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Women Safety: Bombay High Court Seeks States Reply On Plea Alleging Public Vehicles Registered Without Mandatory Tracking Devices, Panic Buttons

A writ petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court highlighting a major deviation from the rules which can compromise the safety of women in Maharashtra as the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) have been approving and registering public service vehicles such as buses, cabs, autorickshaws etc even if they have not installed the Vehicle Location Tracking Devices (VLTD).Notably, after...

Bombay High Court Orders X Corp To Delete Objectionable Content Against Adar Poonawala Over Alleged Side-Effects Of Covid Vaccine

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 29) directed X Corp (formerly Twitter) to delete the objectionable content posted on its platform by certain persons against Covishield vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) and its CEO Adar Poonawala.The posts label them as 'mass murderers' after some deaths occurred due to the alleged adverse effect of the Covid19 vaccine....

Bombay High Court Allows Lawyers Collectives Plea For Opportunity To File FCRA Compounding Application

The Bombay High Court has allowed the Lawyers Collective an opportunity to file a compounding application in relation to the offence under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA). The Court observed that once the requirements under Rule 21 of the FCRA Rules, 2011 are complied with, the right to seek compounding cannot be denied.Justice Milind N. Jadhav was hearing an interim application filed by Lawyers Collective in proceedings seeking quashing of an FIR registered by the Economic...

Bombay High Court Grants 8-Month Interim Bail To Woman Accused In Drugs Case To Care For Newborn

The Bombay High Court recently granted eight months interim bail to a woman booked in a case under the stringent Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, after noting that her prematurely born eight-month-old daughter is in a precarious condition. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the applicant Pooja Lal, delivered a pre-term child on January 9, 2026. "Though this...

Bombay High Court Upholds Union Minister Narayan Ranes Election, Rejects Plea Alleging Corrupt Practice

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 29) rejected an election petition filed by Vinayak Raut, a candidate from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Faction), who challenged the election of BJP leader and Union Home Minister Narayan Rane to the 18th Lok Sabha from the Sindhudurg Constituency.Sitting at the Kolhapur seat, single-judge Justice Shailesh Brahme upheld Rane's election, stating that the...

Antilia Bomb Scare Case: Bombay High Court Stays Bail Granted To Sachin Waze; Lists NIA Appeal In October

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the special court's order granting bail to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze in the Antilia bomb scare case.The development comes in an appeal preferred by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).After three judges of the High Court recused themselves from hearing the appeal, the matter was placed before a division bench comprising Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale.The bench has, for the time being, stayed the special court's bail...

Ambani Terror Scare Case: Dismissed Cop Sachin Waze Approaches Bombay High Court For House Custody Option, Court Grants NIA One Week To File Reply

After a special court granted bail to dismissed cop Sachin Waze in the infamous Antilia Bomb Scare case, at least three judges of the Bombay High Court have recused from hearing the appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging the bail order.On Wednesday (September 30), the NIA appeal was listed before a division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Ashish Chavan. The bench had on Tuesday evening allowed listing of the matter.However, when the matter was called out,...

Unregistered Partnership Firms Can Claim Statutory Tenancy Rights Under Bombay Rent Act: High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an unregistered partnership firm in occupation of premises as a licensee on February 1, 1973, can claim the benefit of Section 15-A of the Bombay Rent Control Act, 1947. The Court observed that the right conferred by Section 15-A is statutory in nature and the bar under Section 69(2) of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 applies to enforcement of contractual rights and not statutory rights.Justice Arun R. Pedneker was hearing a Civil Revision Application filed...

Producing Arrested Person In Court Within 24 Hours Not Sufficient; Accused Must Be Produced Before Nearest Magistrate: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 29) held that merely producing an arrested person before a court within 24 hours is not sufficient but the said person must be produced before a 'nearest' Magistrate.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale therefore granted bail to one Kalim Shaikh, who was arrested from Barshi in Solapur district and brought to...

Bombay High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Assaulting 6-Year-Old Neighbour, Says Trust Reposed In Him Was Completely Eroded

The Bombay High Court recently while denying bail to a man booked for sexually assaulting a minor girl from his neighbourhood, observed that granting him bail would send a wrong message to the society at large as he has decimated the sanctity of the pure relationship between neighbourhood uncle and a minor girl, who are like a father and daughter. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav expressed...

Filing Numerous Proceedings Against Someone As Per Law Cant Invite Prosecution For Suicide Abetment: Bombay High Court

A complainant filing number of proceedings as per law against someone cannot be booked under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code which penalises abetment to suicide only because the proposed accused, later on commits suicide, held the Bombay High Court recently while observing that if such a complaint in such circumstances is prosecuted, people involved in criminal activities will never...