Mumbai: The Neeraj Grover murder case is slated to come up in the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The High Court will be hearing prime accused Emile Jerome Matthew's bail plea. Matthew had been sentenced to three years for destruction of evidence and 10 years for the murder. However, Maria Susairaj, his accomplice, has already been released from jail. Susairaj, 27, and her boyfriend Navy officer Sub Lieutenant Emile Jerome...
08:35 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Mumbai: In a shocking reality, a recent Maharashtra state committee report has shown how mentally challenged children are neglected and raped at the homes meant to take care. A quiet home tucked away in Panvel in Navi Mumbai caused a furore earlier in 2011 when five mentally challenged girls were rescued after being allegedly raped by their caretakers. A Bombay High Court-appointed state committee for child protection, which in a...
08:45 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on December 12 pronounce its judgement on confirmation of death sentence awarded to three LeT activists in the 2003 Mumbai twin blasts that claimed 52 lives. The arguments concluded at a special hearing by a division bench of Justices AM Khanvilkar and PD Kode on Saturday after which the court reserved its verdict. Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida...
08:54 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Mumbai: Lavasa, India's first planned hill city, being built in Maharshtra's Pune district, is now one step closer to reality. The Union Environment Ministry on Wednesday gave conditional clearance to the project. The Lavasa township got the clearance to the Environment Ministry, subject to additional conditions, after several months of being mired in controversy. It's a project that has seen many legal twists and turns in the last two years....
07:44 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court adjourned the hearing of the writ petition against national carrier Indian Airlines on Wednesday after the airline's counsel said that the training programme for pilots would be deferred for a month. Meanwhile, negotiations are still between the management and the striking pilots. Air India Pilots belonging to the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) have been on strike and over 100 have threatened to resign citing discriminatory...
12:39 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Attorney General over the decision to impose 100 SMS per day limit. The notice was issued by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. TRAI, mobile service providers and the Attorney General have been asked to reply to the High Court within two days. The court served the notice on...
02:57 PM, Oct 20, 2011
Mumbai: Income-Tax department has initiated inquiry against 57 members of the Adarsh Housing Society, including relatives of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, regarding their source of funds through which flats were purchased in the scam-tainted building in south Mumbai. Stating that its investigations are complete, Income Tax informed the Bombay High Court that inquiry had been initiated in 57 cases and notices were issued to those persons. "Out of...
12:39 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Mumbai: A case was on Monday filed against Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy in Mumbai. The case was filed under Section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code at the Vakola police station in Mumbai. Swamy had written an inflammatory article in a newspaper a couple of months ago. The case was registered after the directives of the Bombay High Court. ...
10:55 PM, Oct 10, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL, which sought replacement of word 'Sindh' with 'Sindhu' in the National Anthem. Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Roshan Dalvi dismissed the petition, saying that the apex court had already dealt with the issue. The PIL, filed by retired professor Shreekant Malushte, had claimed that when the anthem was composed in 1917, 'Sindh' was a part of India, which is...
07:01 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Mumbai: Giving a last chance, Bombay High Court (HC) on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to pass the final order on regularisation application of the Lavasa Corporation, with regard to constructions at township project near Pune, in three weeks. "The union ministry has been given time for long to pass order and today again it has sought three weeks' time. Considering the gravity and public...
06:56 PM, Sep 23, 2011
Mumbai: It seems to be a long wait for the two lawyers of Mumbai terror attack's lone surviving gunman Ajmal Kasab to get their legal fees. Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah had argued for Kasab in the Bombay High Court against his death sentence almost on a day-to-day basis for nearly nine months. They were nominated by the High Court. But the two claimed that the legal aid cell of...
05:22 PM, Sep 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till September 2 the stay on the release on bail of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan who is accused in money laundering cases. The bail was granted earlier by the Bombay High Court. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and SS Nijjar extended the stay after Additional Solicitor General Haren Rawal, at the fag end of the day-long hearing on...
09:20 PM, Aug 25, 2011
Mumbai: Anna Hazare, on fast in Delhi demanding a stronger Lokpal Bill, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of a 2003 defamation case filed against him by a Shiv Sena MLA. Sureshdada Jain, who was with NCP, and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council then, had filed the complaint against Hazare over the allegations made by the activist at a press conference in Nanded, in May 2003. Hazare,...
08:48 PM, Aug 24, 2011
Mumbai: In a relief to Rheema Khan, the wife of Hasan Ali Khan (who has been arrested in an alleged multi-crore money laundering scam), the Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted her exemption from appearing before a special court which has initiated criminal proceedings against her. The special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, on June 17, issued proceedings against Rheema on the complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate...
06:22 PM, Aug 10, 2011
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed against Maharashtra Government for using foodgrains in production of liquor by social activist Anna Hazare among others. A division bench, comprising Justices Vasanti Naik and Prasanna Varale, dismissed the plea after the counsel for respondents Kartik Shukul pointed out that a similar petition, filed by a social worker Chetan Kamble, was dismissed by the Principal bench of...
12:00 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by former naval officer Emile Jerome, challenging the 10-year sentence awarded to him for the murder of media professional Neeraj Grover. Justice RC Chavan admitted Jerome's appeal and kept his bail hearing after two weeks. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government informed the court that it would be filing an appeal next week seeking enhancement of punishment for both Jerome and...
05:53 PM, Aug 05, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government directing them to file a reply on whether there are possibilities of law and order problems after the release of Prakash Jha's 'Aarakshan' which has landed in a row for its alleged anti-reservation stand. A division bench of Justices DD Sinha and AR Joshi was hearing a petition filed by two advocates stating that the film is...
06:26 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the source of wealth of Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali Khan, arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). "From where did he (Hasan) get so much money? Is it his or someone else's? No person can amass so much money through any decent activity. He must have committed some other offence (apart from what he has been arrested for),"...
07:13 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by the controversial Adarsh Housing Society seeking de-freezing of its bank accounts. The CBI had in January frozen two bank accounts of the Society after registering a case against 14 accused including several members of the society. A division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and RV More was hearing a petition filed by the Society seeking de-freezing of its...
11:50 AM, Jul 27, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking a CBI probe into the murder of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey. However, justices Ranjana Desai and RV More did not pronounce the reasons in the operative part of their judgement for dismissing the petitions. A detailed order is likely to be available later. The petitions seeking CBI probe had been filed in public interest by advocate...
12:47 PM, Jul 18, 2011
