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An outer view of Bombay High Court in Mumbai on February 08, 2021. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court will get a new bench at Kolhapur district in western Maharashtra, which will be the fourth HC Bench in the State, and its sittings will commence from August 18. A notification in this…
July 2007 Mumbai local blasts MUMBAI: A day after the Bombay high court judgment acquitted him from the charge of conspiracy in the 11/7 train blasts, Mohammed Ali Shaikh’s Govandi residence was filled with relatives and neighbours who greeted him with sweets, while phones buzzed with congratulatory calls.“The happiness of reuniting with my family cannot…
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai during celebrations of 161 years of Advocates’ Association of Western India (AAWI), in Mumbai, Saturday, July 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Saturday (July 5, 2025) said the interpretation of law or the Constitution has to be “pragmatic” and in a…
The Single-Bench Judge, Justice Sandeep V. Marne, found the petition lacking in a “concise statement of material facts” and “full particulars of corrupt practice,” as mandated by the Representation of People Act, 1951. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition seeking to annul the 2024 State Assembly election…
An outer view of Bombay High Court in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a glaring instance of bureaucratic apathy, a young man from Sindhudurg district has moved the Bombay High Court after being left jobless for over eight months despite holding a valid appointment letter issued by a government-appointed agency. Sumedh Shivaji…
A view of the Bombay High Court in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court on Friday (June 20, 2025) rejected a petition seeking courts intervention in issuing him as a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate, claiming he has suffered discrimination and disadvantages on account of his mother belonging to SC…
3 new judges take oath, SC reaches its full strength of 34 NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai Friday administered oath of office to three new SC judges, Justices N V Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and A S Chandurkar. With this, SC reached its constitutionally sanctioned strength of 34 judges.On May 26, the collegium comprising…
To address the concerns of the fishing community, the Bombay High Court has appointed the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to study the damage and loss, and also quantify the compensation for the fishing community affected by the Thane Creek Bridge (TCB) III project. A Division Bench of judges, Justice B. P. Colabawalla and…
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court has taken serious note of a frequent practice by police officers of copy-pasting witness statements into charge sheets, even in serious criminal cases.The court called this a “dangerous culture” that could end up helping the accused.During a hearing in a criminal matter, the Aurangabad bench of the high court…
The High court noted that it was open for the petitioner to approach an appropriate authority for the misuse of social media and disposed of the petition. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a sitting MLA, Kiran Samant…
