Category: Bombay High Court

PMC Bank scam: Bombay High Court sets up panel for sale of HDIL assets; next date of hearing on 30 April.

Source – firstpost.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court set up a three-member committee on Wednesday for valuation and sale of encumbered assets of Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) to expeditiously recover dues payable by the firm to crisis-hit Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank. A division bench of Justices RV More and SP Tavade said

Bombay High Court upholds acquittal of cop booked for using ‘third-degree’.

Source – freepressjournal.in Mumbai: Putting an end to a 17 years old litigation, the Bombay High Court last week upheld the acquittal of a Pune police officer, who was booked for using ‘third-degree’ interrogation on an informer, who later on died. A bench of Justice Kalpathi Sriram acquitted Chiraguddin Tamboli (50), who was acquitted by

Mumbai may have at least two operational metro lines in 2020.

Source – indiatoday.in If things work as planned, Mumbai will have at least two operational metro lines in 2020 connecting the western suburbs of the city. The two corridors, Metro Line-2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro Line-7 (Dahisar East-Andheri East), are proposed to be commissioned simultaneously in 2020, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said

Vidarbha irrigation scam: Bombay HC adjourns hearing in PIL for central probe till Jan.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Bombay High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing to January in a plea demanding a central probe into the multi-crore Vidarbha irrigation scam and opposing the Maharashtra anti-corruption bureau’s (ACB’s) clearance to NCP leader Ajit Pawar. ACB, in its affidavits submitted to the high court in November, had ruled out the

Chanda Kochhar termination: Bombay High Court seeks RBI reply; next hearing on 18 December.

Source – firstpost.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought responses from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a plea by Chanda Kochhar challenging her termination as the chief executive and managing director of ICICI Bank, months after she voluntarily left the second-largest private sector lender. The high-profile ex-banker had on 30 November moved

PMC Bank scam: Bombay HC rejects plea for removal of withdrawal restrictions.

Source – indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by depositors of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank seeking removal of restrictions on withdrawals imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), following crisis in the bank over the last few months. The current withdrawal limit for depositors is Rs 50,000,