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Mumbai, February 19 The Bombay High Court has criticized the Maharashtra government for its "large and systemic failure" in dealing with land acquisition matters, depriving owners of compensation, and has directed it to adopt a "mission-mode" approach to resolve them.A bench of Justices Vibha...

Mumbai, February 18 A child raised exclusively by her mother cannot be compelled to carry her father's name, surname, and caste simply because a format once demanded it, the Bombay High Court has said while permitting a girl to change her name and caste in school records.Justices Vibha...

Mumbai, February 18 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday criticized the Navy for allegedly failing to prevent the construction of a 23-story building near INS Shikra, the Navy's premier air station in South Mumbai.The rebuke came as a bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri heard a...

Mumbai, February 18 Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that he is unable to provide a definite timeline for his return to India, citing the revocation of his passport and also being legally barred from leaving the UK.A statement from Mallya was...

Mumbai, February 18 – The Maharashtra government, led by the BJP, has formally revoked the 5% quota for Muslims in jobs and education, introduced in 2014 through an ordinance by the previous Congress-NCP dispensation. This ordinance, which never became law, ends the legal ambiguity.The move...

Mumbai, February 18 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday criticised naval authorities for not taking timely action regarding the construction of a high-rise building near INS Shikra, the Navy's premier air station in south Mumbai, and asked them to be more vigilant.A bench of Justices Ravindra...

Mumbai, February 18 The opposition on Wednesday said the BJP-led Maharashtra government's decision to cancel the 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in education and jobs has exposed its "anti-minority" mindset, and questioned the logic behind withdrawing an ordinance that lapsed years ago.A...

Mumbai, February 18 – UK-based businessman Vijay Mallya informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that he is unable to specify when he will return to India. He cited restrictions imposed by courts in England that he said prevented him from leaving the country.The matter was heard by a bench...

Mumbai, February 18 Vijay Mallya, a businessman who has been accused of fraud and money laundering, told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that he cannot say when he will return to India, as he is legally prohibited from leaving the UK.In a statement submitted through his lawyer, Amit Desai...

Mumbai, February 18 Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad said on Wednesday that the Maharashtra government, led by the BJP, had made the decision to cancel the five per cent reservation for Muslims, which was "harmful to democracy" and would push the community away from the mainstream.The...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court granted bail to an accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case on grounds of parity on Wednesday.The case relates to an incident on May 19, 2024, in which a Porsche car, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy under the influence of alcohol, fatally...

Mumbai, February 16 Veteran actor and Member of Parliament, Shatrughan Sinha, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking protection of his personality rights, including his iconic dialogue "Khamosh" (silence).A bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh heard the actor's plea on Monday and...

New Delhi, February 16 – The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Abu Salem, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, seeking early release under the extradition arrangement between India and Portugal.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed Abu Salem to...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by gangster Abu Salem, who claimed that he was in "illegal custody" for over 10 months, as he had already undergone the 25-year sentence awarded to him in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.Salem, a convict in the...

New Delhi, February 15 – The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the legal heir of a priest challenging concurrent eviction orders concerning a portion of the historic Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, but granted him four years' time to vacate the premises, taking into...

New Delhi, February 15 The Supreme Court has ordered a septuagenarian monk to vacate a portion of the iconic Babulanath Temple in Mumbai within four years, and upheld the Bombay High Court's order directing his eviction.It is rare for the apex court to grant such a long duration for eviction...

Mumbai, February 13 The Bombay High Court has restrained actor-producer Vidnyan Mane from making defamatory remarks against composer Palash Muchhal, noting his comments regarding an incident that occurred before the latter's scheduled wedding to cricketer Smriti Mandhana were "insinuating and...

Mumbai, February 13 The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra police to submit details of any security audits conducted of high court buildings and residential premises of judges across the state and all trial courts.A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam...

Mumbai, February 13 The Bombay High Court on Friday criticized the BMC's "weak excuse" for not clearing encroachments on a street in the suburb of Powai, observing that the civic body's claim that the road was private property amounted to "complete abdication of its powers".A bench of Justices...

Chandrapur, February 13 Senior BJP leader and Ballarpur MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar has said that "everyone is opposed" to a proposed mining project near the buffer zone of the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.The Bombay High Court has taken cognizance of the matter...