HC restrains Maharashtra government from giving appointment letters to 111 under EWS quota, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] In a disappointment for the Shinde-Fadnavis government, the Bombay high court on Thursday restrained the state from giving appointment letters to 111 candidates under the EWS quota but allowed it to proceed with appointing others selected by the MPSC. While the government had planned a major event to distribute...

Bombay HC notice to Centre, state on couple’s surrogacy plea, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Bombay high court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the state on a petition filed by a couple seeking directions to government to constitute the District Medical Board, in Maharashtra, as prescribed under the new surrogacy law and to expeditiously process applications to register infertility clinics...

SC stays razing of Worli’s 50-year-old National House, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The National Insurance Company successfully engaged the services of attorney general R Venkataramani to convince the Supreme Court on Monday to stop the BMC from demolishing its 50-year-old building on Annie Besant Road in Worli.The Bombay high court had directed the BMC on November 15 to demolish the 'India...

Bombay HC issues notice to state over society member’s plea, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Dholakia said he has always honoured all bye-laws of his society but being environment conscious had purchased a new EV.Bombay high court had recently issued notice to state, registrar of cooperative societies, civic administration and Centre on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by two south Mumbai residents seeking...

Bombay HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Bombay high court set aside a cancellation of a performance licence issued to a suburban restaurant, observing that the deputy police commissioner who cancelled it could not have relied on crimes registered against its owner for alleged offence of obscenity, unless it resulted in conviction.When an FIR is pending...

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 grants interim relief to Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association members, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Supreme Court on Friday in an interim relief to members of the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association restrained authorities in Maharashtra from taking any coercive action against retailers for non-compliance of the state’s compulsory Marathi signboards order.The SC made it clear that it was not passing a...

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[ad_1] MUMBAI: When the biological mothers of girls are alive, they cannot be described as orphans, the Bombay high court has said, declining to direct the state government to issue an 'orphan' certificate to two girls residing in a child care home in Marol, Andheri, reports Rosy Sequeira. "The petitioner...

Man’s consent for marriage taken by fraud, says Bombay HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently annulled an almost decade-old marriage of a couple, holding that it was "voidable" as consent of the man was obtained by suppression of relevant facts and by fraud.The HC observed that the woman had contacted the man through her sister's online profile on...