Bombay High Court
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‘Do cricketers know?’: Bombay HC on MCA’s ‘non-veg tea’
Mumbai: In a lighter vein, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked if cricketers knew they were consuming “non-vegetarian tea” while ordering the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to clean its eateries prior…
- India
SC rejects Tejpal’s exemption plea, orders surrender in 2 weeks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 25, directed journalist Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks to undergo the sentence in a 2013 rape case in which he was convicted…
- India
Weak evidence: HC suspends life term of Dabholkar murder convict
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, August 18, suspended the life sentence of Sachin Andure, a convict in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, and granted him bail, stating…
- India
Bombay HC clerk typing test glitches: Aspirants seek re-exam
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Job aspirants protesting in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against glitches in the Bombay High Court clerk recruitment typing test have called off their agitation after giving the administration a week to…
- India
Bid to ‘silence’ Tarun Tejpal for investigative journalism: Family
Panaji: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s daughter Cara Tejpal has linked his conviction by the Bombay High Court to his investigative journalism, claiming he was targeted because of the magazine’s work and…
- India
Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal convicted of rape in 2013 case
In a major setback to former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, the Bombay High Court on Thursday, August 6, convicted him of raping a colleague in 2013, setting aside his acquittal by a…
- News
E20 petrol: HC orders takedown of ‘vile’ posts against Gadkari
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday, August 5, said the posts uploaded on social media and online websites against Union minister Nitin Gadkari are completely “vile, abusive, obscene and defamatory” and…
- Hate Crime
BMC begins school demolition after BJP claims ‘school jihad’
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya and his supporters, along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), had started demolishing a school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, after the politician claimed the school…
- Mumbai
Not anti-national to criticise Babri Masjid demolition: Bombay HC
Mumbai: Holding that a citizen expressing the view that the Babri Masjid should not have been demolished cannot be branded anti-national, the Bombay High Court has set aside externment orders, which ban a…
- India
Tarun Tejpal sexual assault: Defence seeks upholding of acquittal
Panaji: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s counsel on Saturday, July 18, concluded final arguments before the Bombay High Court in the Goa government’s appeal against his acquittal in a 2013 sexual assault…
- Hyderabad
Bombay HC backs Hyderabad woman’s right to choose home
Hyderabad: The Bombay High Court has directed the Telangana Police not to take any coercive action against a 21-year-old Hyderabad woman, ruling that an adult has the legal right to decide where…
- Mumbai
Citizens have the right to protest against govt, rules Bombay HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday, July 2, held that a person cannot be externed, or banished from a city, simply for organising protests against government decisions, and that doing so violates…
- Mumbai
Can’t afford Mumbai, want to move to Hyderabad: Varavara Rao to HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday, June 12, issued notice to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a petition by Telugu poet P Varavara Rao seeking permission to shift his residence to…
- Mumbai
Salman Khan defamation case: Bombay HC flags social media misuse
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has observed that access to social media does not entitle anyone to publish content that could defame others, whether private individuals or public figures, while hearing a…
- India
Bombay HC slams ‘wrongful’ home demolitions linked to Nida Khan TCS case
The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation over a demolition drive carried out in connection with the arrest of Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan, warning authorities…