[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Maharashtra government to withdraw its appeal - filed during Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's tenure - challenging a 2020 Bombay High Court order suspending the probe in two FIRs filed against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly making inflammatory comments.The Maharashtra government...
HC issues notice to Bar Council of India on PIL against court vacations, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Mumbai, The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking its response on a plea challenging the practice of courts taking long vacations, thereby affecting hearing of cases. A bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and SG Dige noted that the expectation...
SC waives requirement of solvency certificate for Gautam Navlakha to avail house arrest, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the obstruction in the release of activist Gautam Navlakha, accused in Bhima Koregaon case, from a Maharashtra jail by waiving the requirement of a solvency certificate for availing the benefit of house arrest.A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy...
HC asks Maharashtra govt to re-examine Johnson & Johnson baby powder samples, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to re-examine samples of baby powder manufactured by Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd in government or government approved laboratories.A division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and S G Dige asked additional government pleader Milind More to submit...
482 cases registered against lawmakers in Maharashtra, SC told, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, A total of 482 cases against lawmakers, including MPs and MLAs, have been registered in Maharashtra as on November 12, 2022, the Supreme Court was informed on Monday. Out of these 482 cases, 169 are more than five years old, the top court was told. Maharashtra is...
Ex-CJI U.U. Lalit, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, Former Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on Sunday said the Supreme Court collegium is perfect and it does not require any fine-tuning.When queried on recent remarks by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Supreme Court collegium who called the system "opaque", Justice Lalit said: "It is perfect...
Bombay HC directs status quo on works approved by earlier regime, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court has directed present State government to maintain status quo in projects where work orders have already been issued by the previous regime and also not to cancel tenders issued during the previous with out court’s permission where the process is not...
SC stays death penalty of Maha man convicted of raping, murdering minor, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the death sentence of a man convicted for sexually assaulting and killing a minor girl in Maharashtra's Thane district in 2013.A bench, headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, asked the Maharashtra government to bring on record all reports of the probation...
SC directs Maha govt to submit report containing details of 168 missing people to committee, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to submit a report containing details of 168 people, who were reported to have gone missing during the 1992-93 communal riots in Mumbai, to a committee constituted by the apex court. The apex court observed that a March...
Plea in SC against Bombay HC order over guidelines on stray dog feedings, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the order of the Bombay High Court issuing guidelines regarding feeding of stray dogs.The plea was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, who agreed to list the...