Source: downtoearth.org.in Bombay High Court has on October 4, 2019, dismissed petitions to declare Aarey Colony in Mumbai as forest and refused to stop felling of more than 2,500 trees for metro car shed project, according to media reports. Aarey, situated in Goregaon, is famous among nature enthusiasts for being the green lungs of the city. It houses 2,702
Source: thehindu.com The Pune Police on Thursday submitted before the Bombay High Court that there is sufficient prima facie material to charge lawyer and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for her alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon violence. Arguing before a single Bench of Justice S.V. Kotwal, additional public
Source: ndtv.com MUMBAI: Amid a raging row over felling of trees for a metro car shed in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Monday quipped how the government would manage ecology when it cannot handle the national economy with best resources at its disposal. The remark was made by a division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: A teenager would not be getting Rs28 lakh, the amount her parents paid for her admission in a medical course. It comes after the Bombay High Court refused to provide any help to the teenage girl, who first took admission in a medical course and suddenly gave it up and sought a
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court held there is no fundamental right to “free” electricity for business or commercial purposes. HC also said that any government-provided service cannot be used for a private self-serving benefit. The bench of Justices Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Gautam Patel delivered the significant judgment while dismissing
Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: When a lonely girl is picked up by youngsters with an intention to rape her, she would obviously not offer any resistance and would instead think of saving her life, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court observed while upholding the conviction and punishment of two men, who gang-raped a teenager
Source: asianage.com Mumbai: The Bombay high court refused to provide any relief to Post Office employees who received notice from the Election Commission (EC) asking them to participate in the work pertaining to forthcoming Assembly elections. The court while refusing their petition said that the EC has done no wrong by asking them to do the
Source: indianexpress.com THE BOMBAY High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to confine itself to felling mangroves in an area of only 200 sq m to build 10 pillars for the Bandra-Versova Sea Link. “Only fell the trees required to make pillars, nothing more than that,” Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
Source: moneycontrol.com A 2004 sexual harassment case against angel investor Mahesh Murthy has been quashed by the Bombay High Court. The court noted that the complainant has not “properly explained” why a case was filed 14 years after the incident. The suburban Bandra Police had registered the case against Murthy in March 2018 under Indian Penal
Source: newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the probe report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder case of CPI leader Govind Pansare. The report “lacks independent steps” and the things “need t be moving”, noted the bench of justices SC Dharmadhikari and GS Patel, as they heard
