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 orders...
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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 it...
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Former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Monday said that a normal civil dispute is now getting the colour of a criminal prosecution. "This is putting immense burden on the entire system," he said.He said in recent times, “arrests are made without even seeing if it is required...
HC seeks BMC’s response on its policy regarding footpaths, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday sought a response from the BMC on its policy regarding constructions, shops, installations or other such obstructions on side-walks, footpaths and pavements in the city.The HC said, "Everywhere there is an obstruction of pavements and sidewalks impeding pedestrian movement."The bench, comprising Justices Gautam...
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MUMBAI: Agreeing with the findings of Bombay high court against civic officials, the Supreme Court on Friday said it was also a fit case for an inquiry into how prime Mumbai Central land which was acquired for expansion of Nair Hospital could be permitted to have been used for personal...
ED withdraws plea in Bombay HC on businessman case probe transfer, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers withdrew their plea before the Bombay High Court that had sought transfer of probe against businessman Jitendra Navlani and others in extortion and corruption case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)The ED withdrawal came after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Maharashtra government on Thursday...
Delay in crematorium rebuilding process, bid for CRZ nod irk Bombay HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday warned suburban collector Nidhi Chaudhari of contempt in the Malad crematorium case. This is not her first brush with the HC. In a PIL about removal of obstructions around the Mumbai airport, the court had been concerned about the delay in taking action...
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MUMBAI: Setting aside a tribunal's order of "contributory negligence" by a biker in a fatal night time mishap in 2009 after he collided with a tempo that had stalled on a highway, the Bombay high court has held that the tempo driver was solely responsible as he flouted a rule...
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MUMBAI: The Bombay high court vacation bench on Friday said it would be inadvisable to permit medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) of a 14-year-old alleged rape survivor who is 34 week pregnant after doctors opined that no procedure was advisable due to ongoing infection, but it was safe to continue...
SC grants interim relief to Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association members, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
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 general...