A Maharashtra Magistrate has issued a show-cause contempt notice to the Divisional Railway Manager, Nanded Division, over the failure to replace bed-bug-infested sofas in the VIP room at the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar railway station and to carry out pest control, despite an earlier direction. The Judge noted that High Court judges who wait in the room had been sitting in their cars instead, and directed the officer to appear in person on September 30.
Six years after Disha Salian’s death was closed as an accidental death, the CBI has registered an FIR on the Bombay High Court’s direction. The Court directed a fresh investigation while expressly protecting persons whose names have surfaced, holding that nobody is to be treated as an accused on that basis alone. Nothing has been established.
Social worker Vignyan Mane filed a case in Sangli, Maharashtra, accusing music composer and filmmaker Palash Muchhal of cheating and committing offences under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Mane, a friend of Smriti Mandhana, submitted a complaint.
The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Maharashtra government on bail pleas filed by two accused in the Pune Porsche crash, issuing notice against the Bombay High Court order that refused them relief in December last year.
The Supreme Court raised concerns over Surendra Gadling’s six-and-a-half-year custody without trial, directing a quick decision on pending applications. Gadling argued prolonged delays, missing electronic evidence, and unequal treatment as other accused are already on bail.
The Supreme Court asked Maharashtra to consider delaying local body poll nominations while it examines the 27% OBC quota issue. The court warned that continuing the process may complicate elections already under legal scrutiny.
The Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission has issued a show-cause notice to former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray for not responding to requests over key documents. The move follows Prakash Ambedkar’s plea seeking a bailable warrant against him.
A Maharashtra woman doctor has revealed in her suicide note that a police officer raped her four times and subjected her to mental and physical abuse over several months, exposing shocking allegations of harassment and police atrocities.
The Supreme Court called the delay in execution of 8.8 lakh pending petitions “highly disappointing and nothing short of a travesty of justice.” It pulled up the High Courts, urging them to expedite the disposal of these cases.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court over the deaths of 14 children in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra linked to contaminated cough syrup. The plea seeks a CBI probe, nationwide recall, and judicial inquiry into drug safety failures.
