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

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 the...

Get Harish Salve for Karnataka border dispute in SC, Ajit Pawar tells Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Leader of opposition Ajit Pawar on Wednesday asked chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to engage the services of Nagpur-based lawyer Harish Salve to represent Maharashtra in the litigation before the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary dispute."Salve belongs to Maharashtra, and he has dealt with...

State Won’t Speed Up Process Till Sc Hearing, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Maharashtra government on Wednesday informed Bombay high court that it would not, till the next hearing on December 20, proceed with delimitation of wards—civic seats—under the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).Based on a statement made through special counsel Vikram Nankani, the HC bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and Arif Doctor...

‘Convicts didn’t tell SC that HC had junked similar pleas’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Rape survivor Bilkis Bano on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court for an open court hearing of her plea for review of the SC's May 13 judgment allowing Gujarat to consider the remission pleas of 11 lifers, guilty of gang-raping many and murdering 14 during the 2002 communal riots in the...

Constitution recognises that cruelty to animals is an activity which ought not to be perpetuated, SC told, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments' laws allowing bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races, was told that Constitution recognises that cruelty to animals is an activity which ought not to be perpetuated.A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM...

NHRC notice to Maha govt, DGP over sexual exploitation of girls at shelter home in Nashik district, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state police chief over reports that many girls have alleged sexual exploitation at a children's shelter home in Nashik district, officials said on Monday. Prima facie it is apparent that the district authorities concerned have "failed"...

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

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 in...

Illegal structures around Afzal Khan’s tomb removed, Maharashtra tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Maharashtra government on Monday gave a detailed status report on the demolition work carried out in and around the the Afzal Khan tomb at Pratapgad fort in Satara district and said all illegal structures and encroachments in the forest land have been removed as directed by the Bombay HC...

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

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 Re...

SC asks Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority for status of FIRs on builders, surplus area, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to submit in three weeks details of the surplus area surrendered by builders in 246 housing development and redevelopment projects, and the status of FIRs registered by Mhada against builders up till August 2022.The SC bench passed...