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Mumbai, Dec 16: The Bombay High Court has said it is not inclined to entertain a petition seeking the filing of an FIR against NCP leaders Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and Supriya Sule in connection with alleged irregularities in the development of Lavasa township. Bench Reserves Order On PIL Seeking CBI Probe A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad reserved its ruling on a PIL seeking a CBI probe against Sharad Pawar and his family members. Court Questions Legal B ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, were arrested on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand and placed under a two-day transit remand for production in a Goa court in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 people. The brothers arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here in an Indigo flight and were immediately handed over to authorities for further legal proceedings, 10 days after the blaze tore ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict after concluding the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) demanding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be ordered to take action against the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar and his family in the Lavasa case. Nanasaheb Jadhav, a journalist and a lawyer from Nashik, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court. The petition includes the names of Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, brothers and co-owners of the Goa nightclub where a fire killed 25 people, landed in Delhi on Tuesday after they were deported from Thailand. They were handed over to Indian authorities immediately on arriving at the airport and taken into custody for further legal proceedings. The duo is expected to be produced before a Delhi court, sources said. The December 6 fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora in North Goa raised ser ...Read More >
In a major political shift, former Shivsena (UBT) corporator Tejaswi Ghosalkar joined the BJP. Her move is seen as a significant setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led party ahead of the crucial BMC elections in Mumbai. Former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporator and Shivsena (UBT) leader Tejaswi Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a move that could significantly alter the political landscape in North Mumbai ahead of the upcoming BMC elections. Add Asian ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, delivering a setback to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in north Mumbai's Dahisar, a constituency long associated with the Ghosalkar family. Tejasvee Ghosalkar, the widow of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar who was shot dead during a Facebook Live broadcast in February 2024, resigned from the party earlier in the ...Read More >
The Bombay high court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed. IMAGE: A woman walks past the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, which has been sealed for investigation following a fire that killed multiple people, in Goa. Photograph: Ali Monis Naqvi/Reuters In a stern observation, the Goa bench of the high court of Justices Sarang Kotwal ...Read More >
A deadline of 60 days has been given to the company. Parth Pawar's firm, Amadea Enterprises LLP, has been ordered to pay the full stamp duty of Rs 21 crore with an additional fine of Rs 1.47 crore in the controversial sale of the 40-acre land in Pune's upscale Mundhwa area. The Maharashtra Department of Registration and Stamps has charged additional interest for the last seven months. The order came after the Department investigated the land transaction case in Mundhwa - sold by Sheetal Tejwan ...Read More >
Mumbai: Former Shiv Sena UBT corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, triggering fresh political churn in north Mumbai ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Her switch is being seen as a significant setback for the Shiv Sena (UBT), particularly in the Dahisar-Magathane belt, where the party's organisational strength has been steadily eroding over the past few years. Joined BJP in Presence of Senior Party Leaders Tejasvee Ghosalkar, who had ...Read More >
Don't want to miss the best from Business Standard? In a relief to coworking space provider WeWork India, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the approval of its initial public offering (IPO) by markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), reported Bar and Bench. A division bench of Justice RI Chagla and Justice Farhan A Dubash dismissed the petition filed by an investor, Vinay Bansal, that alleged the company's draft red herring prospect ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday enhanced monthly interim maintenance seven times, from Rs 50,000 to Rs 3.5 lakh, for a wife in Pune. This decision came after observing that the estranged husband approached the court with "unclean hands and lack of credibility" in a matrimonial dispute. The couple married in 1997 and separated in 2013. The husband filed for divorce in 2015, and the family court in Pune granted it in 2023 on grounds of cruelty, which the High Court stayed in appeal. There ...Read More >
A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma differed on whether the judgment needs to be revisited. Justice Kumar maintained that the order was necessary in view of the dereliction of police duty by refusing to register a criminal case on the boy's complaint. Justice Sharma differed. He observed that the direction for SIT based on religious identities needed a re-look, as he posted the matter for an open court hearing after two weeks. The judges referred the matter to the Chief J ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday gave a split verdict on a plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a review of the court's earlier direction for setting up a special investigation team comprising police officers from both Hindu and Muslim communities to probe the communal riots that broke out in Akola in 2023. While Justice Sanjay Kumar, who authored the earlier verdict delivered on September 11, refused to review the direction, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma agreed to ...Read More >
Pigeon feeding will be allowed only between 7 am and 9 am at the four sites, the civic body said. Mumbai: Mumbai's civic body on Friday said it has permitted "controlled feeding" of pigeons at four new locations in the city for two hours in the morning. In a release, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said this is an interim measure until a report from an expert committee and further orders from the High Courts are received. "Pigeon feeding will be allowed at Worli Reservoir in G South w ...Read More >
