Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Coastal Road Project worth Rs 14,000 crore. The Coastal Road project will connect South Mumbai’s Marine Drive area to Kandivali in North Mumbai. The project was challenged by environmental activists, residents
Source:- timesnownews.com Mumbai: A man was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly touching himself inappropriately in front of a minor. The accused works as a tailor. The four-year-old boy shared the incident with his family, after which they approached the police. The arrest was made on Tuesday, June 4. The complaint against the accused was lodged
Source:-freepressjournal.in Mumbai: On Wednesday afternoon residents of Lokhandwala and Versova came together spreading awareness for the preservation of mangroves near Mumbai coastline. June 5 is known as the world environment day, hence the citizens took the initiative to signify the importance of the day by informing the residents to stand across and unify in protecting the
Source:-.hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court (HC) on Monday directed the state home department to clear its stance on herbal hookah, clarifying whether the purportedly tobacco-free product is prohibited or not. The direction came after architect-turned-restaurateur Ali Reza Abdi approached the HC, seeking a declaration that the provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act
Source:-asianage.com Mumbai: The Bombay high court has rejected the bail application of a stepfather who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court. The high court refused to accept the accused’s contention that the prosecution had failed to prove the age of the victim as well as her pregnancy. A division bench of Justice
Source:- hindustantimes.com Around 2.1 million people have TB in India, of which an estimated 30,000 people have MDR-TB. Only 6,500 patients are on the bedaquiline-based treatment regimen, which may cause severe side effects such as heart problems and hearing impairment. The Union health ministry is considering a proposal to allow bedaquiline, a controlled-access drug used in
Source – dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government was hauled up by the Apex Court last week as it failed to abide by the court’s order of reissuing licenses to dance bars which were shut down by Devendra Fadnavis three years back. The court held that reasons given by the government were only related to moral policing. The
Source:- financialexpress.com The Bombay High Court today directed YouTube to forthwith delete a secretly-shot video of the proceedings in a high court judge’s courtroom and issued notices to the video-sharing website and search engine Google. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Anuja Prabhudessai sought their response as to why action under contempt
Source:- intoday.in The construction work for Mumbai metro rail project faces another hurdle as the Bombay High Court has refused to allow cutting of trees. The high court extended the stay on tree-cutting for another two weeks. The Bombay High Court today refused to lift its stay on cutting of trees for the metro rail
