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MSEDCL engineer, contractor acquitted in bribery case

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A court in Thane has acquitted a junior engineer and a private electrical contractor of a Maharashtra power distribution company in an alleged bribery case on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them. A local hotelier, Bhavani Shankar Mehta, had complained to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in 2007 against Maharashtra […]

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Man gets jail for rape, murder of 8-yr-old

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A special women’s court of Mumbai, today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Nehru Nagar area of suburban Kurla in 2010. Special Judge Vrushali Joshi had convicted Javed Sheikh (aged around 25) on September 5 for the crime. “The court has sentenced Javed Sheikh to life on the […]

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HC rejects plea agnst award to Babasaheb Purandare

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The Bombay High Court today rejected a petition seeking a direction to the state government to withdraw its decision to confer the prestigious “Maharashtra Bhushan” award on veteran historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and S B Shukare turned down the petition, saying that it was devoid of merits. The […]

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Maintain status quo on mobile towers in playgrounds:HC to govt

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The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) not to pass any directions in furtherance to a March 2014 notification permitting installation of mobile towersin playgrounds, recreation grounds, parks and gardens. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon directed the government […]

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ACB gives report to HC in Maha irrigation scam

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today submitted to the Bombay High Court a confidential progress report in a sealed cover about its probe into the alleged irregularities in the multi-crore-rupee irrigation scam in Maharashtra. The report was submitted by Acting Advocate General Anil Singh to a bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil which was hearing a […]

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HC to Maharashtra: spell out steps to clean Godavari

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The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to declare within a week what steps it would take to make the Godavari river in Nashik, where Kumbh Mela starts next month, pollution-free and its water fit for drinking. The mega religious congregation on the banks of Godavari at Trimbakeshwar, a pilgrim town near Nashik, about […]

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HC stays prosecution of former CM Ashok Chavan in Adarsh case

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In an interim order in response to a CBI petition, the Bombay High Court on Thursday stayed the prosecution of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. CBI has challenged the lower court’s refusal to end criminal prosecution of Chavan. Justice Sadhana Jadhav, while staying the prosecution against the Congress […]

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PIL in HC against carving Palghar distt out of Thane

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A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court by a group of local political leaders and social activists opposing the Maharashtra government’s decision to bifurcate Thane district and carve out a new district with its headquarters at Palghar. The PIL has demanded to “quash and set aside the said political decision of the […]

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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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“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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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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Act against RTOs for not following rules: HC to state

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Observing that Regional Transport Offices in Maharashtra were not following the Central Motor Vehicles Rules when renewing fitness certificates of transport vehicles, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered action against the concerned officials. The court also asked the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct surprise visits at all the RTOs in the […]

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