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Mumbai: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s new film, ‘Emergency’, can be released as long as “some cuts” – to be recommended by the Censor Board of Film Certification’s revision committee – are made, the Bombay High Court was told Thursday afternoon. The movie was supposed to release on September 6, but ran into trouble…
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The order came on a public interest litigation filed by an NGO. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has quashed the Union government’s decision permitting post-facto clearance for projects constructed in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas in violation of rules. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar set aside an…
Case had gone to a third judge after division bench in January delivered a split verdict Mumbai: The central government’s attempt to set up a fact-checking unit has been struck down by the Bombay High Court after standup comic Kunal Kamra filed a petition against the Centre’s move. Justice AS Chandurkar said the Information Technology…
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The bench added that the petitioners must help courts give effective directions (File) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court said on Wednesday that if the use of loudspeakers and sound systems beyond permissible noise levels was harmful during the Ganesh festival then it also has the same effect during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. A division bench of…
Mumbai: Kangana Ranaut’s movie ‘Emergency’, at the centre of a massive row after Sikh organisations opposed its release, got no relief from the Bombay High Court today. The court said it cannot ask the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to issue a certificate to the film’s makers as it would contradict a Madhya Pradesh…
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The word ‘utterance’ in law must not be given a “pedantic interpretation”, bench said (File) Mumbai: Written words, either through email or on social media, that could lower the dignity of a woman constitutes an offence, the Bombay High Court said while refusing to quash a case against a man. A division bench of Justices…
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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has taken cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur near Mumbai. The case has sparked massive protests across the city with demands of death penalty for the 23-year-old cleaner allegedly involved. The cleaner, who was arrested on August 17, allegedly assaulted the…
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A sperm or egg donor has no legal right on the child and cannot claim to be its biological parent Mumbai: A sperm or egg donor has no legal right on the child and cannot claim to be its biological parent, the Bombay High Court held today while allowing a 42-year-old woman visitation rights to…
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The court also noted the FIR was lodged in 2018 and there had been no explanation for the delay. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has quashed a case lodged against a 73-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a woman since 1987, noting that the relationship was consensual. A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari…
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Singer Arijit Singh had filed a petition in Bombay High Court. Mumbai: Granting relief to composer-singer Arijit Singh, the Bombay High Court has said AI tools generating content using a celebrity’s voice, image or other attributes without consent violate his or her “personality rights”. Celebrities are particularly vulnerable to unauthorised generation of content through AI…