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Bombay HC sets aside externment orders in 21 cases

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The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside externment orders in 21 cases, including six from Nagpur city, observing that they were passed “without application of mind”. In most cases, the externees were directed to move out beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the competent authority and even adjoining districts without assigning any reason, the […]

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Bombay HC asks Service Tax Dept to revalue Mallya’s plane

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The Bombay High Court today asked the Service Tax Department, which has to recover dues of Rs 532 crore from the business tycoon Vijay Mallya, to revalue his luxury plane parked at the Mumbai airport. After the revaluation, the HC said it would consider the department’s request to allow a re-auction of the aircraft. A […]

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Bombay HC asks CBI for further probe on murder charge

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Observing that prima facie evidence points to offence of murder and unnatural sex against 10 police officials booked in the 2014 custodial death case of a 25-year-old man, the Bombay High Court today directed CBI to carry out further probe and file supplementary chargesheet. A division bench of Justices R V More and A M […]

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Bombay HC rejects plea challenging move to shift DRT office to Vashi

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Paving way for the transfer of office of Debt Recovery Tribunal (III) from South Mumbai to adjoining Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court dismissed a petition challenging the decision made by the Ministry of Finance. A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak on December 14 dismissed a petition filed […]

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Bhujbal back in jail after lengthy hospital stay

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Following a lower court order and rejection of bail plea by the Bombay High Court, former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal was sent back to Arthur Road jail here from a government hospital. Bhujbal was sent to the Arthur Road Jail late tonight, said Dr T P Lahane, Dean of the J J Hospital. The Bombay […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC allows Sooraj’s intervention application

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The Bombay High Court today permitted actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting suicide of his actress girlfriend Jiah Khan, to intervene in the petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan against CBI’s chargesheet terming the death as suicide. Rabia petitioned the High Court against Central Bureau of Investigation’s report categorising Jiah’s death on June 3, […]

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Rs 1.58 cr sent to Solapur coop bank for teachers’ salary

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The Reserve Bank today informed the Bombay High Court that it has transferred a sum of Rs 1.58 crore to Solapur District Cooperative Bank for disbursal of salaries to aided school teachers. “We have sent Rs 1.58 crore to the Solapur district bank for disbursal of salaries to the teachers. The money can be transferred […]

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Relief on defence transfer order only in “rarest of rare” cases: Bombay HC

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Observing that transfer orders of the Defence Ministry can be cancelled only in “rarest of rare” circumstances, the Bombay High Court today asked an army officer to find out if facilities for taking care of his mentally and physically disabled child are available in the city where he is to be transferred. A division bench […]

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Have taken steps to reform police dept: Maha to Bombay HC

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Maharashtra government has informed Bombay High Court that it has taken effective steps to introduce reforms in the police department, like filling up vacant posts, upgrading forensic labs, providing adequate training and strengthening the investigation system. The government said that it has taken these steps after the Supreme Court decision in the case of Prakash […]

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Minority schools not compelled to absorb surplus teachers: Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court has said that minority educational institutions cannot be compelled to absorb surplus teachers unless the institutions concur with the same. A division bench of Justices Vasanti Naik and Swapna Naik, while upholding the right of minority institutions, said the state government cannot direct such institutions to absorb surplus employees from other […]

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Accused Tawde seeks to be impleaded as respondent

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Virendra Tawde, accused in the murder cases of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist Govind Pansare, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to be impleaded as a respondent in the petition filed by Maharashtra government seeking stay in the Pansare trial. The state CID, probing the Pansare murder case, had earlier this year filed a […]

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Bombay HC directs installing VC facility in all Maha courts

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The Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government to ensure that video conference facility is installed in all courts across Maharashtra by March 2017. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and Nutan Sardessai was informed by the High Court administration that out of 2200 courts in the state video conference facilities have not […]

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