Tag: Bombay High Court

Source:barandbench.com The Bombay High Court recently ruled in favour of the autonomy of adult victims rescued from immoral trafficking, observing that such persons cannot be forced to live in a correction home against their wishes. A Single Judge Bench of Justice SS Shinde made the observation while ordering the release of a 22-year-old woman. The woman

Source: mid-day.com Mumbai resident who got married in Karachi, may finally be able to get his Pakistani bride home after two years. A division bench of Justice Nijamoodin Jamadar and Justice Ravindra Borde has directed the Union government to consider the application for a ‘visitor’s visa’ filed by Aamir Vadgama’s wife Rabiya Husaain. Aamir Vadgama is

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: A person seeking a caste certificate would have to apply for it to the competent authority of his or her own area/ territory, ruled the full bench of the Bombay High Court. The bench at Aurangabad has clarified that a certificate would be void if it is issued by a competent authority of

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Friday (July 12) will hear the petition challenging the verdict of the Bombay High Court upholding the constitutional validity of the socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) law, which guarantees reservation to Marathas in public service and education. The petition by advocate Sanjeet Shukla was mentioned before a

Source: indianexpress.com Calling the petitions before it “a claim for urban-centric elitism”, the Bombay High Court said that students seeking admissions in top colleges have no fundamental right to prestige. Advertising A division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice Gautam Patel on Friday dismissed two petitions filed by 15 engineering colleges challenging the

Source: theprint.in Mumbai: “Are you ostriches,” an angry Bombay High Court bench Friday asked the censor board for refusing to issue a universal (U) certificate to a children’s film and asserted the board will “not decide what one wants to watch and see”. In strongly-worded observations, a division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and Gautam

Source: dnaindia.com The Maharashtra government’s petition against an order of the Bombay High Court that tied the hands of the state’s planning authorities from regularising any unauthorised construction got admitted in the Supreme Court on Friday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notice on

Source: thehindu.com Supreme Court judge, Justice Indu Malhotra, on Monday recused herself from hearing a clutch of petitions and cross-petitions challenging a Bombay High Court order on possession, storage and consumption of beef brought into Maharashtra from other States. Justice Malhotra, who was part of the Bench led by Justice A.M. Sapre, said she had

Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Coastal Road Project worth Rs 14,000 crore. The Coastal Road project will connect South Mumbai’s Marine Drive area to Kandivali in North Mumbai. The project was challenged by environmental activists, residents

Source: barandbench.com After a special court rejected their bail application last month, the three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dr. Payal Tadvi have moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail. Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who were the seniors of Payal Tadvi, have challenged the special court order rejecting