fails to marry woman
While quashing an FIR lodged by a Maharashtra-based nurse against a doctor, who were in a live-in relationship “for quite some time”, the Supreme Court declared that consensual sex between the partners leading live-in relationship does not amount to rape in case the man fails to marry the woman due to[Read More…]
Anti-Maratha quota lawyer Gunratna Sadavarte attacked outside Bombay HC
Mumbai: An educated unemployed youth on Monday attacked prominent lawyer Gunratna Sadavarte, who has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the new Maharashtra legislation providing for quotas to Marathas, outside the Bombay High Court. The attack took place when Sadavarte was addressing the media on the quota issue hearing[Read More…]
Bombay HC dismisses PIL against upcoming movie Kedarnath
Bombay High Court on Thursday December 6, dismissed the PIL filed against the upcoming movie Kedarnath for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the people. With just one day away from the release, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan starrer Kedarnath had landed into a controversy as few people[Read More…]
PIL on EVM irregularities: Bombay HC issues notices to EC, Centre, Maharashtra
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing of notices to the Election Commission of India (EC), Maharashtra State Election Commission (M-SEC) and two public sector makers of electronic voting machines (EVM) and others in a public interest litigation filed by an RTI activist. The directions[Read More…]
Court allows minor rape victim with cancer to abort 24-week-old foetus
Bombay High Court on Friday allowed the 14-year-old rape victim, who is also a cancer patient, to abort the 24-week-old foetus. A bench of justices AS Oka and MS Sonak told the girl to visit the JJ Hospital at 11 am Saturday September 15, and directed the dean of the hospital[Read More…]
A minor cancer patient, rape survivor moves to HC to abort 24-week-old foetus
A 14-year-old rape survivor, who is also a cancer patient approached the Bombay High Court appealing to let her terminate the 24-week-old foetus. The girl was raped earlier this and had even filed the complaint but her pregnancy was detected only recently when she went to a local hospital for[Read More…]
Is Congress planning to boycott general election 2019?
Congress along with other like-minded opposition parties in states are planning to call a stir to protest against the present mode of voting in India. According to a reliable source, all the non-BJP parties are coming together on one platform with a demand to switch back to the previous mode[Read More…]
Bombay HC rejects Abu Salem’s plea for parole to get married
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday rejected jailed gangster Abu Salem’s plea for a 45-day parole to get married to his Thane-based girlfriend. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted[Read More…]
Bombay HC to hear PIL on missing notes between printing press and RBI
Mumbai: A public interest litigation — probably holding the key to the historic demonetisation of November 8, 2016 — filed by RTI activist Manoranjan Roy will finally come up for hearing at Bombay High Court here on February 12. The PIL was filed in 2015, on the basis of RTI replies[Read More…]
Adarsh scam: Ashok Chavan gets relief as Bombay HC sets aside prosecution order
The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside governor’s sanction to prosecute former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Scam. The senior congress leader had filed a petition terming governor C Vidyasagar Rao’s order of 2016 as “arbitrary, illegal and unjust.” Chavan had alleged that it was passed without[Read More…]
Bombay HC grants bail to Major Ramesh Upadhyay in Malegaon blast case
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 2008 Malegaon blast case accused, Major Ramesh Upadhyay, on grounds of parity. In August, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit. While granting bail to Upadhyay, the Bombay High Court asked him to furnish a surety[Read More…]
Bombay HC asks govt to justify Sanjay Dutt’s release within two weeks
On Monday, the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit to justify its decision to grant actor Sanjay Dutt early release from prison in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case within two weeks. The actor was sentenced to five years in jail for possession of arms,[Read More…]
Amul to challenge Bombay HC order against its ads
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the owner of brand Amul, is planning to challenge a Bombay High Court order against its advertisements. On Friday, the single-judge bench of Justice S J Kathawalla granted a plea by Hindustan Unilever for an injunction against rival Amul’s advertisements. The commercials allegedly[Read More…]
Sheena Bora murder case: CBI may challenge Bombay HC’s order
On Monday, the CBI said that it was in thinking of moving the Supreme Court in the Sheena Bora murder case. This move would be challenging the Bombay High Court order which said that the policeman, who questioned accused-turned-approver Shyamvar Rai, was not an independent witness. “We are yet to[Read More…]
Bilkis Bano case: SC refuses to stay conviction of IPS officer
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow a stay on the conviction of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer R S Bhagora in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case. The court further elaborated that there was no emergency on the issue as the convict has already undergone a sentence. The apex[Read More…]
Justice denied: Nirbhaya & Bilkis Bano
“Rape, is the most heinous form of murder. A murder victim dies just once. A rape victim dies every day till she is alive.” These lines were told to me by a Psychology student who was working first-hand among Rape victims for her Doctoral thesis about 20 years back. I[Read More…]
Bilkis Bano case: No death penalty for convicts, rules Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court (HC) on Thursday has ruled that no death penalty will be awarded to three out of 11 convicts for gang raping Bilkis Bano, a 19-year-old pregnant woman, and brutally murdering 14 of her family members, including her three-year-old daughter. The appeal was filed by the Central Bureau[Read More…]
MP: Hospital vandalised after death of RSS leader
A group of people vandalised a hospital in Indore after the death of a RSS leader Himmat Rathore due to alleged medical negligence. A video footage showed an angry mob destroying furnitures, breaking glass panes and overturning stretchers at the Gokul Das Hospital. #WATCH Indore(Madhya Pradesh): Gokul Das Hospital vandalized after[Read More…]
Resign if you don’t want to work: Bombay HC to doctors
Malegaon blasts: NIA submits audio, video clips to Bombay HC
Bombay HC grants bail to three accused who commited ‘murder in the name of religion’
In an unbelievable verdict, the Bombay High Court recently granted bail to three men who were charged with allegedly murdering a Muslim man after attending a meeting of the fringe right-wing group Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) in Pune in 2014. The court said that accused did not kill the man[Read More…]
1993 Mumbai blast convict Rubina Memon’s furlough plea rejected by Bombay HC
1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast terror convict Rubina Suleman Memon’s petition asking for release on furlough has been rejected by the Bombay High Court, reports PTI. “We are not inclined to release the petitioner (Rubina) on furlough as she had been convicted by a TADA court for her involvement in[Read More…]
What have you done to ensure women’s safety: Bombay HC to Maha govt
The Maharashtra government was on Monday directed by the Bombay High Court to file an affidavit detailing steps taken by it to provide safety and security to women who travel during late hours. The HC bench directed the government to file the affidavit by December 21, reported PTI. A division[Read More…]
Bombay HC stays transfer of employee who has mentally challenged child
The Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed till December 20 the transfer of an employee of Maharashtra Association for Cultivation of Science, an autonomous body under the Union Government, saying he had a mentally challenged child to look after. Murlidhar Gurav, a class IV gardener, was promoted as an Assistant[Read More…]