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Panaji, April 2 The Bombay High Court completed hearing arguments on Thursday regarding two petitions filed against the upcoming by-election for the Ponda assembly seat in Goa, according to the lawyer representing one of the petitioners.The bench, comprising Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit...

Mumbai, April 2 The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Maharashtra government to respond to a petition challenging its decision to cancel the five per cent reservation in education and jobs for the Muslim community.A bench of Justices R I Chagla and Advait Sethna asked the state...

Mumbai, April 1 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by actress Anita Advani seeking recognition of her alleged relationship with late Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna as a marriage.A single bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh dismissed the appeal filed by Advani...

Mumbai, April 1 – The Bombay High Court has dismissed the plea of actress Anita Advani seeking legal recognition for her marriage to the late superstar Rajesh Khanna.The court upheld the earlier verdict of the Dindoshi sessions court. The case has been surrounded by controversy since Rajesh...

Jalna, March 31 The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Congress leader challenging the election of Shiv Sena MLA Arjun Khotkar in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, citing that the petition lacked merit.The petition, filed by Congress's Kailash Gorantyal, stated that...

Mumbai, March 28 – The Mumbai Police arrested a man on Saturday, accusing him of cyber-cheating a judge of the Bombay High Court. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim, a 25-year-old from Jamtara, Jharkhand, was taken into custody for allegedly creating fake customer care numbers and...

Mumbai, March 27 For consumers in Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (Mahavitaran) who use up to 100 units per month, the average tariff will decrease from ₹7.31 to ₹7.10.Over five years, the electricity tariff for this category is set to decline by 26 per cent. Prior to the...

Mumbai, March 27 The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation against Reliance Industries Limited and its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani for alleged illegal extraction of natural gas from ONGC's Krishna-Godavari basin fields.A bench of Chief...

Mumbai, March 26 The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed concern over the ongoing crisis of infant, pregnant women, and lactating mothers dying due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.A bench headed by Justice R V Ghuge termed it a "tragedy" that the problem persists despite decades...

New Delhi, March 26 – The Supreme Court has cautioned that the growing practice of citing "non-existent" or incorrect judgments has emerged as a "rampant menace" affecting courts not only in India but across jurisdictions globally.Emphasising the need for heightened vigilance in judicial...

New Delhi, March 26 The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the growing "menace" of litigants and lawyers citing non-existent judgments generated by artificial intelligence.A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi said that the practice is becoming increasingly rampant...

Mumbai, March 26 The Bombay High Court has suggested that railway authorities introduce public safety announcements on all long-distance trains, specifying the stations where they will halt, similar to the practice followed in Vande Bharat trains.A single bench of Justice Jitendra Jain, in the...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 25 Post offices in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city, Maharashtra, were thoroughly searched by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) on Wednesday after an email received by the administration warned of blasts in their premises, an official said.So far...

Mumbai, March 23 The Bombay High Court on Monday said the current situation of street vendors in the city is "deeply concerning" and directed the city's municipal body and police to conduct a thorough verification of the identity of all vendors and their helpers, including those alleged to be...

Mumbai, March 23 Dr. Sangram Patil, based in Britain, told the Bombay High Court on Monday that the FIR filed against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks against BJP leaders was an attempt to criminalize political speech and dissent, while also assuring cooperation with the police in...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday transferred a copyright lawsuit filed by music composer Ilaiyaraaja from the Madras High Court to the Bombay High Court.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Vinod K Chandran allowed a petition by Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt Ltd for the...

Mumbai, March 23 The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the city's civic body and police to conduct a thorough verification of the identity of all street vendors and their helpers, including those alleged to be from Bangladesh.The court stated that if any person is found to be an illegal...

Mumbai, March 23 Former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday that he never demanded or took a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan following the latter's arrest in a cruise drugs case.Wankhede's counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing...

Mumbai, March 20 A special NIA court in Mumbai denied permission to Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to visit Kerala for two months to celebrate Eid with his elderly mother, observing that the plea was "mischievous".In his ruling on Wednesday, Special NIA Judge...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court order that allowed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove over 45,000 mangroves for the Versova-Bhayander road project in North Mumbai.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice...