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Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Contending that Appeals of Celebrities are Heard on Priority Basis(14.09.2015)

Bombay HC has dismissed petition filed by convict contending that appeals of celebrities are heard on prority basis, stating that such discretion is e.....

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Bombay HC Directs Ganesh Pandal Violators to Contribute to CM Relief Fund(16.09.2015)

Bombay HC has directed Ganesh pandal organisers, on Thane-Belapur Road to pay Rs 1 lakh by Wednesday to Chief Minister’s relief fund. The court impose.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Cancelation of Salman Khan’s Bail Orders(16.09.2015)

Bombay HC has dismissed 2 applications filed by Sushilabai Patil, mother of late Ravindra Patil, complainant in case (Salman’s ex-police bodyguard) .....

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Bombay HC asks Maharashtra Govt. : Will You Release Water for Shahi Snan(22.09.2015)

Bombay HC has sought to know from state government if it was planning to use water from lakes and rivers for last shahi snan (holy dip) in Trimbakeshw.....

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Bombay HC to Govt.: Not to Act on Circular Defining Guideline for Cops to Book People Under Sedition(23.09.2015)

Bombay HC has stayed State Govt’s circular defining guidelines for police to book people under sedition charges. The issue raised during hearing of PI.....

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Bombay High Court Rejects Iskcon’s Plea for Using Shivaji Park(24.09.2015)

Bombay HC has rejected plea filed by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) to hold Jagannath Yatra at Shivaji Park citing a technic.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Life Term for Accused, After 12 Years of Murder(28.10.2015)

Bombay HC, twelve years after a 72-year-old woman was murdered in her flat, has upheld life imprisonment given to accused Rajeshkumar Dwivedi, who use.....

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Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief to 12 FTII Students from Arrest(28.10.2015)

Bombay HC has granted a conditional interim relief to 12 Film and Television Institute of India students facing arrest over August 17 gherao of the in.....

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Bombay High Court to Committee: Study Online Drug Sale Laws Abroad(30.10.2015)

Bombay HC has ordered State Government to consider taking steps in law to regulate the sale of medicines through websites, until a proper law is enfor.....

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Bombay HC Sets Panel to Inquire Building Height Violations Near Aerodrome, Domestic Airport(02.11.2015)

Bombay HC has appointed a committee to look into allegations of violations of building and height regulations around Juhu aerodrome and the domestic a.....

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Bombay HC: If Hubby Earns a Lot, Family Still Depends on Wife(04.11.2015)

Bombay HC while directing New India Assurance to pay compensation to Sangli resident Sunil Garud and his two young sons for the death of his wife in a.....

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Bombay HC Directs BMC to Return 8K Sq metres Land to Developer(04.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has held that Runwal builders is entitled for the return of around 8,209 square metres of land in Nahur that it had surrendered to t.....

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Bombay HC: Police Can take Suo Moto Action Against Builders(20.10.2015)

Bombay HC while raising concerns over illegal constructions in Navi Mumbai, has said that Navi Mumbai Police should take suo moto cognizance and file .....

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Bombay High Court Extends Stay on Govt. Circular on Sedition(21.10.2015)

Bombay HC has extended its interim stay restraining Maharashtra Govt. from acting on its controversial circular on sedition charges so that the law-en.....

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Bombay HC: Dandiya Not an Integral Part of Festival, Can’t be Claimed as Right(23.10.2015)

Bombay HC while dismissing a petition filed by residents of Cassi Mitha building which is adjacent to Rocky Hill Complex in Malabar Hill, has held tha.....

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Bombay HC to Magnasound and Sony: Hand Over Masters and Other Material Back to Official Liquidator(23.10.2015)

Bombay HC has ordered Sony Music and Magnasound India to hand over masters and other material back to official liquidator. Magnasound India had made a.....

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Bombay HC Irks over Violations of Transport Rules and Malpractices in Transportation of School Kids(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC while taking serious note of violations of transport rules and malpractices in transportation of school children, has issued detailed direct.....

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Bombay HC Cancels Conviction of Court Clerk in Bribe Case(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC has cancelled conviction of a HC clerk who was caught taking bribe after a trap was laid by Anti-Corruption Bureau. The court said that set.....

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Bombay HC Bars ex-Tata Employee from from Making Disparaging Remarks on Facebook(16.11.2015)

Bombay HC has barred ex-Tata General Manager from making any disparaging remarks about a wide section of Tata employees, in a case filed against Tata .....

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Bombay HC Grants Relief to Bollywood Actress Mallika Sherawat(16.11.2015)

Bombay HC has allowed revision application filed by Mallika Sherawat alias Reema Lamba, seeking to quash process issued by a magistrate court in Nagpu.....

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Bombay HC : No Quotas for Judicial Posts in State(16.11.2015)

Bombay HC while rejecting a plea that sought implementation of three per cent reservation for persons with disabilities to the posts of civil judges a.....

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Bombay High Court :It is an Era of Intolerance(18.11.2015)

Bombay HC on PIL filed by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan against restricting entry of women right inside inner precincts of dargah, which houses tomb.....

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Bombay HC Asks CARA to Explain New Online Adoption Guidelines(18.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has asked Central Adoption Resources Agency (CARA) to look into the grievances of adoption agencies and adoptive parents regarding i.....

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Bombay HC to Police: Have a Permanent Chowki in GuruTej Bahadhur Nagar(19.11.2015)

Bombay HC has observed that State police needs to take steps in order to deal with increasing law and order problems created by anti-social elements .....

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Bombay HC Confirms Life Sentence for German Woman's Killer(25.11.2015)

Bombay HC has confirmed life imprisonment awarded to real estate agent Iqlaque Fakir Mohammed Shaikh by Pune district and sessions court for the murde.....

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Bombay HC Clears Way for Mhada(02.12.2015)

Bombay HC has cleared ways for Mhada to undertake a mega redevelopment project work in south Mumbai and dismissed petition filed by a developer who ha.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Shiv Sena Members for Assaulting RTI Activist Mallikarjun Bhaikatti(02.12.2015)

Bombay HC has denied anticipatory bail to five Shiv Sena members who allegedly assaulted RTI activist Mallikarjun Bhaikatti on the premises of Shahu C.....

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Bombay HC Irks Over Railways for Not Educating Passenger and for Uncomfortable Journeys(03.12.2015)

Bombay HC has expressing serious displeasure over online video of a person falling off a train on Central Railway and said, "Nobody offered him (decea.....

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Bombay HC to Maharashtra: Come up With Long-Term Measures to Control Farmer Suicides(04.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has said that it expected State Government to take farmers’ suicides seriously and pointed out that farming was considered an activi.....

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Bombay HC Irks Over Mumbai Police for Misusing Law(07.12.2015)

Bombay HC has rapped Mumbai police while hearing case of a Fort resident against whom the MRA Marg police had invoked chapter proceedings in petty off.....

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Bombay HC Confirms Heritage Label for Lata’s Kolhapur Studio(15.12.2015)

Bombay HC has junked a petition filed by playback singer Lata Mangeshkar against inclusion of her Jayprabha studio in Kolhapur in the grade-III herita.....

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Bombay HC Asks BSE, “Do You Undertake Not to Use Illegal Floors?”(15.12.2015)

Bombay HC over petition filed by Yogesh Mehta challenging alleged illegal use of four service floors of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), has asked BSE if .....

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Bombay High Court Irks over State’s Excuse to Monitor Noise Norms(16.12.2015)

Bombay HC has said that it would not hear any excuses on the implementation of noise norms during festivals and processions. When BMC and State cited .....

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Bombay HC to BMC: What've You Done to Stop Trees from Dying(16.12.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) to enumerate the steps it has taken to save rain trees which are dying due to m.....

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Bombay HC: Man Can’t Deny Maintenance to Ex-Wife Who Deserted Him(21.12.2015)

Bombay HC, while confirming a sessions court order directing a man to pay maintenance to his former wife, observed that there was no merit his content.....

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Bomaby HC Stays State Order to Suspend Life Term of 11 Cops in Lakhan Bhaiyya Encounter Case(22.12.2015)

Bombay HC has granted interim stay on Maharashtra Government’s orders to suspend conviction of 11 policemen sentenced to life imprisonment for fake en.....

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Bombay HC Summons Central Govt. Officials over Issue of PAN Card to a Foreign National(05.01.2016)

Bombay High Court while taking serious note of a foreign national obtaining a PAN card by claiming to be an Indian citizen and using it to open two ba.....

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Bombay HC Says Trade in Liquor is Not a Fundamental Right(06.01.2016)

Bombay HC has said no person has a fundamental right to trade in liquor, while upholding State Government’s policy decision to ban manufacturing of mi.....

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Bombay High Court Comes Hard Over Drink and Drive(08.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while ordering Central and State Governments to adopt zero tolerance policy over cases of drink-driving, has stressed that mere presence of.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Life Sentence of Convict in Murder Case on Failure to Prove Alibi(11.01.2016)

Bombay HC while upholding life sentence imposed on a man charged of murdering his minor daughter in 2007, has said that burden of proving plea of ali.....

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Bombay HC to State: Install CCTVs in Schools to Stop Crime Against Women(12.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking note of incident of a nine-year-old girl being sexually assaulted in her school in Dadar, has suggested installation of CCTVs .....

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Bombay HC Denies Relief to CM Quota Flat Allottees(13.01.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to grant relief to few beneficiaries who had been allotted flats under Chief Minister’s discretionary housing quota in Maharashtr.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Recycling Scheme for PET Bottles(09.03.2016)

Bombay HC has admitted petitions that challenge notification of State Home Department and circular of Excise Department which bans use of PET bottles .....

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Bombay HC Slams State Govt. over ULCA Allotments(10.03.2016)

Bombay HC, while coming down heavily on Maharashtra Government for failing to stop irregularities in land allotments under Urban Land Ceiling Act (ULC.....

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Bombay HC Denies Peter’s Plea to Watch Dark Chocolate Preview(10.03.2016)

Bombay HC has denied interim relief to former media baron Peter Mukerjea, an accused in Sheena Bora murder case, and rejected his petition for permiss.....

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Bombay HC Irks at Tax Dept over Issue of Recovering Dues from Vijay Mallya(11.03.2016)

Bombay HC has questioned Service Tax Department’s seriousness in recovering its dues running into crores of rupees and bringing guilty to the book whi.....

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Bombay HC Seeks State’s Reply over Aksa Hotel Raid(11.03.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking public interest litigation that had contended that police raid on couples in hotel rooms had violated their privacy, has sough.....

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Bombay HC Enhances Life Imprisonment into Death Penalty in a Rape Case(14.03.2016)

Bombay HC, has overturned life imprisonment awarded to a 25-year-old, charged of raping and murdering a soon-to-be bride, held that the case falls in .....

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Bombay HC Orders Police to Register FIR in Gurgaon Encounter(16.02.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Mumbai police to register an First Information Report (FIR) against Gurgaon police team that killed a noted gangster in an alle.....

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Bombay HC Takes Note of Railways Death(16.02.2016)

Bombay HC has said that Railways should address deaths of commuters travelling by local trains on a “war footing” as people are dying every single day.....

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Bombay HC Provides Relief to Woman Convicted for Killing Lover(18.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while deciding case of a woman-convict who in her 20s, set her boyfriend on fire for refusing sex, has commuted her life imprisonment to a.....

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Bombay HC Asks Centre to Amend Motor Vehicles Act(19.02.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Centre to consider amending the Motor Vehicles Act to bring in a more stringent penalty for those vehicles found plying without fi.....

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Bombay HC: Directors Above 70 Yrs of Age Need SR and 3/4th Shareholders' Nod to Stay(19.02.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that incumbent directors who are 70 years old and above will face automatic disqualification if they are not elected by a Special .....

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Bombay HC Confirms Conviction of Husband Based on Minor Daughter’s Testimony(22.02.2016)

Bombay HC confirmed a Sessions court order that had sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, based on his minor daughter’s testimo.....

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Bombay HC Enhances Sentence in Acid Attack Case(23.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking acid attack case, has observed that 7-year sentence awarded by trial court for this “inhuman and cruel act” was too meagre and.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Take Plea on 'Dark Chocolate'(08.04.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to decide on a plea made by arrested Peter Mukerjea seeking a stay on release of a Bengali film titled 'Dark Chocolate', which is.....

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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Sale of Park Hyatt in Goa to ITC(08.04.2016)

Bombay HC has quashed sale of luxury property Park Hyatt in Goa to ITC by lender Industrial Financial Corporation of India.

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Bombay HC Pulls Up Doctors and Orders Them to to Immediately Call Off Indefinite Strike(11.04.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up doctors and asked them to immediately call off the indefinite strike they were on from April 3 and resume work. The strike was.....

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Bombay HC Rejects to Put Stay on Release of SRK’s Fan(12.04.2016)

Bombay HC has refused to grant stay on release of the movie Fan following a suit filed by a writer alleging copyright infringement. The court has, how.....

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Bombay HC Says, Check Whether Water Used for IPL is Drinkable or Not(13.04.2016)

Bombay HC has said that a forensic lab must confirm whether the water that was used for the opening match of the IPL tournament was potable or treatab.....

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Bombay HC Raises Finger: IPL Out of Maharashtra After April 30(14.04.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed all matches after April 30 to be shifted out of drought-hit Maharashtra. Due to this ban thirteen matches, including th.....

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Bombay HC Says Phonetic Similarity Not Enough for Alleging Trademark Infringement(18.04.2016)

Bombay HC, while holding that mere phonetic similarity is not sufficient to warrant judicial interference, has refused to grant relief to owners of th.....

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Bombay HC Pulls Up Ban on New Construction in Kalyan Dombivli(26.04.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up ban on new construction imposed last year in Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation limit after it was pointed out that the civ.....

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Bombay HC Orders Cut in Water Supply to Liquor Factories(26.04.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered upto 60% cut in water supply to liquor factories, 50% water cut till May 10 and 60% water cut post May 10.

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Bombay HC Stays Govt. Order Granting Blanket Amnesty to ST Quota Employees Holding Fake Certificates(27.04.2016)

Bombay HC has stayed Government order that assured protection to all ST quota employees, appointed from 1995 to 2001, whose certificates turned out to.....

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Bombay HC: Prisoners Who Jump Parole Now to be Charged with Escaping Arrest(28.04.2016)

Bombay HC, while upholding decision of Maharashtra Govt. to file FIR against absconding accused for resisting arrest, has said that such accused will .....

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Bombay HC Orders Adarsh Society Building Demolition(02.05.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered Union Environment Ministry to demolish 31-storey Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society.

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Bombay HC Vacates Stay Granted to Sooraj Pancholi(03.05.2016)

Bombay HC has vacated stay granted earlier on trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case.

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Bombay HC Extends Stay on FTIL-NSEL Merger til 15 June(03.05.2016)

Bombay HC has extended a stay on merger of Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) and its subsidiary National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) ordered by Cen.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Ban on Slaughter of Bullocks and Decriminalises Possession of Beef(06.05.2016)

Bombay HC has upheld Maharashtra Government's law to ban slaughter of bulls and bullocks, but held as "unconstitutional" the ban on possession of beef.....

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Bombay HC Says Same Person Can’t Be Framed for Murder and Suicide Abetment Alternatively(13.06.2016)

Bombay HC has held that a trial court cannot direct framing of charges against an accused for abetment to commit suicide and alternatively for murder.

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Bombay HC to Censor Board: Clear Udta Punjab With One Cut(14.06.2016)

Bombay HC has cleared Bollywood film Udta Punjab for release with one cut, a scene that the filmmakers said they had offered in court to delete.

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Bombay HC Sets Aside NGT’s Order on Oshiwara(14.06.2016)

Bombay HC has set aside a 2014 decision of NGT, Pune and granted partial relief for developers of an upscale skyscraper at Oshiwara. The HC has direct.....

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL against Satyamev Jayate(22.06.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected a public interest litigation which had taken objection to the use of ‘Satyamev Jayate’ as the title of a show hosted by actor A.....

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Bombay HC Slams CBI, SIT in Dabholkar-Pansare Murders Case(24.06.2016)

Bombay HC has slammed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murders of rationalists Govind Pansare an.....

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Bombay HC Directs Liquidation of Mantri Realty's Assets(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered Official Liquidator to initiate process of liquidating assets of realty developer Mantri Realty, including its head office in so.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Interim Protection from Arrest to Pankaj Bhujbal(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to grant interim protection from arrest to NCP legislator Pankaj Bhujbal in a money laundering case registered by Enforcement Dir.....

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Bombay HC to CBI: Provide Approver’s Statements to Sheena Bora Murder Case Accused(01.07.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered Central Bureau of Investigation court to hand over statements recorded by accused-turned-approver Shyamvar Rai to all accused in.....

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Bombay HC: How Many PU Lands Were Acquired in Last 10 Years(01.07.2016)

Bombay HC has sought to know how many Public Utility (PU) lands were acquired by State Government in the last ten years to honour reservations under M.....

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Bombay HC: Schools have Become “Money Spinning Rackets”(06.07.2016)

Bombay HC, while issuing notice to a private school in south Mumbai for expelling a minor boy from the school without according proper reasons, has ob.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Ateef Mulla, Mulund Blast Convict(08.07.2016)

Bombay HC has denied temporary bail to Ateef Mulla, who has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Mulund blast case o.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bail Plea of Filed by Sameer Gaikwad(12.07.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected bail plea filed by Sameer Gaikwad, arrested in connection with murder of activist Dr Govind Pansare.

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Bombay HC Junks Rs 6,300-Crore Tenders Pankaja Munde Dept Issued(12.07.2016)

Bombay HC has struck down tenders worth Rs 6,300 crore issued earlier this year by Women and Child Development Department headed by BJP Minister Panka.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Relief to Pankaj Bhujbal(14.07.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to quash plea of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Pankaj Bhujbal to cancel Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) issued against him i.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Script Theft Allegation against Director Ashutosh Gowarikar(03.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while providing relief to producers of 'Mohenjo Daro', has dismissed a plea for interim relief by a person who claimed that Director Ashuto.....

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Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection to Pankaj Bhujpal(05.08.2016)

Bombay HC has granted interim protection to Pankaj Bhujbal till August 8 against any arrest by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court.

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to 2002-2003 Mumbai Blast Convict Ghulam Khotal(05.08.2016)

Bombay HC has released a convict in the 2002-2003 Mumbai blasts case on bail of Rs 1 lakh, Ghulam Khotal, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment h.....

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Bombay HC Restrains Restaurant from Using Name “Sassy Spoon”(08.08.2016)

Bombay HC has restrained an Aurangabad restaurant from using name and trademark ‘Sassy Spoon’ observing that the words ‘sassy’ and ‘spoon’ weren’t nor.....

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Bombay HC Suspends Jail Term of 2002 Blasts Convict(11.08.2016)

Bombay HC has suspended 10-year jail term of Atif Mulla, convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for his role in the series of blasts t.....

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Bombay HC: Demolish Floors to Reduce Height of Building near Airport(11.08.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered partial demolition of a private residential building near the international airport’s runway and pulled up both Airports Authori.....

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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra over Noise Pollution Rules(11.08.2016)

Bombay HC has observed that it was unfortunate that in a progressive State, which had given freedom fighters and philosophers to the nation, the court.....

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Bombay HC Directs Corporation to Fill All Potholes by September(12.08.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department (PWD) and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to fill all the.....

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Bombay High Court: Consider ‘Noise Mapping’ Technology(16.08.2016)

Bombay HC has directed State to consider a technology called ‘noise mapping’ which could act as strategic tool to know the silent, residential and hig.....

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Bombay HC: Accused Can’t Use Narco Test to Prove Innocence(16.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while rejecting a murder accused’s plea seeking permission to have one conducted for himself, has said that accused are not allowed to tak.....

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Bombay HC Imposes Fine on a Woman for ‘Frivolous’ PIL(16.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that people should not rush to courts to file cases in profusion under garb of public interest,has imposed a fine of Rs 250.....

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Bombay HC Admits Plea filed by Tata Capital Financial Services for Recovering Dues(17.08.2016)

Bombay HC has admitted winding-up petition filed by Tata Capital Financial Services to recover dues worth about Rs 29 crore from 3i Infotech.

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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra Govt. for Failure to Implement Traffic Rules(17.08.2016)

Bombay HC has expressed displeasure over Maharashtra Government's alleged failure to follow court directions pertaining to implementation of traffic r.....

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Bombay HC to State: Set Up Grievance Cell within 6 Weeks(17.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking note of unabated destruction of wetlands even after interim ban on their reclamation more than two years ago, has directed the.....

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Bombay HC: Permission for Loudspeakers Mandatory(17.08.2016)

Bombay HC has said religious places could use loudspeakers only with prior permission and authorities had to ‘apply their mind’ before giving the go-a.....

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Bombay HC Orders CBI to File Investigation Details in Sealed Cover in Adarsh Case(19.08.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a report, in a sealed cover, into details of investigation for two names of leade.....

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Bombay HC: No VAT Payable by Subway on Franchise Fees in Maharashtra(19.08.2016)

Bombay HC has held that franchise and royalty fees received by Subway Systems India, a group company of the international fast food chain, cannot be s.....

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Bombay HC Denies Relief to Prison Guard Carrying Brown Sugar in Jail(22.08.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to interfere with a 2008 order of Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) confirming departmental penal action of stopping incr.....

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Bombay HC: ‘Dying Declaration’ is No Basis for Conviction unless Trustworthy(22.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that unless dying declaration is trustworthy, it cannot be made basis for conviction, particularly if person making it was .....

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Bombay HC Asks Man to Pay 50,000 to Quash FIR against Minor Son for Under-Age Driving(22.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while sending out a tough message against under-age driving, has directed a man to give Rs 50,000 as costs, if he wants an FIR against his .....

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Bombay HC to Ex-Royal: Deposit Rs 8cr for Stay on Alimony(23.08.2016)

Bombay HC has directed the scion of a former royal family from Punjab to deposit around Rs 8 crore if he wants a stay on a family court's order direct.....

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Bombay HC Directs SSC Board to Pass a Girl with Learning Disability(24.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that students with learning disability deserve sympathy and grace from authorities in their performance, has directed State.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Condone Delay of Eight Years(24.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while rejecting petition filed by husband, seeking condonation of delay of 8 years in challenging a maintenance order passed by Bandra fami.....

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SC Permits Builders' Association to File Review Plea in Bombay HC(24.08.2016)

Supreme Court has allowed an association of builders to file a review petition to challenge the ban imposed by Bombay High Court on new constructions .....

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Bombay HC: Heinous Crime Should be Treated as Crime against Society(29.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while refusing to quash case lodged against 12 people on charges of attempt to murder, has said that crime of 'serious nature' should be tr.....

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Bombay HC: Impotency Allegations against Husband Amounts to Cruelty(29.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while dismissing a wife's plea for restitution of conjugal rights, has ruled that allegations of impotency against husband amount to cruelt.....

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Bombay HC Acquits Policemen in 1998 Custody Death Case(30.08.2016)

Bombay HC has acquitted all the six police officers charged with culpable homicide in a case where a Satara resident died following an alleged assault.....

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Bombay HC Permits Deemed Varsity to Conduct Medical Admissions Based on Entrance Test, State Ranking(31.08.2016)

Bombay HC has allowed Deemed Universities to carry out admissions to medical courses and stayed Central Government move that allowed Maharashtra Gover.....

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Bombay HC Quashes FIR against Sitaram Kunte(31.08.2016)

Bombay HC has quashed an First Information Report (FIR) against former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sitaram Kunte and three senior .....

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Bombay HC: Don't Use Shivaji Park for Car Parking During Ganeshotsav(01.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said it wants Maharashtra Government and Mumbai civic body not to allow Shivaji Park, declared a silence zone, here for parking vehicles.....

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Bombay HC: Apply FSSAI Circular on Duty-Free Shops(01.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Centre and State Government to ensure the implementation of the recent Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) cir.....

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Bombay HC Permits Parking of Cars at Shivaji Park during Ganesh Festival(02.09.2016)

Bombay HC has permitted Maharashtra government and BMC to allot the iconic Shivaji Park ground for parking of vehicles during immersion of Ganesh idol.....

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Bombay HC Withholds NEET Merit List(02.09.2016)

Bombay HC has withheld publishing selection list for MBBS and BDS courses based on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) scores in unaided.....

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Bombay HC: PIL on 15 Dam Projects in Maharashtra Raises Serious Issue, Needs Monitoring(31.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has denied to dismiss a PIL alleging irregularities in tendering process for 15 dam projects in Maharashtra and substandard construc.....

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Bombay HC Directs Expert Panel to Suggest Steps to Catch Learning Disability Early in Kids(04.09.2015)

Bombay HC has directed four-member expert committee comprising doctors, a special educator and a psychiatrist, to give presentation and suggestions on.....

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Bombay HC Expresses Displeasure Over Prayer of Adjournment in Salman Khan’s 2002 Hit and Run Case(08.09.2015)

Bombay HC has expressed displeasure over prayer of actor Salman Khan's counsel, seeking postponement in hearing of Khan's appeal, challenging his five.....

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Bombay High Court Directs 3 Member Commitee to Decide Toll Waiver on Sion-Panvel Highway(09.09.2015)

Bombay HC on petition filed by Sion-Panvel Tollway Private Ltd (SPTPL) challenging exemption to LMVs on 25-km stretch between Mumbai and Panvel, has .....

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Bombay HC Asks "Is it a Feasible Decision to Impose Ban on Meat for 4 Days in a City Like Mumbai"(11.09.2015)

Bombay HC while hearing petition filed by Bombay Mutton Dealers' Association challenging four-day meat ban during Jain festival (Paryushan), has quest.....

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Bombay HC Pulls Up Govt. over Delay in Razing Illegal Shrines(21.09.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up State for not enforcing its own Government Resolution on demolishing illegal religious shrines that came up after September 29.....

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Bombay HC to State: Furnish Details of Steps Taken to Improve System of Criminal Administration(12.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to furnish details of steps it is taking to tackle the problems of overcrowding in jails and of assigning esco.....

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Bombay HC: Man Can Seek Wife’s Test to Prove Non-Consummation of Marriage(12.09.2016)

Bombay HC has upheld an order passed by Mumbai family court in a divorce petition filed in 2011 on grounds of non-consummation, saying that family cou.....

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Bombay HC Junks Application of MCOCA in Assault Case Between 2 Groups(13.09.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled out application of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in assault case between two groups and said that the stringe.....

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Bombay HC: Prisoners Cannot Claim a Right to Strike(13.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while approving transfer of several prisoners, after they staged a hunger strike, demanding better food, easier parole and furlough guideli.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Petition of Art Collector Lance Dane’s ‘Adopted Son’ over Antiques(13.09.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed petition filed by Sanjay Gejge, who claimed to be an adopted son of art collector Lance Dane, challenging validity of City Col.....

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Bombay HC Permits Goats Slaughter on a Building Terrace on Bakrid(13.09.2016)

Bombay HC has held that city residents are entitled to sacrifice goats on occasion of Bakrid, subject to terms and conditions laid down in licences ob.....

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Bombay HC: BMC under Statutory Obligation to Maintain and Repair All Roads(14.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking plea alleging that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had been neglecting Bharat Nagar Road, has held that BMC is under .....

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Bombay HC Quashes Family Court Order Asking Man to Stay with Wife(14.09.2016)

Bombay HC has quashed a Family Court order thereby granted relief to a husband, that asked him to live with his wife.

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Bombay HC: Zero Tolerance for Height Norm Violations Near Airports(15.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said zero tolerance will be adopted for any kind of construction that comes up in violation of height regulations near both domestic and.....

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Bombay HC Raps Service Tax Department over Request to Recall Auction of Mallya’s Jet(15.09.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped Service Tax Department for moving an application requesting the court to recall its earlier order allowing auction sale of the co.....

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Bombay HC Cites Century-Old Law, Bars Redevelopment near Juhu Military Station(15.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while dismissing a petition by developer of a slum rehabilitation project near Juhu Wireless Station, has held that Works of Defence Act pr.....

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Bombay HC Asks Pvt. Unaided Medical Colleges on Domicile Rule in State(15.09.2016)

Bombay HC has asked the unaided medical colleges how were they prejudiced by Maharashtra Government's new domicile criteria in medical admissions.

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Bombay HC Orders Tighter Norms on Long-Term Capital Gains from Property Sale(15.09.2016)

Bombay HC has held that an exemption from long-term capital gains where sale proceeds of original asset are invested in a new residential property, wi.....

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Bombay HC: Women Entitled to End Pregnancy Regardless of Reason(21.09.2016)

Bombay HC has held that scope of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act should extend to "mental health" of a woman and she should be "allowed to opt ou.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Stay on Demolition of Building near Airport(21.09.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to stay its order directing demolition of the top three floors of a residential building near the international airport here due .....

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Bombay HC Denies to Take Plea against Maratha Reservation(22.09.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to take a petition against decision of Maharashtra Government to provide 16 per cent reservation to Maratha community in jobs and.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bail Plea of Cop who Resorted to Third-Degree Torture Leading to Custodial Death(22.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while rejecting pre-arrest bail plea of a police officer from Satara, has said that Police personnel who resort to third degree torture lea.....

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Bombay HC Pulls Up Maharashtra Govt. over Starvation Deaths(22.09.2016)

Bombay HC has expressed shock over rising number of deaths of children due to malnutrition in the State and said this reflected complete apathy on par.....

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Bombay HC: No Need to ‘Recall’ Witnesses in Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Case(23.09.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected plea made by defence team to recall two witnesses, including a child witness, then merely 8 years old and a CBI Officer to test.....

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Bombay HC: Maintain Restraint While Commenting on Women(23.09.2016)

Bombay HC has observed that politicians should maintain decorum and self-restraint while making speeches or comments on women.

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Bombay HC: Take Immediate Steps to Control Waterlogging(23.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to jointly take immediate measures .....

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Bombay HC: Form Policy to Clear Encroachments on Haji Ali Causeway(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to draft a uniform and time-bound policy to remove encroachments from causeway that leads to the main entrance.....

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Bombay HC Permits Construction of 10-Storey Elders’ Home on Prime Versova Plot(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has permitted construction of a 10-storey elders' home on a prime plot in Versova ending a wait of more than 50 years.

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Bombay HC to EOW: Investigate Builder Who Sold Redevelopment Flats Of Allottees(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police to investigate a case they registered against developer Shekhar Dadarkar on Sep. .....

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Bombay HC Seeks Govt’s Reply to US Couple’s Plea to Take Back Embryos(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Union Commerce Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research to take a stand on a plea of an American couple to take back their .....

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Bombay HC: Water is for All, No Region Can Claim Right over It(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to formulate a State Water Resources plan within six weeks and asked them to frame an integrated water plan to.....

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Bombay HC Quashes Charges 8 Years after Conviction for Murder(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has set aside charges of murder and instead charged the convict, a 30-year-old man, with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, eight ye.....

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Bombay HC Pulls Up CBI for ‘Not Applying Mind’ while Filing Report(02.09.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for non-application of mind while filing a report with regard to a criminal application,.....

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Bombay HC: Can Police Provide Number to Report Traffic Violations?(02.09.2016)

Bombay HC has sought information from State Government on whether it is possible to introduce a software for automatic registration of complaints agai.....

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Bombay HC: Viewing Pirated Films Online not an Offence(05.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said it is inaccurate to suggest that merely viewing an illicit copy of a film is a punishable offence under the Copyright Act.

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Bombay HC: Unwanted Pregnancy can Harm Mental Health(05.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that forcing woman to carry on with unwanted pregnancy amounts to causing grave injury to her mental health, has directed a.....

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Bombay HC: MIAL Can’t Demand Share in Income of Airline Operators(05.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said that Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) cannot demand a share in income of airline operators under pretext of recovering airpo.....

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Bombay HC: Noise Troubles? Seek Compensation from Govt.(08.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said that citizens can claim compensation from the State if their complaints about noise pollution have gone unheard.

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Bombay HC Slams Rashtrabhasha Sabha over Land Rule Violations(09.09.2016)

Bombay HC has came down heavily on Maharashtra Rashtrabhasha Sabha for several violations, and directed the Nagpur Improvement Trust to recover additi.....

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Bombay HC Slams Fine of Rs 25,000 on a Man who Filed Plea against Illegal Structures(08.10.2015)

Bombay HC has slammed a fine of Rs 25,000 on an individual who had filed a PIL against illegal constructions in Kurla, but was himself found erecting .....

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Bombay HC Orders Elder to Pay Up Small-Time Investors and Restrain it from Selling Assets(12.10.2015)

Bombay HC has directed Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd to repay Rs 155 crore to small-time investors. The court also admitted 24 winding up petitions filed.....

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Bombay HC asks CBI to Probe Further in Adarsh Scam(05.10.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe further into allegations of four benami flats in the Adarsh scam case.

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Bombay HC Dismisses Bengal Club’s Plea for Larger Pandal for Durga Puja(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed Bengal Club’s plea for a larger pandal for Durga and Kali puja celebrations on Shivaji Park.

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Bombay HC Seeks BMC’s Action Plan over Dengue & Leptospirosis(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC has said that diseases like dengue and leptospirosis were fast becoming epidemics and sought an action plan from the Brihanmumbai Municipal .....

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Bombay HC Dismissed Engineering Graduate’s Petition to Take Back his Degree(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected a petition filed by an engineering graduate seeking a direction to the University of Mumbai to take back his degree as he had o.....

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Bombay HC Rules Restraining Demolition of Dilapidated Building Dangerous to Both Tenants & Passerby(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while dismissing a petition filed by two tenants of an old dilapidated building in Vile Parle challenging BMC's directive, has said, "Allow.....

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Bombay HC Grants Relief to Baina Residents(28.09.2016)

Bombay HC has quashed demolition notices issued by Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) seeking to demolish allegedly illegal structures in N.....

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Bombay HC Suggests One-Car-Per-Family Rule to Ease Traffic Congestion(28.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said Maharashtra Government should consider measures such as restricting number of cars per family and promotion of inland water transpo.....

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Bombay HC Rules, Suspecting Wife’s Character Amounts to Cruelty(28.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while quashing a family court verdict, has allowed an Amravati woman to end her marriage by ruling that “suspecting wife’s character is cr.....

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL Seeking Action against Radhe Maa(29.09.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected a Public Interest Litigation that alleged police inaction on complaints against God woman Radhe Maa.

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Bombay HC: Can’t Give Teachers Non-Educational Work(29.09.2016)

Bombay HC has struck down a State Notification requiring teachers across Maharashtra to undertake house-to-house surveys to prepare and update the Nat.....

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Bombay HC Grants 6 Weeks to CBI to Obtain Scotland Yard Report In Dabholkar Murder Case(30.09.2016)

Bombay HC has asked CBI to obtain forensic reports from the Scotland Yard within six weeks in connection with the probe into murders of rationalist Na.....

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Bombay HC Denies Relief to ‘Illegal’ SoBo Building Developer(30.09.2016)

Bombay HC while dismissing an application by the developer seeking protection from a BMC order to stop work and demolish the building, has refused rel.....

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Bombay HC Directs State to Demolish Illegal Shrines by End of Year(03.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that no religion allows worship at a place which has been built illegally, has asked the State Government to demolish all s.....

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Bombay HC Directs State Govt. to Issue Circular for Reducing Weight of School Bags(25.09.2015)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to issue circular to schools, within 4 weeks, for implementation of recommendations on reducing weight of scho.....

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Bombay HC: Strange That Cops Insist on Custody of Radhe Maa, Not In-Laws Accused of Domestic Violence(29.09.2015)

Bombay HC has said that it was a “little strange” that police insisted on custody of Sukhvinder Kaur, popularly known as Radhe Maa, and not in-laws o.....

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Bombay HC Stops FTIL from Distributing Dividend(01.10.2015)

Bombay HC has stopped Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) from distributing dividend to its shareholders till time the court decides petition file.....

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Bombay HC: MPID Act Applies on NSEL(05.10.2015)

Bombay HC has rejected plea of National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) in challenging applicability of Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors in F.....

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Bombay HC Rules ‘Chief Information Commissioner has Power to Transfer Information Commissioner’(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that State Chief Information Commissioner has power to transfer State Information Commissioner from one region to other to ensure .....

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Bombay HC Directs Hiranandani Group’s Co-founder to pay Rs. 519 Crore Compensation to his Daughter(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has directed entrepreneur and co-founder of Hiranandani Group, Niranjan Hiranandani to deposit Rs 370 crore in cash and another Rs 149.50 cr.....

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Bombay HC Seeks IRDA’s Response over Plan to Recover Unpaid Hospital Bills(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC has sought a response from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on insurance companies floating a scheme where hospitals ca.....

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Bombay HC: RTE Does Not Apply to Minority Schools(10.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while hearing a petition filed by Federation of Linguistic & Religious Minority Education Institutions, has reiterated that Right To Educat.....

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Bombay HC: Divorcee Can’t Make Children Retain his Name(10.10.2016)

Bombay HC has said a divorcee cannot insist on his children retaining his name and surname if he has given up his custodial rights to them.

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Bombay HC Refuses Divorce to Woman who Hid Live-in-Relationship(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has refused to grant divorce to a Borivli woman who hid the fact that she was living with another man and also had a child from that relatio.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Centre’s Opinion over Involving US Firm to help Sell Mallya’s Airbus(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Central Government to decide whether a US-based aviation consultant, Avitas, can be roped in to sell absconding businessman Vij.....

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Bombay HC Asks State Government to File Report on Investigation against Ex-Mumbai Congress Chief(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to file report on its probe in a disproportionate assets case against Ex-Mumbai Congress Chief Kripashankar Si.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Plea to Record Court Proceedings(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed a petition demanding for video recording of proceedings in all courts of the country on ground that it was a fundamental right.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Relief to Doctors against MCI Action(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC has denied to grant relief to a bunch of doctors who challenged orders of Medical Council of India and Maharashtra Medical Council against t.....

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Bombay HC Makes it Difficult to Represent ‘Party in Person’ in Court(26.10.2015)

Representing ‘party in person', will soon become difficult in Maharashtra as Bombay HC has passed fresh set of rules which states that anyone who want.....

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Bombay HC Orders Credit to Joint Author for 'Rock On 2' to Abhishek Kapoor(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC on plea of Abhishek Kapoor alleging that movie “Rock On 2” was written and directed by him but he was not given the credit for the movie's s.....

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Bombay HC Supports CTR’s Patent Infringement Claim Against Sergi(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC has passed an interim order in favour of CTR Manufacturing Industries Ltd in a patent infringement claim against Sergi Transformer Explosion.....

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Bombay HC: Ministers Should Find Time to Perform Duties(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC on a minister’s reply that he will not be available until January 2016 to hear an appeal filed by a cooperative society, has said that even .....

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Bombay HC Slams Assessing Officer For Holding Back Company’s Refund(21.10.2016)

Bombay HC has slammed an I-T Assessing Officer for holding back refunds without sufficient reasons of Group M India, world's largest Media Investment .....

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Bombay HC Slams State for Not Registering Illegal Hoardings Complaints(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped State for refusing to register complaints against illegal hoardings in Mumbai.

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Bombay HC Asks Government to Increase Compensation for Victims of Rail Accident(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has said that Government must enhance the compensation paid to victims of rail accidents to ensure that the amount marches with time.

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Bombay HC Directs NIA to Compile & Submit Previous Orders Concerning Sadhvi Pragya(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has directed National Investigation Agency (NIA) to compile and submit all previous court orders concerning 2008 Malegaon blasts accused Pra.....

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Bombay HC Warns Hospitals over Improper Implementation of Scheme to Treat Poor(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has warned hospitals that if they do not implement a scheme to treat poor, it will direct State Government to take over their beds.

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Bombay HC Slams I-T Department over Wrong Tax Demand(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up Income Tax Department after it found that department had slapped a notice on an individual even though the search and seizure .....

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Bombay HC Grants Parole to Former Don Arun Gawli to Attend Ailing Wife(18.10.2016)

Bombay HC has granted parole to Don Arun Gawli to attend to his ailing wife, who will be undergoing surgery on October 25 in Mumbai.

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Bombay HC Acquits 36-Year-Old of Killing Two Minor Daughters(18.10.2016)

Bombay HC has acquitted 36-year-old Buldhana resident Mahendra Parve, five months after he was sentenced to death for killing his two minor daughters,.....

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Bombay HC Asks Maharashtra to Strictly Regulate Sale of Firecrackers(18.10.2016)

Bombay HC has said that shops storing firecrackers should not be set up in residential areas and directed civic bodies in Maharashtra to ensure strict.....

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Bombay HC to Petitioner: Let State Decide Over Yoga in Civic Schools(03.10.2016)

Bombay HC has directed a petitioner to challenge Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) resolution, which made Suryanamaskar compulsory in all c.....

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Bombay HC Slams State Government over Allocation of Funds for Underprivileged Children(03.10.2016)

Bombay HC came down heavily on Maharashtra Government for its failure in distributing funds, allocated for providing better facilities to underprivile.....

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Bombay HC Seeks State’s Report over Dowry Complaints(04.10.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Maharashtra Government to file a report on dowry-related complaints received by its grievances redressal forum, set up recently.

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Bombay HC Seeks RBI Opinion over Plea to Change Notes and Coins for Blind(04.10.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting difficult.....

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Bombay HC Rules: “Condoms Found in Youth’s Pocket Not Decisive Evidence in Gang Rape”(04.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while releasing on bail of a 25-year-old Pune IT professional arrested for his alleged involvement in a colleague's gang rape, has ruled th.....

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Bombay HC Slams Dadar School for Denying Admission on Basis of Distance(04.10.2016)

Bombay HC has slammed Balmohan Vidyamandir at Shivaji Park for refusing admission to a child in junior kindergarten, only on the ground that she does .....

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Bombay HC Slams State Government over ‘Intentionally’ Delaying Procurement of Decibel Meters(05.10.2016)

Bombay HC has taken strong exception to delay in procurement of decibel meters in Maharashtra saying State Government was “deliberately and intentiona.....

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Bombay HC Asks State : What Will You do against Maharashtra Police in Failed Cases?(22.12.2015)

Bombay HC has asked State Government what action it proposes to take against persons whose dereliction of duty forces cases of drunk driving to fall t.....

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Bombay HC Raps State Govt. over Bad Services of MSRTC(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC has rapped State Government over allowing illegal private transport operators to take away passengers from outside Maharashtra State Road Tr.....

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Bombay HC Rules 'Hindus Can Remarry 90 Days Post Dissolution of Marriage'(05.12.2016)

Bombay HC has said that a Hindu can marry again after 90 days of decree dissolving his or her marriage, if no appeal has been made against such decree.....

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Bombay HC Directs RBI to Issue Payment of Salaries of Aided School Teachers(06.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked RBI to consider issue of payment of salaries to aided school teachers since it is disbursed through District Cooperative B.....

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Bombay HC: ‘People Get Hyper on Religion’(06.12.2016)

Bombay HC, while restraining the police from filing chargesheet against Shirin Dalvi, Ex-editor of Avadhnama, has said that people become hyper when i.....

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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra Police over Custodial Deaths & Tampering Evidence Related Thereto(06.12.2016)

Bombay HC, while making sharp observation on increasing deaths of detainees in the Police Custody in Maharashtra, has observed that whereas police wer.....

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Bombay HC Asks Sessions Court to Complete Bail Process for Salman Khan in 3 Weeks(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC has granted Salman Khan three weeks to complete his bail bond formalities before the trial court.

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Bombay HC Permits Maharashtra Schools to Hike Fees by 15% for 2016-17(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC has passed an interim order allowing schools to hike fee without seeking approval from executive committees of the Parent-Teachers’ Associat.....

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Bombay HC Orders State Govt. to Recover Rs 10 Lakh from Former Congress MLA in a Money-Lending Case(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to recover Rs 10 lakh from Ex-Khamgaon Congress MLA Dilip Sananda following a Supreme Court directive to effec.....

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Bombay HC Says Inadequate Punishment for Rapist Shakes Society's Conscience(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC while enhancing sentence given to a convict by a lower court in a rape case, has said rape violates the fundamental right to life of a woman.....

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Bombay HC Junks Saibaba’s Bail Application and Issues Contempt Notice to Arundhati Roy(24.12.2015)

Bombay HC has junked bail application filed by Naxal sympathizer and Delhi University professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, asked him to surrender withi.....

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Bombay HC Asks Goa Govt. for Rule Changes on Iron Ore Transport(24.12.2015)

Bombay HC, on a petition filed by truckers’ associations, has asked Goa Government to frame new rules for transportation of iron ore, whereby truckers.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bail Plea of Navi Mumbai’s Creche Owner(16.12.2016)

Bombay HC, while calling it unfortunate that State Government had failed to rein in untrained people running creches without abiding by rules and regu.....

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Bombay HC Irks over Increasing Custodial Deaths(14.01.2016)

Bombay HC has irked over State Government's approach towards custodial deaths and said, "The impression among the general public is that the rich get .....

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Bombay HC: Implement GR to Reduce Weight of School Bags(14.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while hearing plea on reducing weight of school bags and for direction to implement an earlier Government Resolution (Govt. Resolution), ha.....

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Bombay HC: Forcing Husband to Stay Away From His Parents Amounts to Cruelty(26.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that any pressure on part of wife on husband to stay away from his parents without any justifiable cause amounts to cruelty.....

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Bombay HC: Decision to Redevelop Property is Collective Decision of Society’s Majority Members(26.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that decision to redevelop a property is collective decision of majority members of cooperative housing society and dissent.....

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Bombay HC: Builders Who Dupes Residents Are Threat to Economy(27.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has observed that builders like Sachin Kelkar, accused of cheating residents in Vile Parle and even banks by selling off a security .....

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Bombay HC: Releasing Water For Religious Purposes Contradicts State’s Water Policy(27.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that State Government’s January 2016 order allowing release of water to Kumbh Mela in Nashik was illegal.

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Bombay HC Suggests Centre to Allow Cops to Lodge Complaints Under Environment Laws(28.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed Union Government to consider allowing police officers to lodge complaints for offences under Environmental Protection A.....

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Bombay HC to MoD: Pay Up 2 Naval Hospital Passouts Who Were Denied Registration(15.07.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay Rs 10,000 each to two petitioners who had done MS Orthopaedics from Naval Hospital INHS Asvini .....

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Bombay HC Grants Relief to 400 Kalyan Families Facing Eviction(20.07.2016)

Bombay HC has stayed an order issued by Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) Commissioner for cancellation of development permission granted w.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Interim Relief to FTIL on Asset Seizure(21.07.2016)

Bombay HC has declined to grant interim relief from attachment of assets to Financial Technologies Ltd (FTIL) in a money laundering case, involving R.....

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Bombay HC: Woman Can Invoke Domestic Violence Act against Female In-Laws(25.07.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that a woman can invoke criminal provisions of Domestic Violence Act against female relatives of her husband.

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL against Sale of 'Antilia'(27.07.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected PIL against Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani's residential building 'Antilia' in South Mumbai after observi.....

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Bombay HC Issues Contempt Notice to RBI Regional Director(27.07.2016)

Bombay HC has issued contempt notice to Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Regional Director in a contempt plea filed by Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Karmachari.....

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Bombay HC Passes Landmark Directions on Judicial Infrastructure(08.05.2017)

Bombay HC has passed directions concerning issues of infrastructure of Civil & Criminal Courts, along with Co-operative Courts, Motor Accidents Claims.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Explosives Controller over Road Transportation of LPG(09.11.2015)

Bombay HC has issued notices to chief controller of explosives and other bodies on a PIL seeking appointment of an independent agency to verify licenc.....

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Bombay HC Grants Relief to Foreigners who are in Final Stages of Surrogacy Process(09.11.2015)

Bombay HC in an interim order has stayed directive of Union Government and Indian Council for Medical Research banning surrogacy for foreign couples w.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Review Petition Filed by Wockhardt Hospital(27.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a Review Petition filed by Wockhardt Hospital where it had challenged Court’s earlier orders directing NIT to undertak.....

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Bombay HC Notices NMC over Empress Mall Violations Case(27.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its other departments on their failure to take action against owners of .....

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Bombay HC Directs Mhada to Seize Builder’s Properties to Pay Transit Rent to Tenants(27.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed Mhada to initiate action against a city builder, including attaching his properties, to recover transit rent which he f.....

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Bombay HC Issues Contempt Notice to Two ACPs for Failure to Curb Noise Pollution(27.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has issued contempt notices to two Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) for failing to take action against noise pollution during.....

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Bombay HC to Maharashtra Government: Decide on Proper Facilities for Kids Staying With Women Inmates(25.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to take a decision on making arrangements for proper upkeep of children staying in prisons a.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Men Charged under Maharashtra Government's Beef Ban Law(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has granted bail to two brothers who were charged under Maharashtra Government's beef ban law for transporting a young bull and attempting t.....

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Bombay HC Reduces Punishment of Prisoner who Overstayed Furlough(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has reduced punishment of a prisoner who overstayed for 93 days, the period of furlough leave granted to him as his wife was unwell, citing .....

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Bombay HC ‘No’ to Regularize ‘Illegal’ Admissions(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has declined to confirm admissions made by two Amravati-based engineering colleges by lowering the pass percentage.

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Bombay HC Denies Interim Relief to Fashion Magazine 'Vogue' in Trademark Dispute(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to grant interim relief to fashion magazine 'Vogue', which sought an injunction against a Just Life Styles, which has retail shop.....

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Bombay HC Lifts Stay, Allows NGT to Hear Mangrove Case(26.09.2016)

Bombay HC has lifted a stay it had granted a year ago against National Green Tribunal (NGT) proceedings against Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation f.....

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Bombay HC Appoints 3-Member Panel to Administer Affairs of Breach Candy Club(27.09.2016)

Bombay HC has appointed a three-member special committee to administer affairs of the city’s oldest elite club, the Breach Candy Club.

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Bombay HC Upholds Notification Issued by NPPA on Retail Price of Certain Drugs(27.09.2016)

Bombay HC has upheld notifications issued by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), fixing maximum retail price for anti-diabetic and cardi.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Discharge of DG Vanzara & Four Other In Sohrabuddin Shaikh Encounter Case(10.09.2018)

Bombay HC has upheld the discharge granted to Ex-Gujarat ATS Chief DG Vanzara and four others saying that the applications challenging their discharge.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Life Sentence to Vehicle Thief Who Killed Constable(05.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that no exception can be made and conviction cannot be altered with lesser punishment, has upheld life sentence handed down.....

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Supreme Court Stays Termination Orders of Law Officers(08.02.2016)

Supreme Court has stayed interim order of Bombay HC suspending implementation of fresh appointments of law officers for politicising appointments of n.....

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Bombay HC to State: Finalize Witness Law(09.02.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up State Government for delay in bringing legislation for protecting witnesses in criminal cases as well as whistle-blowers.

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Bombay HC Takes Note of Farmer Suicides(12.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking suo motu cognizance on 89 farmers committing suicide in Marathwada region in January, has sought a detailed report on farmer s.....

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Bombay HC Directs Railways to Provide Facilities to Disabled Commuters(27.01.2017)

Bombay High court has directed Railways to provide facilities to disabled passengers travelling in local trains and CCTV cameras inside reserved compa.....

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Bombay HC Releases Two Women Rescued from Prostitution Racket(07.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has released two women rescued from an alleged prostitution racket and ordered to be kept at a rehab centre for a year, saying that .....

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Bombay HC Holds Man to be Legally Insane Despite Contrary Medical Opinion(11.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled a man to be "legally insane", despite the fact that he was found to not be suffering from any mental disorder by Yerwada M.....

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Bombay HC: Merely Criminal Case Can’t be Ground to Revoke Arms License(27.07.2016)

Bombay HC, while directing Pune Commissioner of Police to consider afresh an application of a Shiv Sena leader seeking renewal of his license, has hel.....

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Bombay HC Denies Relief to FTIL(28.07.2016)

Bombay HC has yet again refused to grant any relief to Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) seeking to operate bank accounts for day to day expen.....

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Bombay HC Stays Proceedings in Microsoft-Girnar Dispute(29.07.2016)

Bombay HC has stayed proceedings before a single judge in US tech giant, Microsoft’s dispute with an Indian Business Process Outsourcing, Girnar Softw.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Govt. for Hiking E-Tender Limit(29.07.2016)

Bombay HC has directed issuance of notice to State Government for increase in the e-tender allotment amount from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.

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Bombay HC: Provisional Admission Does Not Guarantee Confirmation(01.08.2016)

Bombay HC has held that a provisional admission to an educational institution is provisional only, it does not entitle students to claim legal rights .....

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Bombay HC Directs DGP To Set Up SIT To Conduct A Fresh Investigation In Alleged Fake Encounter Case(15.05.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed the DG of Police, Maharashtra to set up a SIT in order to conduct a fresh probe into the death of one Sham Athwale who .....

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Bombay HC: Once Certificate Is Received, Developer Has No Reason To Delay Conveyance(15.05.2019)

Bombay High Court has held that once full occupation certificate has been received by the developer, there was no justifiable cause for it not issuing.....

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Bombay HC Asks, Can't Companies Give 2% of Profit to Poor Patients(15.01.2016)

Bombay HC has said that corporates must consider setting aside 2% of their profits towards a corpus for patients unable to pay their hospital bills.

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Bombay HC: No Compromise of Air Space Around Mumbai Airport(15.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while saying that there should be no compromise of the air space around Mumbai airport, has directed that a committee be constituted within.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Civic Report on Illegal Banners(18.01.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed civic body’s affidavit on illegal banners and hoardings, saying that report which was submitted earlier, is insufficient and o.....

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Bombay HC Suggests Family Courts to be Sympathetic While Deciding on Custody of Child(21.01.2016)

Bombay HC has suggested that family courts have to sympathetically consider the financial, physical, mental stress while awarding custody of child to .....

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Bombay HC Seeks Detailed Defunct Textile Mill Workers’ Rehab Schemes(21.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while hearing a petition filed by Girni Kamgar Sanghatana, which had sought rehabilitation for mill workers, has ordered State Government t.....

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Bombay HC Restrains State from Cancelling LLB Admission(09.01.2017)

Bombay HC has restrained State from cancelling provisional admissions granted in 2016-17 to students aged above 20 for five-year integrated LLB course.....

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Bombay HC Directs Police to Probe Alleged Scam by Sitting Minister in Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme(14.10.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed the police to register a case and investigate allegations against the management of a sugar factory in Ahmednagar, whic.....

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Bombay HC Slaps Reliance Infra Rs 1 Lakh for ‘Abuse of Legal Process’(20.04.2016)

Bombay HC has slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Reliance Infrastructure for filing a petition that it termed an "abuse of the process of law".

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Bombay HC Seeks Implementation of NEERI Study on Godavari Pollution(22.04.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Nashik Divisional Commissioner to take a decision on the recommendations of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute .....

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Bombay HC Seeks to Know ‘Illegality’ in Uber, Ola Plying Tourist(17.03.2017)

Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know why the use of tourist vehicles by web and app-based taxi service providers like Ola and Uber is illegal.

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Bombay HC: Arbitral Tribunal Can’t Appoint HC Receiver as ‘Receiver Under Arbitration Act’(23.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that an arbitral tribunal does not have power to appoint Court receiver of High Court as a receiver under Section 17 of Arb.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Vires Of Time Limit Under Rule 117 of GST Rules(30.03.2020)

Bombay High Court has held that the time limit prescribed under Rule 117 of the Goods and Services Rules, 2017 for filing of form TRAN-1 in order to c.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Goa Government on Letter Stating Inadequacy of Medical Facilities(30.03.2020)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Goa government after taking cognizance of a letter written to the Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari by law gra.....

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Bombay HC Asks State & Union to Grant Approval to Private Labs for Testing of COVID-19(30.03.2020)

Bombay High Court has passed directions to both the State government and the Union of India to grant approval to private laboratories for testing in o.....

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Bombay HC Expresses Displeasure over Non Payment of Pension to Retd Judicial Staff(19.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has expressed unhappiness over non-payment of pension and arrears to retired judicial officers and warned that if they are not paid .....

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Bombay HC: Must have Convincing Reasons to Withhold Documents Obtained During Seizure under CGST Act(28.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that any authority under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/CGST Act who conducts search of documents or books o.....

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Bombay HC: It Is AO’s Duty to Adjust Unabsorbed Depreciation(25.07.2023)

Bombay HC while quashing the reassessment order has observed that the Assessing Officer (AO) has no jurisdiction to reopen the assessment as he had in.....

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Bombay HC Sentences Six Persons in 1992 Multi-Crore Harshad Mehta’s Scam(30.11.2016)

Bombay High Court, while sentencing six persons, including Sudhir Mehta, brother of late Harshad Mehta, alleged brain behind the 1992 multi-crore secu.....

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Bombay HC Levies Fine of Rs.50,000 Cost on Doctor for Video-Recording Court Proceedings(17.09.2019)

Bombay High Court has levied a fine of Rs 50,000 on Dr Vikram Deshmukh and seized his mobile phone along with his AADHAAR Card after the Court clerk s.....

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Bombay HC Seeks RBI’s Reply over Plea Highlighting Difficulty in Identifying Notes by Blinds(07.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has sought a reply from Reserve Bank of India within six weeks to a plea highlighting difficulty faced by blind persons in identifyi.....

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Bombay HC Directs State to Show More Interest in Improving Poor Conditions of Tribal Population(07.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked Ministers of State Tribal Welfare Department & Women and Child Welfare department to "take more interest" and "show more s.....

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Bombay HC: Preparation of CZMP with Respect to Plot is 'Empty Formality' if it Continues to be CRZ II(27.09.2019)

Bombay High Court has granted permission for redevelopment of slums that was lying stuck for 20 years due to building restrictions under Coastal Regul.....

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Bombay HC: To Attract Section 3(1) (s), Event Must Happen Both in Public and in Presence of Public(30.09.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that insult or humiliation must take place in the presence of or in the proximity of atleast one independent public witnes.....

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Bombay HC: Even if Accused Pleads Guilty, Courts not Authorized to Award Less than Minimum Sentence(03.10.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that even if the Accused pleads guilty Courts are not empowered to impose a sentence below the minimum sentence prescribed.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Exempt Delhi CM from Appearing Before Magistrate Court in 2014 Rally Case(07.12.2015)

Bombay HC has denied to exempt Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from appearing before a magistrate court in Mumbai on a complaint lodged against h.....

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Bombay HC Seeks RBI’s Response Over Inconsistencies in Demonetization Directives to Co-operative Bank(22.11.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that prima facie there were some inconsistencies in two circulars issued by Reserve Bank to District Co-Operative Banks on .....

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Bombay HC: Continue Medical Treatment of Chhagan Bhujbal at Bombay Hospital(24.11.2016)

Bombay HC has asked Enforcement Directorate to continue to provide treatment to NCP Leader Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested in a money-laundering case at Bom.....

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Bombay HC Declares MSRTC Workers’ Strike Illegal(23.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has recalled the strike called by employees of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) holding it illegal.

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Bombay HC : Woman Has Right To Residence In Matrimonial Home Under DV Act(23.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, any woman has a right to reside in her matrimonial home or.....

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Bombay HC: Married Woman Can’t Rely On Husband’s Caste To Contest Reserved Seat(24.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that a married woman cannot simply rely on her husband’s caste to contest an election from a reserved seat.

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Bombay HC: Compulsory Workshops Must be Conducted to Make Officials Aware of Disabilities Act, 2016(14.11.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that the State Government must conduct training programmes and workshops in order to make State Officials aware of the Rig.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Govt., RBI in Case of Pensioners’ Issues(26.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while taking suo motu PIL on problems faced by pensioners while withdrawing pensions, has issued notices to Union of India through Ministry.....

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Bombay HC Quashes Order Directing Husband to Visit IVF Expert to Fulfill Wife's Wish for Second Child(09.12.2019)

Bombay High Court has quashed an order of the Family Court, Nanded directing the husband to visit an In Vitro Fertilisation expert against his wishes .....

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Bombay HC Expresses Concern over City’s Green Cover(29.01.2016)

Bombay HC has irked over steps taken by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure city's green cover does not vanish. Relying on the photogra.....

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Bombay HC Directs Central Railway to Grant Maternity Leave to Employee Who Opted for Surrogacy(01.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while directing railways to grant 180-day maternity leave to complainant, has said "There is nothing in the rules that dis-entitles materni.....

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Bombay HC’s Relief to LD Students(02.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while providing relief to Learning Disabled (LD) students, has held that such students will get student writers as their first preference a.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Relief to Ibrahim Chauhan, Convicted in 1993 Bomb Blasts Case(03.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while admitting petition filed by Ibrahim Chauhan, convicted in the 1993 bomb blasts case, has posted it for further hearing on March 21 an.....

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Bombay HC: Don't Pay Tax if Govt. Can't Curb Graft(03.02.2016)

Bombay HC has asked citizens to “refuse to pay taxes by launching a non-cooperation movement“ if Government failed to control corruption.

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Bombay HC Rules, ‘Relationship Not a Factor That Affects Credibility of Witness’(12.01.2017)

Bombay HC, while observing that ‘relationship’ is not a factor to affect credibility of a witness, has dismissed appeals moved by six convicts, who we.....

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Yes Bank Case: Bombay HC Discharges DHFL(18.11.2021)

Bombay HC has discharged Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. (DHFL) and dropped the proceedings against it in a case of cheating and corruption reg.....

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Bombay HC: Court Cannot Undertake Independent Assessment of Arbitral Award U/S 37 of A&C Act(04.12.2023)

Bombay HC has held that under Section 37 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, the challenge must be related to the impugned order passed under Section 3.....

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Bombay HC Upholds No-Liquor Order For Bombay Gymkhana Annual New Year Meet(02.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has refused to entertain a plea filed by Bombay Gymkhana after Collector failed to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for liquor.....

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2008 Malegaon Blasts: Bombay HC Upholds UAPA Charges, Rejects Purohit’s Plea Challenging Them(19.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sameer Kulkarni, both accused in 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, challeng.....

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Bombay HC Allows Kangana Ranaut to Withdraw Her Suit Challenging BMC's Demolition Order(11.02.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted liberty to Actor Kangana Ranaut to withdraw her plea challenging BMC's demolition order regarding the alleged unauthoriz.....

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Bombay HC: Using Part of National Emblem Violates Rules(14.03.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped Central Government for taking a stand that part use of national emblem does not amount to violation of provisions of the Emblems .....

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Bombay HC Rejects Plea In Sohrabuddin Case(15.03.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed an application filed by a former bureaucrat seeking inquiry into why Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of Sohrabuddin, who was killed.....

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Bombay HC Orders Mira-Bhayander Mayor to Appoint Opposition Leader(17.03.2016)

Bombay HC has ordered Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) Mayor to appoint an opposition leader.

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Bombay HC Seeks State’s Reply on School Bags Policy Implementation(17.03.2016)

Bombay HC has asked State Government to inform the court whether the policy to reduce the weight of school bags has been implemented.

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Bombay HC to FTIL: File Amended Writ in NSEL Merger Case(18.03.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) to file an amended writ petition in matter related to merger of company with National S.....

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Bombay HC: Obscene Acts In Private Place Not Offence(21.03.2016)

Bombay HC, while quashing a case against 13 men who were arrested for allegedly indulging in obscene acts with women in a flat, has said any such acti.....

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Bombay HC Directs BMC to Pull Down Illegal Political Hoardings(17.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to forthwith pull down hoardings and banners put up by political parties and c.....

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Bombay HC Allows Dr Ramakant Keni, 94, to Practice Allopathy(22.03.2016)

Bombay HC has allowed Dr Ramakant Keni, 94, to practice allopathy, partially staying a suspension order passed by the Maharashtra Medical Council on M.....

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Bombay HC Bars Alok Industries Asset Sale(23.03.2016)

Bombay HC has barred Alok Industries asset sale till HSBC plea against the company is settled.

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Bombay HC Asks State to Check Implementation of GR on School Bags(01.04.2016)

Bombay HC has asked State Government to inform it by April 28, the mechanism it has put in place to check that schools implement the last year's Gover.....

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Bombay HC: Hospitals Can't Detain Patients over Non-Payment of Bills(06.04.2016)

Bombay HC has held that hospitals cannot detain patients for non-payment of bills and said, "If a patient does not pay, it can't be that the hospital .....

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Bombay HC to Nagpur Civic Body: ‘Is India Only for Hindus?’(07.04.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped Nagpur civic body over plans to organise a mass recital of Hindu text ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an AIDS awareness camp and asked, ”Ind.....

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Bombay HC Denies Urgent Hearing to Activist on Right to Pray(08.04.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to give urgent hearing on an application filed by an activist seeking recall of its earlier order holding that it was a woman's f.....

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Bombay HC Sentences Man to Life Term for Raping his Daughter, Sodomising Son(23.02.2016)

Bombay HC has upheld life imprisonment of a 37-year old man from Karve Nagar for repeatedly raping his nine-year-old daughter and sodomising his 12-ye.....

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Bombay HC: Policemen Are 'Soft Targets’(24.02.2016)

Bombay HC, while refusing to entertain a petition filed by a young man alleging assault by police officers, has said that police were “soft target” i.....

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Bombay HC: Second Wife Can Claim Retirement Benefits of Deceased Husband(25.02.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that second wife of a Union Government employee can claim retirement benefits of the deceased husband who had nominated his second.....

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Bombay High Court: Fake Websites Providing PAN Card Services A National Threat(18.01.2024)

Bombay HC while passing an ex-parte interim injunction against certain entities allegedly operating fake websites providing PAN card services on behal.....

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL Seeking New Commission to Probe Gandhi Murder(07.06.2016)

Bombay HC has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to probe afresh the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.....

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Bombay HC Seeks CBI's Response on Peter Mukerjea's Bail Plea in Sheena Bora Case(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has asked CBI for its response on the bail plea of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of .....

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Bombay HC Irks over State Government on Wetlands Issue(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has irked over State Govt. for seeking modification of its March 2013 order which banned construction and reclamation on wetlands.

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL against Ban on Clicking Pictures of RBI HQ(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected a public interest litigation which said Reserve Bank of India cannot prohibit the general public from taking pictures of its He.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Set Aside GR on Aadhaar in School admissions(28.06.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to set aside a Government Resolution (GR) which requires children to submit Aadhaar cards while securing school admission.

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Bombay HC Says, Ship Can’t be Barred from Sailing Off over Detained Cargo(29.06.2016)

Bombay HC has said that a ship cannot be barred from sailing off merely because its cargo has been detained by a court order in a dispute between two .....

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Bombay HC: Singular Dying Declaration Enough for Conviction(29.06.2016)

Bombay HC, while rejecting application of a Kanhan-based man who set his wife afire after a quarrel, has ruled that a single reliable dying declaratio.....

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Any Party to A Legal Proceeding Ought to be Either Necessary Party or Proper Party: Bombay HC(04.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that all those other parties to a legal proceeding whose presence may be considered proper for an effective adjudication of.....

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Bombay HC Denies Plea of Cops for Pre-Arrest Bail in Sangli Custodial Death Case(12.08.2016)

Bombay HC has denied plea for pre-arrest bail by three Sangli police officers who were booked over the custodial death of an accused.

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Bombay HC Raps State for Holding Up Pension Claim for 10 Years(12.08.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped State Government for stonewalling the pension claims of Ravindranath Mohite and ordered two senior officials to pay a compensatio.....

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Bombay HC Permits Govt. to Raise Gosikhurd Dam's Height(12.08.2016)

Bombay HC has allowed Maharashtra Water Resources Department (WRD) to raise height of Gosikhurd National Irrigation Project which would enable the dep.....

