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Only instant triple talaq barred, not Talaq-e-Ahsan: Bombay HC
April 24, 2025 5:23 pm
The bench in its order said the First Information Report (FIR) is not registered for the offence of harassment under the Indian Penal Code.
Rakhi Sawant moves Bombay HC challenging outrage of modesty, defamation case filed by model in 2022
December 05, 2023 9:35 pm
The plea by Sawant filed through advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh states, “The false accusations and defamatory statements made by the complainant not only cause personal distress but also ruin Sawant’s once successful career."
Bombay HC remands Gautam Navlakha's bail plea to special NIA court for fresh hearing, says 'cryptic' reasons given to reject plea
March 03, 2023 8:01 am
The high court asked the special judge to restore Navlakha's bail application and decide it within four weeks. He was arrested on April 14, 2020, after he surrendered in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case.
HC asks state govt, BMC and cricket bodies to provide toilet & drinking water facilities on public grounds
July 05, 2022 12:54 am
The bench orally said that adults and children play cricket and other sports on public grounds across the state and most of these grounds are managed by cricket associations.
Bombay HC initiates PIL over issues of funeral rites, oxygen shortage
April 25, 2021 6:41 pm
The court noted that as per a newspaper report, relatives of deceased Covid-19 patients have to run from pillar to post to collect certificates for performing funeral rites, and said that “one window system” for funeral rites can be deliberated upon.
HC asks Maharashtra govt why there cannot be uniform fine for not wearing masks as per Covid-19 protocols
March 26, 2021 2:23 pm
The PIL also urged the court to give directions to devise plans and actions for speech and hearing-impaired people, like providing stickers to be placed in masks for their identification by the state government.
MP Mohan Delkar Death: Dadra-Nagar Haveli Collector moves High Court seeking quashing of Mumbai Police FIR
March 25, 2021 12:35 am
Delkar, a 58-year-old seven-term MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, was found dead in a room at Hotel Sea Green South in Marine Drive on February 22.
Mumbai HC acquits man sentenced to death for rape and murder of minor with 'benefit of doubt'
February 26, 2021 1:21 pm
After hearing submissions, the bench observed, “Unless all the links could have held themselves together so as to complete the chain of circumstantial evidence, the accused could not have been held guilty of having committed the crime."
Holding hand of minor to express love, inadvertent physical touch without sexual intent not assault under POCSO: HC
December 28, 2020 2:51 pm
According to the complaint filed by the minor, she was a student and the accused was her neighbour. One day while she was going to her tuition classes, the accused restrained her and "expressed his love" towards her.
Bombay High Court seeks details on railway coaches converted into quarantine centres
June 23, 2020 10:00 pm
The PIL by one Naresh Kapoor sought that all hospitals and nursing homes, which are presently closed, should be re-opened to meet the needs of patients.
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