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Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

Mumbai, March 8 Maharashtra will plant 300 trees to increase the state's forest cover to 33 percent, and will incorporate arboriculture into government policy to ensure the conservation of trees, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday.The CM was speaking at the ‘Vriksh Vardhan: 2nd...

Jalna (Maharashtra), March 8 The Bombay High Court has issued notices to Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde and other government officials in a petition challenging the legality of the Jalna District Planning Committee constituted by the state government.Munde is the guardian minister of the...

Mumbai, March 5 The Mumbai unit of the BJP announced its new organizational team on Thursday, appointing Deepak Singh as president of the party's Yuva Morcha and Yojana Thokale as president of the Mahila Morcha.The appointments were part of a broader organizational reshuffle announced by...

Mumbai, March 5 Security overrides religion, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday while refusing any relief to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers seeking to offer namaz (prayers) at the site of a now demolished temporary shed near the city airport during Ramzan.A bench of Justices B P...

Mumbai, March 5 Security overrides religion, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday while refusing any relief to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers seeking to offer namaz (prayers) at a temporary shed near the city airport during Ramzan.A bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla...

Mumbai, March 4 A court here has once again denied bail to Purushottam Chavan, the husband of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Karandikar, in a fraud case involving over Rs 24 crore, noting that there was sufficient evidence to show his involvement in the crime.Chavan is accused of...

Mumbai, March 4 Divorce cannot be granted based solely on alleged cruelty, based on WhatsApp chats, without giving the spouse a chance to respond, the Bombay High Court has said.A bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande last week overturned an order passed by the Nashik...

Mumbai, February 27 The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay a compensation of ₹50 lakh to the widow of an employee who died due to COVID-19 in April 2021.A bench of Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak, in its February 24 order...

Mumbai, February 27 A court here on Friday accepted the closure report submitted by the city police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in the case related to an alleged Rs 25,000 crore scam at the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB), giving a clean chit to the late Ajit Pawar and other...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the residences of industrialist Anil Ambani and the offices of Reliance Communications (RCom) after registering a second case against the company based on a complaint filed by the Bank of Baroda on February...

New Delhi, February 26 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reconstituted a three-member committee set up to investigate the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma after stacks of cash were recovered from his residence here in March last year.The committee has also been granted a...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on the bail plea filed by Pune-based businessman Vishal Agarwal, the father of the minor who is alleged to have been driving the Porsche car involved in the fatal accident on May 19, 2024, which resulted in the deaths of two IT...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on a bail plea filed by the father of a minor involved in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case.On May 19, 2024, a 17-year-old boy, driving a Porsche, allegedly under the influence of alcohol...

New Delhi, February 26 – Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reconstituted the three-member inquiry committee tasked with examining allegations against Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma, who has been at the centre of controversy since cash was discovered in his official residence in...

New Delhi, February 25 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla reconstituted a three-member committee on Wednesday to investigate the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, following the recovery of large sums of cash from his residence here last March.The speaker had constituted the committee...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved orders on a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking to quash a defamation complaint against him over alleged remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A single bench of Justice N R Borkar heard the plea and...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court has dismissed a case against an 85-year-old man accused of disrespecting the national flag, stating that his "mere presence" at a ceremony where the tricolour was unfurled upside down did not constitute a crime.A single bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe...

Mumbai, February 24 – The complainant in the alleged sexual harassment case against actor Sharad Kapoor has approached the Bombay High Court, seeking to transfer the case to the Crime Branch. She has also sought the suspension of the police officer involved in the case.Bollywood actor Sharad...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court has quashed a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against a Nagpur-based lawyer in connection with alleged kickbacks involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.A single bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in an...