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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…
Rise in suicide among higher education students alarming, immediate measures needed, court said. Mumbai: Noting that the rise in instances of suicide among students pursuing higher education is “alarming”, the Bombay High Court today called for immediate measures by authorities. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar also stated that…
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The special CBI court on July 19 allowed Indrani Mukerjea to travel to Europe. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday extended for two weeks an ad-interim stay on a special court order that had allowed former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, to travel abroad. The high…
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The prosecution told the court that the communication will be unconditionally withdrawn. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court came down heavily on Satara police for seeking action against a professor who referred to late activist Govind Pansare’s book ‘Shivaji Kon Hota’ while pacifying agitated students during an event. The court questioned the police as to what…
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A special CBI court on July 19 allowed Indrani Mukerjea to travel once to Europe (File) Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted an ad-interim stay on a special court order permitting former media executive Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora in 2012 and is currently out on bail,…
The top court has listed the matter for further hearing on August 22. Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that 4.39 acres of land will be handed over to the Bombay High Court by September 10 for the construction of the new building. The Maharashtra government informed the bench of Chief…
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High Court granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia to study Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia for further studies, holding that if parole can be granted to share grief,…
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The state government should not wait for orders from court to implement laws, the court said. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to make the state advisory board for policies related to disabled persons functional within a month. “For God’s sake, do it by then,” the high court said. A division…
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