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 HC seeks report on Maha officials’ visits to malnutrition-hit areas October 18, 2018 / October 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Mumbai: The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government on Wednesday to submit a report on visits conducted by its public health and district level officers to the state’s tribal areas that are battling malnutrition. A bench of justices A S Oka and M S Sonak directed the state’s counsel Neha Bhide to submit the report […] Read more » A S Oka and M S Sonak Bombay High Court Maha officials' Maharashtra government
Top Law News SC orders ban on Maharashtra construction September 4, 2018 / September 4, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: In an embarrassment to the Maharashtra government the Supreme Court order banning construction activity in States those do not have a solid waste management policy should not apply to Maharashtra, said Nitin Kareer, the State’s Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department. The SC on Friday imposed a stay on all construction in Maharastra and slapped a fine of […] Read more » featured Maharashtra government Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court declines to stay its 20 March verdict on SC/ST verdict April 3, 2018 / April 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to keep in abeyance its 20 March order on the SC/ST Act but said it will consider in detail the Centre’s review petition. A bench of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit, while referring to the large-scale nationwide violence during the protest against the verdict, said that people who […] Read more » A K Goel featured Maharashtra government SC/ST Act Supreme Court U U Lalit
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government to develop a plan for shelter homes March 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said it is time the Maharashtra government develops a model plan for constant governance and supervision of shelter homes for children in the state. The court also said that the government could also consult social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muuruganantham for supply of sanitary pads for girls staying in these homes. A […] Read more » Bombay High Court featured justice G S Kulkarni justice N H Patil Maharashtra government shelter homes
Top Law News Consider allotting 2 plots in suburbs to house displaced people: Bombay High Court March 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a public housing project, to rehabilitate over 60,000 people whose houses were demolished by the local civic body on the court’s order as they were near the Tansa water pipeline. The high […] Read more » Bombay High Court Consider allotting 2 plots in suburbs displaced people featured house Maharashtra government Tansa water pipeline
Top Law News Maharashtra government changed Mumbai DP plan for Metro car shed: HC told March 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some city residents and activists have approached the Bombay High Court alleging the Maharashtra government has illegally modified the draft Development Plan 2034 for Mumbai to show what was previously a green zone as that reserved for a car shed for the Metro rail project. The petitioners had earlier filed a public interest litigation (PIL) […] Read more » Aarey Milk Colony featured Maharashtra government Metro car shed
Top Law News Decks cleared to acquire land for new prison in Mumbai: Maharashtra government to HC January 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has finally completed formalities to acquire land for a new prison complex here, four years after it made the proposal. As per an affidavit submitted in the high court by the Maharashtra government yesterday, the city collector will hand over around 52,000 sq mt […] Read more » acquire land Bombay High Court featured Justice AS Oka Maharashtra government new prison in Mumbai
Top Law News HC raps Maharashtra government over delay in serving warrants and summons January 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to form a policy, or amend existing laws to ensure that warrants and summons are served expeditiously to accused and witnesses. A bench of Justices S C Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre was hearing a PIL claiming that the issue of a large number of pending summons […] Read more » delay in serving summons delay in serving warrants featured HC Maharashtra government
Top Law News Will revise Manodhairya scheme to hike compensation: Maha govt to HC November 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Facing flak over its “insensitive attitude” towards victims of rape and other women-related offences, the Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it would revise the Manodhairya scheme, raising the monetary compensation to victims to Rs 10 lakh. Under the Manodhairya Yojana launched in October 2013, the state government gives a compensation of […] Read more » Bombay High Court Compensation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government Manodhairya scheme
Top Law News Those with criminal records don’t have rights? HC to Maha govt November 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government if it believed that people with criminal records had no right to a safe life. The government invited the high court’s ire after it submitted that it had decided not to extend police protection to persons who had a criminal record, since any threat to their […] Read more » Bombay High Court Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
Top Law News State must acquire private land within fixed time period: Bombay HC October 27, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has observed that the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot hold on to a private plot of land without officially acquiring it within the period stipulated under the Land Acquisition Act. A bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Vasanti Naik observed this recently while hearing a petition filed […] Read more » BMC Bombay High Court Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Court featured Law Legal News Maharashtra government
