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Mumbai, April 1: In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was duped of Rs 93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details. The 46-year-old judge, posted at the Small Causes Court, sought technical assistance after noticing a display issue on his mobile phone on March 30. While searching online for help, he came across a contact number claiming to be that of Samsung customer care. Upon calling the ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was duped of Rs 93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details. The 46-year-old judge, posted at the Small Causes Court, sought technical assistance after noticing a display issue on his mobile phone on March 30. While searching online for help, he came across a contact number claiming to be that of Samsung customer care. ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court on Friday (March 29, 2026) suggested that the warring Kalyani siblings consider mediation to settle their long-standing disputes. The siblings Baba Kalyani, Sugandha Hiremath and Gaurishankar Kalyani, and their children have been fighting legal battles on multiple fronts for several years now. At stake, is ancestral wealth estimated to be over ₹1 lakh crore. The suggestion came during consideration of an interim application in a suit brought by Sughanda Hiremath seeking ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura and seven others in a 2013 molestation and assault case following a compromise between the two parties. Allowing the petition, the bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya set aside the judgement of a court in Punjab's Tarn Taran, convicting and sentencing the MLA and seven others to four years of imprisonment in last September. Also Read: Calcutta High Court dismisses PIL challenging transfers of IAS, IPS off ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court has affirmed the Prevention of Money Laundering Act's (PMLA) supremacy over debt recovery laws like SARFAESI and RDB Acts in cases involving the attachment of 'proceeds of crime', clarifying the legal landscape for financial institutions and individuals. Key PointsThe Bombay High Court has ruled that the PMLA has an overriding effect over debt recovery laws like SARFAESI and RDB Acts concerning the attachment of 'proceeds of crime'.The ruling clarifies that debt recovery l ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has ruled that Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) holds an overriding effect over debt recovery laws like SARFAESI and RDB Acts when it comes to the attachment of "proceeds of crime". In a ruling delivered on March 23, the Nagpur bench of HC set aside previous orders by the PMLA Appellate Tribunal that had favoured the rights of banks to recover debts from attached properties. The bench of Justices M S Jawalkar and Nandesh Deshpande emphasised ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who was last seen in 'Singham Again', is questioning the authorities in the Maharashtra administration over their failure to curb the air pollution in the entertainment capital of the country. On Thursday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared the AQI data of the city. The picture shows the average AQI of Mumbai to be around 150. She wrote in the picture, "This city & its children are choking! ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court, on Monday, directed that no workers or other persons be permitted to enter the premises of the under-construction Jadhavji Mansion in south Mumbai from midnight of February 16 until February 18. The Court passed this interim order while hearing a petition by the Commanding Officer (CO) of INS Shikra, a highly sensitive naval air station and VVIP heliport in south Mumbai, alleging 'illegal' and 'unauthorised' construction of the high-rise, located within 246 metres ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The controversy surrounding the display of Tipu Sultan's portrait in the office of the Malegaon Deputy Mayor intensified on Monday, with Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi defending the former ruler of Mysore as a "freedom fighter" who "bravely fought" against the British. The political dispute erupted after Shiv Sena workers belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction entered the Malegaon Municipal Corporation premises and demanded the immediate removal of th ...Read More >
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister is expected to move the Bombay High Court to challenge the verdict in order to continue working as an elected representative. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates disqualification for elected representatives sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more in a criminal case. Kokate, 68, had challenged the February judgment of a first-class magistrate court, which convicted him on charges of cheating and forgery in a case dating back ...Read More >
Days after a devastating fire at an upscale nightclub in India's Goa state killed 25 people, the spotlight remains on the two brothers who co-owned the place. On Tuesday, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra were deported to India from Thailand, where they fled hours after the incident on 7 December. A third partner in the nightclub, Ajay Gupta, was detained in Delhi last week. Until a few weeks ago, the brothers who grew up in Delhi, were not known beyond India's hospitality and nightlife circuit. Tho ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, to shift to his hometown in Delhi. The court, however, said that he will have to appear before the special NIA court for trial hearings as and when required. Weekly Police Appearance And Travel Restrictions A bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak also directed Navlakha to appear every Saturday before the local police station in Delhi ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, seeking the suspension of his conviction and sentence in an over three-decade-old cheating and forgery case. The minister has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment. He has also been fined Rs 50,000. The Bombay High Court has listed the matter for hearing on Friday. Earlier in the day, Kokate allegedly fell ill and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital shortly after a court issued a non-bailable a ...Read More >
Mumbai: In another twist in the legal battle involving Bharat Forge chairman Baba Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath, the Bombay high court on Monday allowed Sugandha's children to amend their lawsuit. The HC order enables them to seek a restraint on voting rights attached to shares of Kalyani Group companies that were acquired using funds from the Kalyani Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). The court also granted permission to Sugandha's children Sameer Hiremath and his sister Pallavi Swadi to ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, challenging a sessions court order that upheld his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The move comes as Kokate faces the imminent threat of losing his cabinet post and his assembly seat. In mounting trouble for the minister, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in the case. Kokate's lawyer Aniket Ni ...Read More >
