Bombay High Court

Truth Delayed

The Bombay High Court’s decision to hand the Disha Salian death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is a welcome, though long overdue move. For six years, the death of the 28-year-old celebrity manager has remained trapped between...
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HC orders CBI to probe Disha Salian’s death

Her father has named Aaditya Thackeray as an accused in the case Mumbai Police’s clean chit to accused likely to be investigated Disha’s father Satish Salian outside Bombay High Court in Mumbai on Wednesday. Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: The Bombay...
Disha Salian Case 
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Marathi Matters

A basic knowledge of the local language should not be an unreasonable demand for someone earning a living by serving the public in that state. The perfectly reasonable proposition put forward by the state government that commercial passenger-vehicle drivers should...
Editorial 
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HC suspends second convict’s lifer, grants bail

Exactly 13 years after rationalist and anti-superstition crusader Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead on a Pune road the Bombay High Court suspended the life sentence of convict Sachin Prakashrao Andure and granted him bail, pending his appeal against conviction,...
Crime 
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Parents Before Property

The Bombay High Court’s recent decision upholding the cancellation of a gift deed executed by elderly parents in favour of their son is more than a legal victory. It is a timely reminder that parenthood cannot be reduced to a...
Law 
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HC allows student to give exam

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court recently intervened in the attendance issue of the Indian Law Society's College Pune after the petitioner, Nisarga Khanderao, a student of the college filed a case against the institute. She was not allowed to appear...
Education 
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HC orders fresh elections in three months

Dr. Rumi F. Beramji Mumbai: In a jolt, the Bombay High Court has directed the state government to hold elections to the Maharashtra Council of Acupuncture (MCA) - which is managed by an Administrator for past three years – within...
Law 
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Phantom Terror

Nearly two decades after the 2006 Malegaon blasts killed 31 people, the Bombay High Court’s judgement has collapsed the last standing prosecution. By quashing the charges against the four remaining accused, the court has effectively closed a case that traversed...
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Bombay HC closes case against four accused

Mumbai: In a major setback to the prosecution, the Bombay High Court has quashed a Special Court’s order framing charges implicating four accused in the Malegaon 2006 bomb blasts case, thus effectively closing the trial against them. A division bench...
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Plea in HC for fresh polls, new body

Dr. Rumi F. Beramji Mumbai: A senior medical practitioner has knocked on the doors of the Bombay High Court, alleging serious irregularities in the functioning of the Maharashtra Council of Acupuncture (MCA) and challenging the continuation of its current Administrator....
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Medical fraternity reacts sharply to no election

AI generated image Kolhapur: The state Cabinet’s approval on Tuesday of a proposal to alter the structure of the Maharashtra Medical Council has triggered strong backlash from the state’s medical fraternity. Many termed it as an attempt to curtail institutional...
General 
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‘Digital access equalises rural-urban law students’

Justice Milind Jadhav observes that thousands of law students from rural and semi-urban backgrounds are steadily bridging the gap with their urban peers Mumbai: The digital revolution has emerged as a decisive equalizer and a boon for law education, particularly...
Law 
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