New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has cautioned that the growing practice of citing “non-existent” or incorrect judgments has emerged as a “rampant menace” affecting courts not only in India but across jurisdictions globally. Emphasising the need for heightened vigilance in judicial proceedings, a Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation while hearing a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Heart and Soul Entertainment Ltd. against certain remarks made by…
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Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) A high-level committee that probed the 2024 Ghatkopar hoarding collapse has recommended the registration of FIRs against police and civic officials, besides advertisers and engineers, citing a “criminal conspiracy” and regulatory failures that led to 17 deaths. The panel report, tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, identified the alleged involvement of certain police and municipal officials in facilitating illegal hoardings and said that those who fail to act ag…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Reliance Group Chairperson Anil Ambani on Thursday for 8 hours at a stretch in a complaint filed by the SBI related to an alleged Rs 2,929 crore fraud by Reliance Communications (RCom). Ambani has been asked to appear for further interrogation at the CBI office on Friday.The CBI registered a complaint after the SBI claimed a loss of Rs 2,929 crore resulting from alleged misappropriation by RCom and Anil Ambani by ent…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure “complete justice” after holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down with no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing an appeal filed by the husband, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Bombay High Court judgment which had ruled that Indian courts lacked jurisdiction in the mat…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea by two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, linked to the 2002 post-Godhra riots, challenging a 2017 Bombay High Court verdict that upheld their conviction and sentence. A Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi sought responses from the Gujarat and Maharashtra governments on the special leave petitions (SLP) filed by Bipinchandra Kanaiyalal Joshi @ Lala Doctor and Pradip Ramanlal Modhiya.The matter h…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who was last seen in ‘Singham Again’, is questioning the authorities in the Maharashtra administration over their failure to curb the air pollution in the entertainment capital of the country. On Thursday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared the AQI data of the city. The picture shows the average AQI of Mumbai to be around 150.She wrote in the picture, “This city & its children are choking! How…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Amid a search operation launched after a bomb threat received in an email at the Vidhan Bhavan during the ongoing budget session, the Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde on Thursday said the threat extended beyond the Vidhan Bhavan. According to Chairman Ram Shinde, an email was sent to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at 6.57 a.m. “Given that the Budget Session is currently underway, the email specifically threatened attacks using bombs …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Pune businessman Vishal Agarwal, father of the minor accused in the high-profile Pune Porsche crash case, who is alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to swap blood samples to conceal evidence of alcohol consumption after the fatal accident that claimed the lives of two IT professionals. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan granted relief, noting that Agarwal has spent around 22 months in custody and …
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Jishnu Dev Varma, a member of the Manikya royal dynasty of Tripura and former Governor of Telangana, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 22nd Governor of Maharashtra. Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, administered the oath of office at Darbar Hall of Maharashtra Lok Bhavan in Mumbai. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar congratulated the Governor by presenting bouquets…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has passed an order safeguarding Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s personality rights against misuse.In its order, the High Court has restrained the defendants from using or misrepresenting her name, image, voice, likeness, or persona in any manner. Not just that, the Court has also directed that the defamatory and infringing content circulating on various platforms be immediately pulled down, thereby reinforcing that a public figure’s identity and…