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President appoints Chief Justices of Bombay and Andhra Pradesh HCs
New Delhi: The President has appointed Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur as the Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court, respectively. A communique…
- India
One should behave responsibly while uploading WhatsApp status: Bombay HC
Mumbai: One should behave with a sense of responsibility while communicating something to others via their WhatsApp status, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has said while refusing to quash…
- India
Won’t notify Fact Check Unit’ against fake news till Sept 4: Centre to HC
Mumbai: The Centre on Friday informed the Bombay High Court that it won’t notify till September 4 the Fact Check Unit’ (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to flag…
- Mumbai
Bombay HC orders release of man sentenced to 83 years jail in 41 cases
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a 30-year-old man sentenced to around 83 years in jail in 41 cases, observing that any sentences imposed by courts must maintain…
- India
Restricting entry into mosque: HC grants interim stay on Jalgaon collector’s order
Aurangabad: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted an interim stay for two weeks on the Jalgaon district collector’s order restraining people from praying at a mosque on a complaint by an…
- India
‘Center’s IT rules excessive’: Who will fact-check FCUs, asks Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday said the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules against fake content on social media against the government may be excessive, quipping that one cannot bring…
- India
17 yrs post 7/11 train blasts, Bombay HC yet to confirm death penalty to 5 convicts
Mumbai: Seventeen years since a string of powerful bombs ripped through Mumbai’s commuter trains system in the evening rush hour on July 11, the Bombay High Court is yet to commence hearing…
- India
After 17 years in jail, 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case convict gets bail
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has suspended the life sentence awarded to Afroz Khan Pathan, a convict in the sensational 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, and granted him conditional bail. A division…
- Mumbai
New Bombay HC bench to hear G N Saibaba’s appeal from July 17
Nagpur: The appeal filed by former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and four others against their conviction in a Maoist links case will be heard by a new bench of the…
- India
Bombay HC frowns at PNB for inaction on diamantaire Nirav Modi’s loan frauds
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has pulled up the Punjab National Bank (PNB) for not taking steps to recover the huge amounts of money availed as loans by the fugitive diamantaire Nirav…
- News
Won’t notify fact-checking unit till July 10, Centre tells HC
Mumbai: The Centre on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court it was extending till July 10 its earlier statement that it won’t notify its fact-checking unit to identify fake news against the government…
- India
SC requests Bombay HC to hear NCP leader Nawab Malik’s bail plea in ED case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for the second week of July a plea by jailed former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik against a Bombay High Court order…
- India
SC to hear plea of lawyers body for action against VP, Rijiju over remarks on judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over their remarks…
- India
Rape case can’t be quashed just because victim agrees for it, says HC on FIR against Bhushan Kumar
Mumbai: A case of rape cannot be quashed merely because the victim granted her consent to do so, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while expressing its disinclination to quash an…
- India
Withdrawing summons issued to Arvind Kejriwal, Goa police tells HC
Panaji: The Goa police on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that they are withdrawing the summons issued to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in which he was asked to appear before…