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Bombay HC seeks reply from Maha minister over use of chartered flight

Bombay High Court directed State government pleader's office to furnish a copy of public interest litigation filed by BJP leader Vishwas Pathak to state cabinet minister Nitin Raut

Maha govt to HC: US firm has no locus standi to give opinion in Elgar case

The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court US digital forensics firm Arsenal Consulting, that claimed evidence had no "locus standi" to give its opinion without a court order.

Audience without masks at Wimbledon: HC asks when India would see this day

For the Bombay High Court the real sight to behold was a stadium full of spectators without masks.

Elgar Parishad case transferred to us over national security: NIA to HC

The NIA told the Bombay H that the Centre suo motu decided to transfer the probe into the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case from Pune police as it had implications on national security.

Sourav Ganguly moves HC for enforcement of 2018 arbitration award

Sourav Ganguly has approached the Bombay High Court seeking that the 2018 order of an arbitration tribunal that awarded him a compensation payable by his former management companies

HC gives 'first task' to Scindia: Formulating policy for naming airports

Earlier last month, the Maharashtra government and state-run town planning agency CIDCO had announced to name the greenfield airport after Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray.

HC: Centre must develop uniform policy to name airports across the country

The new civil aviation minister should give top priority to this task: HC

Is state land 'paternal property' of executive? Bombay HC asks Maha govt

The Bombay High Court has pulled up Maharashtra government and the Mumbai civic body over rampant illegal construction in city, saying it appeared "state's property was paternal property of executive"

Draft guidelines prepared to prevent fake vaccination drives: BMC tells HC

BMC has told the Bombay High Court that it has formulated draft guidelines to prevent fake vaccination camps at private housing societies, offices, educational institutions and other premises

Bombay HC to pronounce verdict in Gulshan Kumar murder case today

The Bombay High Court will pronounce the verdict in the Gulshan Kumar murder case at 10.30 am today.A bench of Justices Jadhav and Borkar will pronounce its verdict in the case.A total of four appeals are listed in the High Court. Three appeals are against the conviction of accused Rauf Merchant, Rakesh Chanchaya Pinnam and Rakesh Khaokar, while another has been filed by the Maharashtra government against the acquittal of Ramesh Taurani. He was acquitted on the charges of abetment to murder.Gulshan Kumar, the founder of the T-Series music label and a Bollywood movie producer, was killed on August 19, 1997, in Juhu. Several people were arrested and prosecuted in his murder cases.

Atrocities case: Won't arrest Param Bir Singh till July 3: Maha govt to HC

Senior counsel Darius Khambata, appearing for the state government, said his earlier statement, that the police would not arrest the former Mumbai police commissioner, shall continue till July 3.

CBI to HC: Maharashtra govt not cooperating in probe against Anil Deshmukh

The CBI told the Bombay High Court that the Maharashtra government was not cooperating with the agency in its probe against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh

UP assault case: HC grants anticipatory bail to journalist Rana Ayyub

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted transit anticipatory bail to journalist Rana Ayyub for a period of four weeks

Bombay High Court sets aside an arbitration award against BCCI

Four years later, BCCI terminated Deccan Chargers' agreement, saying the franchise failed to honour its payment obligations

HC sets aside arbitration award that needed BCCI to pay Rs 4,800 cr to DCHL

A detailed order from the high court is awaited.

HC sets aside arbitrator's award asking BCCI to pay Rs 4,800 cr to DCHL

Deccan Chronicle Holdings, the Hyderabad-based media company that acquired the franchise for $107 million in 2008, then approached the Bombay HC, seeking an order restraining BCCI from taking any step

Bombay High Court orders judicial inquiry in Malad building collapse

The Bombay High Court on Friday has ordered a judicial inquiry in the matter of the Malad building collapse that claimed the lives of 12 people."It seems that despite this Court taking suo-motu cognizance of an incident of building collapse in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020, which took as many as 38 lives, to initiate this Public Interest Litigation for ensuring the protection of lives of citizens and having passed several orders seeking to activate the respondents to come down heavily on illegal and unauthorized buildings/structures," the court said."This Court is pained to observe that officials employed with the respondents have exhibited extreme lack of solicitude for the rule of law and failed to discharge their statutory duties effectively, which could have prevented the recent building collapses as well as saved the lives of the inhabitants thereof," it stated.The court appoints Justice JP Deodhar (Retd) of Bombay HC as commissioner of inquiry for Malad building ...

HC cancels caste certificate of Amravati MP Navneet Rana

The Bombay High Court cancelled the caste certificate issued to Amravati Lok Sabha member Navneet Kaur Rana, saying it was obtained fraudulently, and directed her to surrender it within six weeks.

Pilots' body moves Bombay HC; seeks compensation for Covid-19 death

An association of Indian pilots has approached the Bombay High Court seeking priority in vaccination against Covid and insurance coverage for those working during the pandemic

Tell Centre mucormycosis patients dying due to drug shortage: HC to Maha

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that Maharashtra needs to tell the Centre that mucormycosis patients in the Marathwada region of the state are dying due to the shortage of medicine required in its treatment. Justices R V Ghuge and B U Debadwar of the high court's Aurangabad bench was informedthat patients in Marathwada were being under-treated as there is a shortage in the supply of Amphotericin B, a drug used in the treatment of mucormycosis or black fungus infection. The bench was hearing petitions pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocate Satyajit Bora, appointed to assist the court, argued that patients are being administered one to two injections per day as against the requirement of four to five injections per patient per day. As a consequence, there have been 124 deaths. Even today, there is a shortage of about 70 per cent of the required quantity of the drug, he said. Government pleader D R Kale told the court that currently there are 1,178 ...