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Quaid Najmi

4 January 2025 at 3:26:24 pm

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court...

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court that the state would file its reply within a week in the matter.   Indian-origin Dr. Patil, hailing from Jalgaon, is facing a criminal case here for posting allegedly objectionable content involving Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on social media.   After his posts on a FB page, ‘Shehar Vikas Aghadi’, a Mumbai BJP media cell functionary lodged a criminal complaint following which the NM Joshi Marg Police registered a FIR (Dec. 18, 2025) and subsequently issued a LoC against Dr. Patil, restricting his travels.   The complainant Nikhil Bhamre filed the complaint in December 2025, contending that Dr. Patil on Dec. 14 posted offensive content intended to spread ‘disinformation and falsehoods’ about the BJP and its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   Among others, the police invoked BNSS Sec. 353(2) that attracts a 3-year jail term for publishing or circulating statements or rumours through electronic media with intent to promote enmity or hatred between communities.   Based on the FIR, Dr. Patil was detained and questioned for 15 hours when he arrived with his wife from London at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Jan. 10), and again prevented from returning to Manchester, UK on Jan. 19 in view of the ongoing investigations.   On Wednesday (Jan. 21) Dr. Patil recorded his statement before the Mumbai Police and now he has moved the high court. Besides seeking quashing of the FIR and the LoC, he has sought removal of his name from the database imposing restrictions on his international travels.   Through his Senior Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, the medico has sought interim relief in the form of a stay on further probe by Crime Branch-III and coercive action, restraint on filing any charge-sheet during the pendency of the petition and permission to go back to the UK.   Pasbola submitted to the court that Dr. Patil had voluntarily travelled from the UK to India and was unaware of the FIR when he landed here. Sathe argued that Patil had appeared in connection with other posts and was not fully cooperating with the investigators.

Adani scion Jeet’s moments with ‘special couples’

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Mumbai: In a warm and humane gesture, Jeet Adani - the young scion of billionaire industrial tycoon Gautam Adani – hosted and blessed 21 newly married physically-challenged women and their husbands, just 48 hours before his own marriage scheduled on February 7, officials said here on Wednesday.


Jeet, 27, is slated to tie the knot with Diva Shah, the daughter of Mumbai-based diamantaire Jaimin Shah, the co-owner of the leading diamond house C. Dinesh & Co. Pvt. Ltd, with operations sprawled across Surat and Hongkong.


Ahead of Jeet’s ‘low-profile’ nuptials, the Adani family announced a new initiative ‘Mangal Seva’ to pour joy into the lives of 500 newly-married women with disabilities.


“Every year, they shall be provided financial assistance of Rs One Million each. Today, Jeet Adani met the first of the 21 couples under the ‘Mangal Seva’ initiative at his home in Ahmedabad,” said an official source.


Videos and photos of a smiling, bearded Jeet clad in a simple maroon designer kurta and white pyjamas plus black comfies, bowing before the couples, felicitating them, who in turn blessed him for his own Big Day on Friday.


A thrilled Gautam Adani took to X and expressed his happiness over Jeet’s propitious move ahead of the prospective bridegroom's auspicious marriage.


He expressed his full confidence that through this sacred effort, the lives of many handicapped daughters and their families would be filled with happiness, peace and dignity.


The family said that Jeet is inspired by his mother, Dr. Priti Gautam Adani, who evolved the Adani Foundation from a small rural project in Mundra (Gujarat), into a global force heralding change.


Presently, Jeet is a Director of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. (AAHL) – India’s largest airport infrastructure company - which is managing and developing eight airports, including Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports.


Educated at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, he started his career with the Adani Group in 2019, at the CFO’s office, focussing on Capital Markets, Risk & Governance Policy besides Strategic Finance. It involved working with all the listed verticals of Group, and in June 2020, h e took over as the AAHL Director, and also oversees the Group’s defence, petrochemicals, copper businesses along with digital transformation.

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