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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother. A division bench of Justices R V Ghuge and Rajesh Patil was hearing a petition filed by a 27-year-old woman’s father, seeking permission for medical termination of her 21-week pregnancy on the ground that…
The bench had in 2023 taken suo motu cognisance of the issue of poor air quality. (File) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday said pollution-free environment was a constitutional right, and pulled up the Maharashtra government and other authorities for their failure to tackle the issue of air pollution. A division bench of Chief…
The petitioner challenged the contract given to the Adani Group. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging a contract awarded by the Maharashtra government to Adani Group for supply of renewable and thermal power electricity, noting the plea was “unsubstantiated and reckless”. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya…
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Manorama Khedkar had moved the High Court challenging the Pune top cop’s order Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has quashed an order passed by the Pune police commissioner cancelling the arms licence of Manorama Khedkar, the mother of controversial former IAS officer Puja Khedkar. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan…
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Chetan Patil was arrested in August from Kolhapur after the statue collapsed. The Bombay High Court has granted bail to the consultant who was arrested after the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra Malvan. The structure broke almost nine months after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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The court said that the allegations would not comprisephysical and mental cruelty. New Delhi: The Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet. A single…
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Bombay High Court has been supervising the probe into the Badlapur sexual assault incident. (File) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government about action taken against the erring police officials for lapses in lodging an FIR and probing the alleged sexual assault on two minor girls at a school in the…
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Bombay High Court termed the authority’s refusal as “wholly misconceived” (Representative) Mumbai: A Muslim man can register more than one marriage as their personal laws permit multiple marriages, the Bombay High Court held in a case of a man seeking to register his union with his third wife. A division bench of Justices B P…
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Mumbai: A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking guidelines to curb black marketing and ticket scalping at major events, in the backdrop of alleged foul play during the online tickets sale for British band Coldplay’s highly anticipated concert in Navi Mumbai in January 2025. The plea was mentioned on Monday for…
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The woman sought to end her pregnancy due to financial and personal reasons (File) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has permitted a 23-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her pregnancy beyond the 20-week threshold, noting that restricting similar permission to married women will mean a narrow interpretation of the law. A division bench observed that such…
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