Tag: Mumbai

Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Note of The Wire’s Prison Report, Orders ‘Overhaul’ of Prison Manual

Source:-https://thewire.in Mumbai: “Disturbed” by a report published in The Wire, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan high court has directed the state government to undertake steps to ensure the complete overhaul of the state prison manual. The Wire, on December 10, published a detailed investigative piece on the caste practices prevalent inside prisons across different

Bombay High Court dismisses plea seeking CBI probe into Disha Salian’s death

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and said if any person has information in the case, he/she is free to approach police. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and

Chanda Kochhar termination: Bombay High Court seeks RBI reply; next hearing on 18 December.

Source – firstpost.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought responses from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a plea by Chanda Kochhar challenging her termination as the chief executive and managing director of ICICI Bank, months after she voluntarily left the second-largest private sector lender. The high-profile ex-banker had on 30 November moved

Govts can’t only blame climate change for floods | Opinion

source: hindustantimes.com When the first of this monsoon’s waterlogging occurred in Mumbai in early July, Mumbai municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi blamed climate change for the crisis. “The city’s infrastructure is not capable of handling climate change and change in rainfall pattern,” he told this newspaper on July 5. Indeed, in a matter of just eight days, from 8.30 am