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Bombay High Court Seizes Phone After Advocates Clerk Caught Recording Court Proceedings, Fines Both

The Bombay High Court recently ordered the seizure of a mobile handset and further imposed cost of Rs 10,000 on an advocate's clerk caught videorecording the court proceedings, purportedly on instructions of a Junior Advocate. The High Court also imposed cost of Rs 25,000 on the said Junior Advocate.A division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale in its October 19...

Removal Of Undergarment Without Further Act Amounts To Attempt To Commit Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that removing a child's undergarment with sexual intent, without proceeding to any further act, amounts to an attempt to commit sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Court reduced the sentence of a man convicted in a case involving a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from five years to three-and-a-half years'...

They Must Mend Their Ways: Bombay High Court Moots Forfeiture Of Rehab Homes For Slum Dwellers Who Dump Garbage On Public Roads

If slum dwellers want to continue living in Mumbai they will need to "mend their ways" and ensure that they do not litter on public streets or anywhere in the city, said the Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 22) with a clear warning that it may ask the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to forfeit the right to permanent alternate accommodation of such slum dwellers, who are caught...

Bombay High Court Calls For Strict Action Against Those Helping Foreign Nationals Obtain Fake Aadhar, PAN Cards

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 22) ordered the Maharashtra Police to take strict action not only against foreign nationals illegally entering Indian borders but also against those Indians, who help such infiltrators settle here by creating unauthorised documents like Aadhar Card, PAN Card and also the Election Card. A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata...

Bombay High Court Orders ₹5 Lakh Compensation For Illegal Arrest; Directs Action Against Police, Magistrate

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (October 22) ordered the Maharashtra Government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs to a man, who was illegally arrested by the Mumbai Police and was kept in detention for nearly 26 days. The Court while declaring the arrest to be illegal, also ordered the State to take action against the officers, who showed the petitioner as an 'extortionist' and arrested...

Bombay High Court Asks Petitioner To File Fresh, Comprehensive Plea Challenging Maharashtras Anti-Conversion Law

The Bombay High Court has permitted Maulana Halimullah Farooque Ahemed Khan to withdraw his plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, and file a fresh, comprehensive writ petition, observing that the existing petition did not adequately highlight the difficulties citizens may face due to the law or its repercussions.A bench of Chief...

Bombay High Court Slams Civic & Police Authorities For Failure To Enforce Total Ban On Firecrackers During Durga Puja Processions

Despite clear orders imposing a total ban on bursting of firecrackers on public streets and nearby silence zones like hospitals, schools, etc there has been no compliance of the same, particularly during religious processions, noted the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 21). The High Court took up the matter after noting breach of its orders during the Durga visarjan processions. A...

Bombay High Court Paves Way For Redevelopment Of Building Stalled Because Of ED Attaching A Flat; Orders Agency To Give NOC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 15) ordered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to grant a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to a housing society so that it could proceed with its redevelopment, which was stuck because one of the flats among the total 10 flats in the 44-year-old building was attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).A division bench of Justice...

Bombay High Court Seeks State Response On Plea Alleging Illegal Mumbai Police Detentions During Anti-CEC Protests

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra State to respond to petitions alleging illegal detention of individuals by Mumbai Police during the anti-Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) protests held on October 10 and 11 at two places in the city.A division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna took on record affidavits of at least seven persons...

Actor Imran Khan Moves Bombay High Court Challenging Leave India Notice For Participating In Anti-CEC Protests

Actor Imran Khan has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the "Leave India" notice issued by the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) asking him to leave the country by October 28.Notably, Imran, US citizen and an OCI Card holder, was last week detained by the Mumbai Police for participating in the protests staged for removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the...