bombay high court

3May

India

Bhima Koregaon Case: Professor Hany Babu Withdraws Bail Petition From Supreme Court

Professor MT Hany Babu, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, withdrew his bail petition from the Supreme Court on Friday, May 3, citing "a change of circumstance". The matter was to be heard by a bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal. It was then, the Babu’s counsel Payoshi Roy inform...

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22Apr

India

Supreme Court Allows Minor Rape Survivor To Abort 30-Week-Pregnancy

The Supreme Court of India on Monday has allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, setting aside the Bombay High Court ruling declining the minor’s mother’s plea. The court has called it an “exceptional case” and allowed abortion on the basis of a hospital report. As...

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21Apr

India

Husband’s “Relative Impotency”: High Court Annuls Marriage

The Bombay High Court annulled the marriage of a young couple on the grounds of non-consummation by a 27-year-old husband. The Aurangabad bench of the High Court, noting that the agony of frustration cannot be ignored, granted divorce to the couple. The 26-year-old wife walked out of the marriage...

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19Mar

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

School Students For PM Modi’s Coimbatore Roadshow; Probe Underway

The PM Narendra Modi roadshow in Coimbatore, on March 18, 2024, has drawn flak for allegedly violating Election Commission of India directives regarding election promotion. The roadshow caused a stir for involving and using children in the party’s political campaign. Showing zero tolerance toward...

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5Mar

India

Former DU Professor GN Saibaba, 5 Others Acquitted by Bombay High Court In UAPA Case

Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who had been imprisoned over alleged Maoist links, has been acquitted by the Bombay High Court. Saibaba, along with five others, had been convicted in 2017 by a Sessions court. The high court initially acquitted Saibaba on October 14, 2022, but the Su...

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22Feb

India

When Hema Malini Got Rs 70 Crore Worth Land for Rs 1.75 Lakh: Controversy Resurfaces

Veteran Bollywood actress and Lok Sabha MP, Hema Malini, finds herself embroiled in controversy once again as 2016 news regarding the allotment of prime land for a dance academy in Mumbai’s Oshiwara area has resurfaced. Documents obtained through an RTI query by activist Anil Galgali highlighted the...

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22Feb

Entertainment

Bombay High Court Asks Netflix To Postpone The Docu-Series On Indrani Mukherjea

Bombay High Court advices Netflix India to postpone the release of documentary on Indrani Mukherjea. The documentary is based on Indrani Mukherjea, who faced accusation of killing her own daughter Sheens Bora in 2012. The move was in response of concerns raised by CBI (Central Bureau of Investigatio...

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26Jan

India

Husband’s Girlfriend Is Not A Relative: Bombay High Court Dismisses FIR Against Her In Cruelty Case

Bombay High Court has recently dismissed a First Information Report (FIR) against a man's girlfriend whose wife has filed complaint against her as an accused in a domestic violence case. Hearing girlfriend's plea, a two-judge bench of the High Court, consisting Justices Anuja Prabhudessai and NR ...

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17Jan

India

Court Rejects Debarring Of Students Accused Of Theft; Orders Community Service Instead

The Bombay High Court rejected the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)Pilani, Goa campus’ decision to debar two students from their semester examination as part of disciplinary action. The Court instead ordered the two students to do community service for two hours every day for two mon...

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8Jan

India

Bombay High Court: Divorced Muslim Woman Entitled To Mahr From Ex-Husband Even If Remarries

The Bombay High Court in its recent verdict held that a Muslim woman is entitled to Mahr from her former husband even if get remarried as per the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA). Judge Rajesh Patil observed that the Section 3(1)(a) of the MWPA does not contain the ...

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