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Bombay HC quashes case against 2 doctors under PCPNDT Act

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The Bombay High Court has quashed a case against two doctors in Pune under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (PCPNDT), saying subjecting them to unnecessary criminal prosecution is nothing but an abuse of the process of the law. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai recently quashed and set aside the criminal case […]

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Bombay HC seeks reply of Jiah’s mother on contempt plea against her

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The Bombay High Court today issued notice to Rabiya Khan, mother of late actress Jiah Khan, and sought her response to a contempt plea filed against her by actor Sooraj Pancholi’s parents Zarina Wahab and Aditya Pancholi. Wahab and Pancholi had filed the contempt petition against Rabiya in December last year. In the plea, they […]

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Bombay HC asks ED about action against Kripashankar

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The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and sought to know what action it has taken or proposes to take under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against former Mumbai Congress president Kripashankar Singh. A division bench of justices R V More and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi was hearing […]

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Bombay HC upholds life sentence to man for murder of minor daughter

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to a 29-year-old man for murdering his minor daughter, relying on the evidence of the victim’s mother who is an eye-witness. A division bench headed by Justice V K Tahilramani recently dismissed an appeal filed by convict Mohammad Naim Nabi Khan challenging a […]

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Bombay HC asks Maharashtra to take action against open defecation

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The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to consider a petition seeking action against open defecation, as if it was a representation made to the state and take appropriate measures expeditiously. The court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Vishwasrao Devkar seeking strict action against people who defecate in the open, thereby […]

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PIL in Bombay HC challenges govt ordinance on demonetisation

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A PIL in Bombay High Court has challenged an ordinance issued by the Union government restricting members of the public from depositing the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in Reserve Bank of India branches. The petition, filed recently by Congress leader Sachin Sawant, has sought quashing of the ordinance issued by the government […]

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Bombay HC asks Centre to decide on mandatory sealing of health care

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The Bombay High Court has directed the Centre to treat a petition — seeking mandatory sealing of health care products and consumer durables — as if it was a representation made to it and take appropriate decision expeditiously, preferably within six months. The direction was issued recently by a division bench headed by Justice Shantunu […]

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Bombay HC tells Maha to set up new jail to solve overcrowding problem

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Expressing concern over overcrowding in jails, the Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to establish a new prison with kitchen and other facilities which would solve the problem of space constraint. A bench of justices Abhay Oka and Amjad Sayed, hearing a petition, asked the state government to submit a plan for setting […]

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Bombay HC rejects furlough plea of 1993 blasts convict Rubina Memon

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The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast terror convict Rubina Suleman Memon, seeking her release on furlough. “We are not inclined to release the petitioner (Rubina) on furlough as she had been convicted by a TADA court for her involvement in terrorist activities,” said a bench of Justice […]

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Cops, lawyers should not fight with each other: Bombay HC

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Quashing a criminal case filed by a woman police constable against an advocate, also a woman, who used to park her car in front of Mahim police station here, the Bombay High Court has asked police personnel and lawyers not to fight with each other. “It can’t be forgotten that advocates, police officers, public prosecutors […]

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“Noise meters procured & given to police stations”

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Maharashtra government today assured the Bombay High Court there would be no violation of noise pollution rules on Christmas and New Year’s eve as it has procured and distributed decibel meters to all police stations, by which noise levels would be measured. Following this assurance from the government, a division bench of Justices A S […]

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Maharashtra tells Bombay HC it would appoint new AG by Dec 30

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Putting an end to the controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Advocate General, the Maharashtra Government today told the Bombay High Court that it would fill up the coveted post by December 30. The post of Advocate General has been lying vacant since March this year after Srihari Aney resiged as AG. In his […]

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