Tag: Bombay High Court

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HC rejected plea for 3 months to decide SRA scheme

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Observing that enough time had been given to Maharashtra government to consider a proposal to amend the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme in Thane, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant the state three months time to take a policy decision on the issue. However, the court granted a short time to the state […]

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Rabiya assures HC she won’t slander Pancholis

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Rabiya Khan, the mother of deceased Bollywood actor Jiah Khan, today assured the Bombay High Court that she would not make any defamatory statements about Sooraj Pancholi and his parents Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab. She also claimed that her Twitter account had been hacked in the past. The statement was made by Khan’s lawyer […]

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No HC’s relief to teacher accused of beating KG pupil

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Refusing to grant relief to a school teacher accused of beating a kindergarten student with a ruler, the Bombay High Court has asked her to approach the trial court to get the criminal case against her quashed. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode allowed the teacher, Michelle Mark Anthony, […]

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“Twist in firing case against Rane’s son”

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In a new twist to the case filed against Nitesh Rane, son of Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane, for opening fire at his NGO member Chintu Shaikh, a city businessman today intervened in the Bombay High Court alleging that the investigations were not done properly. A bench of Justice V M Kanade and P D […]

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Mumbai Taximen’s Union moves HC for taxi fare hike

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The Mumbai Taximen’s Union on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Transport Authority (MMRTA) to implement its decision to allow hiking fares of auto rickshaws and taxis plying in the city, besides Thane and Navi Mumbai. The MMRTA has proposed a Rs 2 fare hike for auto […]

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Bombay HC orders CBI probe in actress Jiah Khan’s death

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The Bombay high court on Thursday transferred the actress Jiah Khan death case for further investigations to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and directed the central agency to find out if it was a suicidal death or homicidal one. Though the division bench of Justice VM Kanade and Justice PD Kode did not note […]

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MCX promoter Jignesh Shah files fresh bail plea in HC

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MCX promoter Jignesh Shah, held in the Rs 5,000 crore NSEL scam, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging an order of a special court refusing to grant him bail. The designated judge of Maharashtra Prevention of Investors Deposits Act Court D P Surana, had on June 24 rejected Shah’s bail on […]

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Man gets 10 yrs’ RI for kidnapping, raping minor girl

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The Bombay High Court has confirmed a lower court order awarding 10-year rigorous imprisonment to a man for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from Mumbai and raping her along with his accomplice here and also in Surat in 2008. “As far as section 376 of IPC (rape) is concerned, the evidence of the prosecutrix (victim), by […]

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HC to hear Om Puri’s plea on alimony to wife in July

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The Bombay High Court will on July 25 hear an appeal filed by Bollywood actor Om Puri against a lower court order asking him to pay monthly compensation of Rs 2.90 lakh to his estranged wife and son. Puri had pleaded before the high court that the option of arriving at a settlement with Nandita, […]

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Yukta, Tuli get divorce, her complaint gets quashed

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Following the consensual divorce of model-turned-actor Yukta Mookhey and her estranged husband Prince Tuli, the Bombay High Court today quashed the criminal complaint filed by the former Miss World against her in-laws. The family court in suburban Bandra yesterday granted Yukta and Tuli a divorce by mutual consent, Tuli’s lawyer Filji Fredrick said. Tuli had […]

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Centre has the right to revise rail fares: Bombay HC

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Observing that Union Government has the right to revise the railway fares, the Bombay High Court today refused to stay the recent fare hike. The court was hearing two public interest litigations challenging the steep hike. Former journalist Ketan Tirodkar has filed a PIL challenging hike in suburban train fares for Mumbai, while Mumbai Grahak […]

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HC fixes final hearing on PIL on CM’s housing quota

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The Bombay High Court on Monday fixed for July 28 the final hearing on a PIL challenging double or multiple allotment of houses from the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s discretionary quota. A bench, headed by Justice Abhay Oka, asked petitioner Ketan Tirodkar to file an additional affidavit within a week and ordered the state to file […]

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