Top Law News Bombay High Court Demands Action on School Sanitation and Menstrual Hygiene October 12, 2023 / October 12, 2023 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has urged the Maharashtra government to furnish details regarding the enhancements made in the provision of clean restroom facilities and sanitary napkins in public schools, particularly in rural regions. This directive came in response to a petition filed by lawyers Nikita Gore and Vaishnavi Gholave, who pressed for the recognition of […] Read more » Action on School Sanitation and Menstrual Hygiene Bombay High Court
Top Law News Bombay High Court reserves order in NIA appeal challenging Naresh Gaur bail December 17, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging bail granted by special NIA court to Naresh Gaur, accused in the Antilia bomb-scare case and the subsequent murder of businessman Mansukhlal Hiren. Gaur was the first bail recipient and was accused of procuring SIM […] Read more » Antilia bomb scare case Bombay High Court Naresh Gaur bail
Top Law News CBI should widen probe into FIR against Anil Deshmukh: Bombay High Court July 7, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it expects the CBI to widen its investigation into the FIR filed against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, and added that the head of the administration cannot claim innocence and was equally responsible. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar said if […] Read more » Bombay High Court FIR against Anil Deshmukh
Top Law News Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court January 27, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Bombay High Court has said. Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, in a judgement passed on January 19, the detailed copy of […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice Pushpa Ganediwala POCSO Act
Top Law News Foreign attendees of Tablighi event made scapegoat, says HC August 23, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has said that the foreign nationals, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi in March this year, were made “scapegoats” and allegations were levelled that they were responsible for spreading COVID-19 in the country. A division bench of Justices T V Nalawade and M G […] Read more » Bombay High Court Tablighi Jamat
Top Law News Bombay High Court orders SIT probe in fatal “assault” on man by cops August 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Mumbai police commissioner to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a probe against four policemen who allegedly fatally assaulted a 22-year-old man here while imposing the COVID-19 lockdown in March. The SIT should comprise two senior police officials and carry out the probe expeditiously, said […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta Justice Anuja Prabhudessai SIT probe in fatal "assault" on man by cops SIT probe in fatal assault
Top Law News Police brutality just one side of coin :Bombay High Court on COVID-19 lockdown August 17, 2020 / August 17, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Monday said “police brutality” during the lockdown is only one side of the coin, and noted that many citizens are not complying with restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. “There are black sheep everywhere,” a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed while hearing […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 lockdown Justice Anuja Prabhudessai Police brutality
Top Law News Can’t allow Jain temples to open amid pandemic : Maharashtra government to Bombay High Court August 15, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it could not permit Jain temples in the city to open for devotees to mark the festival of Paryushan in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state said that opening the temples from August 15 to 23 this year, as requested by the Jain community, […] Read more » Bombay High Court Maharashtra government Purnima Kantahria
Top Law News Bombay High Court adjourns hearing on PILs seeking CBI probe in Sushant case. August 6, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has deferred till Friday the hearing on two Public Interest Litigations seeking a CBI probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice A S Gadkari adjourned the hearing on Wednesday after the Maharashtra government submitted that it had not been served […] Read more » a lawyer practising in the Calcutta High Court Bombay High Court CBI probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput Nagpur resident Sameet Thakkar Priyanka Tibrewal
Top Law News What purpose served by disclosing names of virus patients? HC July 28, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said if a person takes all necessary precautions, then he or she need not worry about contracting COVID-19, and asked what purpose would be served by disclosing the names of persons who tested positive for the disease. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sarang Kotwal was […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta Justice Sarang Kotwal What purpose served by disclosing names of virus patients
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks govt about compensation for kin of deceased frontline staff Ketan Tirodkar July 19, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government to state its position on a petition seeking compensation for families of frontline workers who died after contracting COVID-19 infection on duty. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a petition filed by social worker Ketan Tirodkar. The petitioner […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Justice Anuja Prabhudessai Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package
Top Law News Why reveal names of COVID-19 patients as it involves privacy rights of such patients : Bombay High Court July 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know why should the names of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 be disclosed and said the issue involves privacy rights of such patients. A division bench of Justices A A Sayed and M S Karnik made the observation while hearing a petition filed by two persons […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice A A Sayed Justice M S Karnik reveal names of COVID-19 patients reveal names of COVID-19 patients as it involves privacy rights