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Bombay HC Stops a Lounge Bar in Belgaum from Using Name “Blu Frog”(10.05.2016)

Bombay HC restrained operation of lounge bar named “Blu Frog” at a Mall in Belgaum under that name and logo, stating that merely dropping letter 'e' d.....

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Bombay HC Rules, Speeding Alone No Ground to Book Person for Rash Driving(11.05.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that driving a car at high speeds is by itself not a strong enough ground to book a person for rash and negligent driving.

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Bombay HC Rules, It’s a Father’s Obligation to Ensure Comfort of Child(16.05.2016)

Bombay HC, while upholding an order of family court increasing child’s maintenance amount payable by the father, has said a father had an obligation t.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Ex-Chief Minister Narayan Rane’s Son(18.05.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to grant pre-arrest bail to Ex-Congress MP Nilesh Rane, son of Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, in a case of alleged a.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Bail to Convicts Sentenced in 2002-2003 Triple Bomb Blasts Case(18.05.2016)

Bombay HC has refused to grant bail to two convicts sentenced in the 2002-2003 triple bomb blasts case.

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Bombay HC Raps Advocates for Attempt to ‘Settle’ Sexual Abuse Cases(29.08.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped advocate seeking settlement in sexual abuse case and said that offences against women do not deserve to be compromised even befor.....

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Bombay HC Irks with Lokayukta's Functioning, Warns to Issue Contempt(29.08.2016)

Bombay HC has irked over arbitrary manner in which Maharashtra Lokayukta was functioning and warned its Chief with a contempt notice if it fails to co.....

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Bombay HC: Provision Mandating Pre-deposit for Filing Appeal under Customs Act is Constitutional(26.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld constitutional validity of Section 129E of Customs Act, 1962 mandating pre-deposit for filing 7.5% of demand on first app.....

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Bombay HC: Appoint Nodal Officers to Track Progress in Service of Notices Sent Abroad(10.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed Union of India to appoint nodal officers in Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law and Justice for purpose of tra.....

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Bombay HC: Decide by September 6 if Mumbai-Pune Expressway Toll Should Continue(05.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the State Government to decide by September 6 whether the toll collection on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway should continue.

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Bombay HC Holds Marriage of 52-Year Old With Minor as Valid(07.05.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled in the case of a lawyer, then 52 years old, who had married a 14-year-old girl in 2015 that if the girl, who is now a lega.....

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Bombay HC Extends Interim Arrangement of Hearing Only Extremely Urgent Cases Till May 4(16.04.2020)

Bombay High Court has extended the interim arrangement of hearing only extremely urgent cases till 4th May, 2020 in light of the extension of the nati.....

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Bombay HC: Police Order Prohibiting Dissemination of Information to Protect from Fake News(16.04.2020)

Bombay High Court has observed that the order passed by Mumbai Police dated 10th April, 2020, prohibiting people from disseminating information throug.....

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Bombay HC: Once Divorce Is Granted, Relief Can't Be Sought Under DV Act(25.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by under the Domestic Violence Act.

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Bombay HC: Principal Can't Be Prosecuted For Cruelty Under JJ Act For Teacher’s Action(08.03.2022)

Bombay HC has held that the headmaster of a school cannot be prosecuted for cruelty under the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act) for a teacher's actions me.....

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Bombay HC: Nothing Wrong if Alimony is for Maintaining Lifestyle(22.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while giving partial relief to a man from a royal family, has said that there is nothing wrong in a woman expecting to maintain the same li.....

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Payal Tadvi Case: Bombay HC Grants Permission to Crime Branch to Interrogate Three Accused Doctors(07.06.2019)

Bombay High Court has refused to grant permission to crime branch the custody of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of th.....

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Bombay HC Allows Equal Custody of Child to Both Parents(05.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while granting paramount importance to child’s need of both parents, has allowed equal custody of a seven-year-old boy, who is a slow learn.....

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Bombay HC Calls for Safe Working Environment for Women(05.10.2016)

Bombay HC has held that any misconduct against women employees must be dealt with most sternly and asked organizations to draw up a list of "dos and d.....

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Bombay HC: Parents of Child Born Through Surrogacy Will be Entitled to Maternity And Paternity Leave(15.07.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that the parents of a surrogate child are also entitled to paternity and maternity leave. The Court noted that the issue i.....

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Bombay HC: Arbitral Tribunal Cannot Apply Public Law Principles(21.06.2021)

Bombay High Court while setting aside the arbitration award against the BCCI over the termination of Deccan Chargers from IPL observed that an Arbitra.....

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Bombay HC: Nashik Jail Superintendent’s Order Rejecting Parole to Convicts Quashed(21.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of the Superintendent of Nashik Open District Prison that rejected the application for emergency .....

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Bombay HC to Maharashtra: Serve Summons by Post to Reduce Pending Cases(19.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while aiming to bring down pendency of cases of cheque bounce, has asked Maharashtra Govt. to amend laws to provide for serving warrants, s.....

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Bombay HC Declines to Stay ‘Surya Namaskar’ in Civic Schools(19.09.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that 'Surya Namaskar' is just a form of an exercise good for body, has declined to grant an interim stay on a resolution by.....

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Bombay HC Asks State Government for List of Measures to Tackle Serious Issues Like Drought(15.05.2019)

Bombay HC has sought to know from the State Government what measures it proposes to tackle "serious" issues like the drought in the State.

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Bombay High Court: Eating House License Doesn’t Automatically Include License To Serve Hookah(03.05.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that an Eating House Licence granted to a restaurateur doesn’t deem to include a permit to serve ‘Hookah’ or ‘Herbal Hookah.....

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Bombay HC: Running Clinics is not a Commercial Activity(25.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that a clinic run of a private doctor or their partnership firm can't come under the definition of 'commercial establishmen.....

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Bombay HC Junks PIL on Organ Transplant(25.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that there was nothing wrong with procedures laid down for swap transplants as they are very necessary.

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to P. Chaidambaram in Rs. 10,000 Crores Suit Filed by 63 Moons Technologies(06.08.2019)

Bombay High Court while taking note of the suit filed by 63 Moons Technologies Ltd in June 2019 seeking damages and compensation to the tune of Rs 10,.....

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Bombay HC: Environmental Clearance Must for Continuation of Work on Rs 14,000 Cr Mumbai Coastal Road(16.07.2019)

Bombay High Court has quashed the Coastal Regulation Zone/CRZ clearances granted to the city civic body's Rs 14,000-crore coastal road project. The pr.....

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Bombay HC:4 Weeks Anticipatory Bail Granted to Journalist in FIR Over Tweet on Ghaziabad Incident(21.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted 4 weeks transit anticipatory bail to journalist Rana Ayyub in the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh police over her tw.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Rape Convict's Plea After Completion of Jail Term(23.11.2015)

Bombay HC has dismissed appeal filed by convict against five-year sentence granted to him for raping a minor in 2011. The convict has already served .....

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Bombay HC Seeks Monthly Status Report on Action Taken Against Illegal Shrines(24.11.2015)

Bombay HC has ordered all civic bodies across State to file status reports of action taken against illegal shrines with the Maharashtra government on .....

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Bombay HC Constantly Following or Watching Child With Bad Intention Is Offence Under POCSO Act(04.10.2017)

Bombay HC has ruled that if a person with sexual intent repeatedly or constantly follows or watches or contacts a child either directly or through oth.....

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Bombay HC Says SEBI has Committed Error Dismissing NDTV’s Delay in Filing Settlement Applications(05.09.2019)

Bombay High Court has granted relief to NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy by setting aside the orders passed by the Securities and Exchange B.....

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Chotta Rajan-Netflix Row: Bombay HC Refuses to Direct Netflix to Take Down 'Scoop' Web Series(02.06.2023)

Bombay HC, while refusing to grant relief to Gangster Chhota Rajan in a suit filed by him against the makers of Netflix series ‘Scoop’ for allegedly d.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Relief to Tarun Tejpal in Rape Case(27.09.2017)

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to Tarun Tejpal, the former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, and allowed charge.....

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Artist Vineet Kacker Accused Of Hurting Religious Sentiments(28.09.2017)

Bombay HC has quashed FIR filed against award winning ceramic artist Vineet Kacker, who was charged for hurting religious sentiments during one of his.....

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Bombay HC Directs Council to Pay Rs 2 Lakhs to Mother of Vegetable Vendor Killed in Wall Collapse(14.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed Barshi Municipal Council to pay Rs 2 lakh as interim compensation to the aged mother of a vegetable seller who died due.....

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Bombay HC Gives Nod to Death Sentence of Man Who Killed Daughter for Performing Inter-Caste Marriage(14.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has confirmed the death sentence awarded to Eknath Kumbharkar who was convicted of killing his nine months pregnant daughter by stra.....

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Bombay HC: Deceased Victim's Salary Cannot be Evaluated on Ground that Victim was Brilliant Student(19.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that merely because the victim in a motor accident case was a brilliant student his salary cannot be assessed as exemplary.....

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Bombay HC: Neither Union nor State has Authority to Issue Guidelines to Govern Judicial Discretion(20.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by a man who challenged the constitutional validity of Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.....

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Bombay HC Stays State’s Order Allowing to Hunt Certain Wild Animals(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has stayed State Government order granting deemed permission to farmers to kill Wild Boars and Nilgais damaging crops.

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Bombay HC Denies Relief to Telephone Officer over Case Relating to Loss of Telephone Cables(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has refused to interfere with decision of Authorities to compulsorily retire a Junior Telecom Officer in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd after.....

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Bombay HC to State Govt.: Compile Data Supporting its Case within Six Weeks in Maratha Reservation(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has granted State government six weeks to compile data, file replies along with affidavit in support of its stand on reserving seats in gove.....

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Bombay HC to Government: "Mandals" to Follow Idol Immersion Guidelines, Not to Use POP(02.09.2024)

The Bombay HC has directed the state government to issue directions to all municipal corporations to impose 'strict conditions' on Mandals seeking to .....

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