Bar, Bench & Firm News Elgar Parishad case: CD title with Gonsalves suggests something anti-State, says high court August 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court hearing a bail plea of Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Vernon Gonsalves on Wednesday questioned his motive behind keeping copies of some books and CDs whose titles prima facie indicated they contained material against the State. The books and CDs the high court referred to included copies of Marxist Archives, a […] Read more » Bombay High Court Elgar Parishad cas
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Bombay High Court summons P Chidambaram, 2 IAS officers in Rs 10,000 crore damage suit by 63 moons August 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has summoned former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and top serving bureaucrats, K.P. Krishnan and Ramesh Abhishek, in connection with Rs 10,000 crore damage suits filed by 63 moons technologies, formerly known as Financial Technologies Ltd (FTIL), and their role in engineering the NSEL payment default crisis. The Bombay High Court […] Read more » 000 crore 2 IAS officers in Rs 10 Bombay High Court damage suit by 63 moons P Chidambaram
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Coastal road work: Supreme Court dismisses contempt plea against Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation July 11, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court (SC) recently dismissed a contempt petition which alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had carried out new construction work for the coastal road project in violation of its previous order. On May 6, the Apex court had modified a status quo order of the Bombay high court (HC), allowing work to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Coastal road work contempt plea against Supreme Court The Supreme Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Supreme Court judge recuses herself from hearing pleas against Bombay High Court order on laws on beef July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra Monday recused herself from hearing a batch of appeals and cross-appeals challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action. A bench headed by Justice A M Sapre said that Justice Malhotra was recusing herself […] Read more » Bombay High Court laws on beef Supreme Court
Criminal Law News High Court reserves order on death-row convicts’ plea in Pune BPO gang rape and murder case June 25, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on petitions filed by two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO gang rape and murder case seeking stay on the execution of their death warrant. Convicts Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade were to be executed on June 24. The HC last week, however, said the execution shall […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO gang rape High Court
Criminal Law News Bombay High Court stays execution of convicts in Pune BPO Rape and Murder case June 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the execution of two convicts in the 2007 Pune BPO rape and murder case. The convicts were to be executed on June 24 at Yerawada Central Prison. A BPO employee was raped and murdered by her company’s cab driver Purshottam Borate and his friend, Pradeep Kokade in 2007. […] Read more » Bombay High Court BPO RAPE
Criminal Law News Intellectual Property News Bombay High Court directs police to file case against Munde in illegal land purchase case June 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Tuesday directed police to file a case against Dhananjay Munde, the leader of opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, in connection with alleged illegal purchase of government land in Beed district. A division bench of Justices T V Nalawade and K K Sonawane gave the directions on the petition filed by […] Read more » Bombay High Court illegal land purchase case police to file case against Munde
Criminal Law News High Court seeks govt’s response on pleas of two death row convicts June 6, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi : The Bombay High Court Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Maharashtra government on petitions filed by two convicts on death row to halt their execution scheduled on June 24. The petitions filed last week by Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokate, convicted in the 2007 gangrape and murder of a woman […] Read more » Bombay High Court convicted in the 2007 gangrape Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokate
Environment Law News Bombay High Court refuses to vacate stay imposed on BMC’s Tree Authority May 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused the BMC’s plea to vacate a stay imposed on the working of Mumbai civic body’s Tree Authority that has the power to approve cutting of trees for development projects or repair and upgradation work. A vacation bench of justices A S Gadkari and N J Jamadar, however, refused […] Read more » BMC's Tree Authority Bombay High Court
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government about steps taken to tackle drought May 15, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Maharashtra government what measures it proposes to tackle “serious” issues like drought in the state. A vacation bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and N J Jamadar was hearing a petition filed by activist Sanjay Lakhe Patil, seeking setting up of independent disaster management committees in […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice Ajey Gadkari Justice N J Jamadar measures to be taken to tackle drought in the Maharashtra
Top Law News Bombay High Court seeks response from BJP leaders over hoardings in Mumbai April 24, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought response from BJP MP Poonam Mahajan, party MLA Ashish Shelar and corporator Alka Kelkar over allegations that hoardings and posters carrying their pictures were put up in the city without requisite permissions. A bench of justices A S Oka and M S Karnik was hearing a petition filed […] Read more » BJP MP Poonam Mahajan Bombay High Court corporator Alka Kelkar hoardings in Mumbai party MLA Ashish Shelar
Top Law News Every direction by EC will be followed during polls : Bombay High Court April 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer Sunday assured the Bombay High Court that every direction and guideline issued by the Election Commission (EC) will be followed during the elections and post-poll arrangements. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by Nana Patole, Congress’ Nagpur Lok Sabha candidate. Patole had filed the […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice R K Deshpande Justice S M Modak Nagpur collector-cum-returning officer