Nashik, Dec 17 (PTI) In mounting trouble for Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. The development comes a day after the district court upheld the two-year jail term handed to Kokate by the magistrate's court in February this year. Earlier on Wednesday, Kokate moved the Bombay High Court, challenging his conviction and the two-year jail term in the ...Read More >
Nasik: Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate is likely to be arrested unless he succeeds in obtaining bail from the Bombay High Court. The Nasik district sessions court, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the NCP MLA for alleged cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota, as reported by The New Indian Express. The sessions court, on Tuesday, had upheld the order of the First Class Magistrate's court by confirming the two ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay HC on Tuesday said it was inclined to allow human rights activist Gautam Navlakha to shift to his house in Delhi till the trial in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case begins.Navlakha is not a "flight risk" as there have not been any instances where he tried to escape, high court said, adding he felt he was forced to stay in Mumbai and also that he was completely uprooted from his life and social circle. Navlakha was granted bail in 2023 by HC but a condition was imposed that ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every Saturday to mark attendance anytime between 9 am and noon.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) subm ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has categorically denied "the baseless and motivated allegations" about the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police invoking Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code against her and her husband, Raj Kundra. On Wednesday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared a long note quashing the allegations. She wrote, "We categorically deny the baseless.and motivated allegations being cir ...Read More >
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra's problems don't seem to be ending anytime soon. In the latest development, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has now added Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with cheating, to the case against them in connection with the alleged Rs 60 crore fraud case. The inquiry is still going on, and more legal action will follow. A businessman named Deepak Kothari filed a complaint that led to the FIR being filed. The cou ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response to a petition filed by the mother of an Agniveer, M Murali Naik, who was killed during the armed conflict against Pakistan in May, challenging the disparity in death compensation and service benefits between Agniveers and regular soldiers of the Indian Army. A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe has posted the matter for further hearing on January 15. The petition, filed on November 26, sta ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response to a petition filed by the mother of an Agniveer, M Murali Naik, who was killed during the armed conflict against Pakistan in May, challenging the disparity in death compensation and service benefits between Agniveers and regular soldiers of the Indian Army. A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe has posted the matter for further hearing on January 15. The petition, filed on November 26, sta ...Read More >
A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad noted that petitioner Nanasaheb Jadhav, a lawyer, failed to show any legal provision whereby a court, while exercising its civil jurisdiction, can pass a direction to the police to register a First Information Report. They would dismiss the public interest litigation, the judges said, but eventually reserved the judgment so that the lawyers of the petitioner and the NCP chief could submit case laws to support their respecti ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to take a decision within 10 days on former NCP MLA Zeeshan Siddique's application seeking restoration of his police security cover, which was scaled down earlier this year. The court also granted liberty to Mr. Zeeshan to approach it again if aggrieved by the decision. Mr. Zeeshan, son of former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique who was shot dead in October last year, alleged that his security cover was reduced soon after hi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to decide within 10 days on former Bandra MLA Zeeshan Siddique's request for restoring his police security. Zeeshan, a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and the son of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique who was shot dead in October last year, claimed his security was reduced soon after his mother, Shehzeen Siddique, approached the high court seeking an independent, court-monitored probe into her husband's murder ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on a petition seeking a CBI probe against NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and MP Supriya Sule, and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar for allegedly illegally granting permissions to construct a hill station at Lavasa in Pune district in 1994. The petition, filed by advocate and agriculturist Nanasaheb Vasantrao Jadhav, alleges that the private hill station project was sanctioned by the state government without due considerat ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to decide, within 10 days, an application seeking police protection filed by Zeeshan Siddique, son of late Congress leader and former MLA Baba Siddique, who was shot dead on October 12, 2024. Widow Seeks Transfer Of Probe To Independent Agency The direction was issued by a bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and R.R. Bhonsale while hearing a petition filed by Baba Siddique's widow, Shehzeen Ziauddin Siddique, throu ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The NCP minister Manikrao Kokate is in trouble after the Nashik District Session court upheld the order of the First Class court on Tuesday, confirming the two years' imprisonment and fine of Rs 50,000 for falsifying the income proof documents. The minister falsified the documents to get two swanky apartments in the Chief Minister's 10 per cent housing quota. The verdict of the district court is a big setback for Minister Kokate. If Kokate did not get respite by the Bombay High Court i ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) NCP received a major blow after the Nashik session court upheld the two-year sentence handed down to sports minister Manikrao Kokate in the case of illegally acquiring a government flat using forged documents. In the wake of the court's order, Kokate's ministership hangs in the balance. Those who filed an intervention petition opposing bail for Minister Kokate have submitted documents to the Bombay High Court. Minister Kokate had hogged the headlines after a vid ...Read More >
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