The Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil and his associates from holding demonstrations at Azad Maidan in Mumbai without prior permission. Noting that “public places cannot be occupied indefinitely”, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep V. Marne observed that while the right to protest is … Read more
The Bombay High Court has referred to a larger Bench the question of whether caste scrutiny committees under the Maharashtra Caste Certificate Act, 2000, can recall their own orders if caste validity certificates were obtained through fraud, misrepresentation, or suppression of material facts. The referral was made by a Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale … Read more
An outer view of Bombay High Court in Mumbai on February 08, 2021. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court will get a new bench at Kolhapur district in western Maharashtra, which will be the fourth HC Bench in the State, and its sittings will commence from August 18. A notification in this … Read more
Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, including of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, … Read more
In this July 11, 2006 file photo, a train coach is damaged by a bomb blast at Matunga railway station in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) agreed to hear on July 24 plea of the Maharashtra government against the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused … Read more
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former member of Parliament Subhash Ramrao Bhamre of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Dhule Lok Sabha Constituency last year. The order was made available on Monday. Mr. Bhamre had secured the … Read more
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik leave after a fresh round of questioning by ED in connection with a probe in a money laundering case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in Mumbai, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Friday (October 25, 2024) dismissed … Read more
The court granted a decree of dissolution of the marriage of the Pune-based couple who had sought divorce on grounds of mutual consent and also for the six-month waiting period to be waived. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Change in social conditions and a rapidly evolving society require a realistic approach to be adopted, the … Read more
After the PIL hearing, the High Court called for immediate measures by the State authorities and stated that the mental and physical well-being of students is an integral part of their growth | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court on July 30 raised serious concerns over rising suicide cases among students in Maharashtra. A … Read more
The Bombay High Court has acquitted a maternal uncle who had been sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting his minor niece who later gave birth to a daughter. A bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing an appeal against a judgement passed by the Mangaon Sessions court in Raigad which had concluded … Read more