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis urged Prahar Janshakti Party leader Bachchu Kadu to engage in dialogue over farmers' issues instead of holding disruptive agitations. Fadnavis highlighted the government's positive approach and willingness to discuss demands, including a loan waiver, emphasizing that solutions require discussion, not protests that inconvenience the public and risk exploitation by vested interests. Maharashtra Chief Minister on Wednesday appealed to Prahar Janshakti P ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed both sides to file written submissions in the defamation case filed by former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede against Netflix, Shah Rukh Khan, and the makers of the web series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood over his portrayal in the Aryan Khan drug case. Justice Pushpendra Kaurav has listed the next hearing for November 10, and both sides have been asked to submit written arguments by November 6. Wankhede is seeking Rs 2 crore in damages ...Read More >
Supreme Court said the government must ensure that insurance companies settle the valid claims. New Delhi: The society will not forgive the judiciary if it doesn't take care of doctors and stand for them, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while reserving its judgment on a plea against non-inclusion of doctors and health workers who lost their lives battling Covid-19 at private clinics, dispensaries, and non-recognised hospitals in insurance policies. A bench comprising Justices P S Narasimha ...Read More >
Mumbai: Former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, who spent nearly two months in jail in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money laundering probe into illegal construction in the Vasai-Virar region, on Monday appealed to the government to revoke his suspension and reinstate him. "I was suspended because I was in custody for more than 48 hours. But my arrest was illegal - the high court has said this. Even the Supreme Court refused to stay th ...Read More >
Mumbai: Former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar, who spent nearly two months in jail in connection with the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) money laundering probe into illegal construction in the Vasai-Virar region, on Monday appealed to the government to revoke his suspension and reinstate him. "I was suspended because I was in custody for more than 48 hours. But my arrest was illegal - the high court has said this. Even the Supreme Court refused to stay th ...Read More >
Pune: The controversy surrounding the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust (SHNT) Jain Boarding House land deal has taken a serious turn with opposition leaders demanding cancellation of the deal and action against those responsible in a protest on Monday. Opposition criticised the Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Cooperation and Civil Aviation and Pune MP Muralidhar Mohol. They accused him of having links with the alleged irregularities in the land deal. The iss ...Read More >
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two more individuals -- Mandar Gawade and Sandeep Pawaskar -- in connection with the escalating bribery case involving suspended Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) deputy municipal commissioner Shankar Patole. Investigators suggest this could unravel a larger political-bureaucratic nexus operating within the civic body.Sources have hinted at the involvement of political intermediaries and influence peddlers in what was initially seen as a rou ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
Nagpur: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday accused Congress under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, of veering towards "ultra-leftist ideology" and abandoning constructive opposition. Speaking informally with journalists at his official residence, Ramgiri, Fadnavis described Congress as BJP's "main but weakened rival," saying it now operates through "destructive politics rather than democratic debate.""They neither offer credible alternatives nor constructive opposition. Instead, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has directed the police to ensure protection to a 31-year-old pregnant woman from a minority community, who fled her home to marry her partner, after she cited threats from her family. A bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shyam Chandak said that since the woman was an adult, she was free to make her own decisions even though her family had not accepted her relationship. In its order passed last week, the court disposed of the habeas corpus (produce t ...Read More >
After Ajith Kumar's 'Good Bad Ugly', Pradeep Ranganathan's 'Dude' has landed in legal trouble, with legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja filing a case over copyright infringement. According to Live Law report, Ilaiyaraaja appeared before the Madras High Court on October 22, alleging that Sony Music had used two of his songs in the recently released Tamil film 'Dude' without authorisation. The composer argued that two of his songs were used in 'Dude', which had already grossed nearly Rs 75 crore withi ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 22 (ANI): Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan's film 'Homebound', which was recently chosen as India's contender for the Oscars 2026, is now all set to open the upcoming edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival. The 14th edition will open with Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa-starrer 'Homebound' and close with Anuparna Roy's Venice prizewinner 'Songs of Forgotten Trees', as per Variety. Also Read | 'There Used To Be Gatherings at Home': Rajat Bedi Recou ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to a Panvel-based woman accused of fraudulently transferring ownership of another woman's flat into her own name under the guise of advancing a loan. Justice Amit Borkar, while rejecting the plea of Savita Dashrath Babar, observed that the case involved "misuse of confidence and abuse of legal instruments to dispossess a woman of her property." According to the prosecution, the complainant, Guljara Wali Ahmad Maniyar, was in finan ...Read More >
Pune: A group of people under Sakal Jain Samaj on Friday carried out a long march to oppose the sale of Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust's property, located in Model Colony. Akshay Jain, one of the agitators, said the hostel's land, which also has a temple, was disposed of by the trustees without following due process. "Options such as reaching out to the community for fundraising were available, but trustees sold the land," he added. Raju Shetty, a farmer leader and a former member of Parli ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of a 28-year-old serial child rapist from Kharghar, arrested for allegedly raping his 11-year-old niece in the fourth case against him of child sexual abuse. Just Amit Borkar the accused's bail and said that granting him bail would "not only send a wrong message to society but would also jeopardize the safety and security of the victim and the fairness of the trial process". The court also noted that if released on bail, the accused, a m ...Read More >
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