Who films a hearing from the corridor, and on whose instruction? A clerk who said he acted for a junior advocate was caught on camera-phone, and over this unauthorised recording of court proceedings the Bombay High Court has seized the phone and fined the advocate Rs 25,000 and the clerk Rs 10,000. Mumbai: The Bombay […]
“The deterrent can come only when their entitlement to receive a permanent alternate accommodation stands forfeited,” the Bombay High Court has said as it mooted Forfeiture Of Rehab Homes for slum dwellers who litter public roads, and asked the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to take instructions on the step. Mumbai: Slum dwellers who are caught dumping […]
Fourteen students died in the sea at Murud in February 2016, and the Bombay High Court Quashes FIR against the Pune college’s in-charge principal, trustees and teachers, holding that adult students swept away at a public beach was a simple accident and that beach safety is the State’s responsibility. Mumbai: First Information Report No. 24 […]
The papers an accused submitted to get his Aadhaar card must reach the Anti Terrorist Squad within two weeks, the Bombay High Court has told UIDAI. The Court also said that anyone who helps foreign nationals settle illegally must be thoroughly interrogated. The allegations are untested at trial. Mumbai: When a trial court direction failed […]
Rs 5 lakh within two weeks, strict action against a sub-inspector, and a remand Magistrate’s conduct sent to the High Court’s Administrative Committee: that is the Bombay High Court’s answer to an arrest made before the notice the law required, followed by a remand without reasons. Mumbai: The August 2017 arrest of a man on […]
Mumbai Air Pollution is being compounded by routine breaches of festival noise and firecracker curbs, the Bombay High Court has said, directing the Commissioner of Police to brief every police station head, frame a Standard Operating Procedure and file an affidavit. Mumbai: Three bodies have been pulled up by the Bombay High Court, the Mumbai […]
Tu Hai Meri Kiran, the Sonakshi Sinha starrer, cannot be released until Rs 8.85 crore with interest is deposited, the Bombay High Court has ordered in a commercial suit by And Movie Products LLP against Echelon Productions and others; the claims are yet to be tested. Mumbai: With a release announced for October 23, 2026, […]
The wheels of the official machinery are turning too slowly, the Bombay High Court has said, finding that its firecracker ban is routinely violated at processions and that police station heads in Mumbai may not know of its orders; the Commissioner of Police must brief every station and file an affidavit. Mumbai: Unhappy with how […]
