Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra on Thursday approved the long-pending anti-conversion Bill, titled the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, during a Cabinet meeting.The Bill will be introduced in the Maharashtra Legislature during the ongoing Budget Session, after which a Government Resolution (GR) will be issued.Minister Nitesh Rane confirmed the Cabinet’s decision to present the anti-conversion Bill during the session.According to Rane, under the proposed …
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Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Actress Rhea Chakraborty is soaking in gratitude and sunsets as she reflected on choosing a slower pace of life amid the hustle of showbiz. Taking to Instagram, Rhea shared a string of images from his beachy getaway, celebrating the slow life in a maroon bikini.She wrote: Gratitude and sunsets The slow life heals, and I’m here for it. Hustle is often glorified, and while that’s important and fun .. it’s ok to take a day off and enjoy the sun..Life is now.”Rhea was …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on the bail plea filed by Pune-based businessman Vishal Agarwal, father of the minor who was allegedly driving the Porsche car involved in the May 19, 2024, fatal accident, which claimed the lives of two IT professionals. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan sought a response from the state of Maharashtra and posted the matter for further hearing on March 3.Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Agarwal, s…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reconstituted the three-member inquiry committee tasked with examining allegations against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, who has been at the centre of controversy since burnt cash was discovered in March last year in an outhouse of his official residence, allotted to him while he was serving in the Delhi High Court. As per a notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday, the reconstituted committee will …
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Actor Aditya Pancholi attended the hearing at the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The court heard the petition for the 28th time filed by the actor to quash the FIR filed against him in the alleged rape case. The case was filed by a female actor in 2019. The actor said that he cannot say anything more on the legal procedure, and the outcome of the case will be on March 4. His lawyer Prashant Patil said that the FIR of rape (IPC 376 among other sections) registered at Versova …
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) UK-based businessman Vijay Mallya on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that he is not in a position to specify when he would return to India. He cited restrictions imposed by courts in England that he said prevented him from leaving the country.The matter was heard by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, in connection with two petitions filed by Mallya. One petition challenges his designation as a “Fugitive Economic Offen…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed, as withdrawn, a plea filed by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Abu Salem seeking premature release in terms of the extradition arrangement between India and Portugal. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta permitted Abu Salem to withdraw the special leave petition (SLP) after senior advocate Rishi Malhotra, appearing for him, sought permission to approach the Bombay High Court for an early hearing of the pending matter. …
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the display of Tipu Sultan’s portrait in the office of the Malegaon Deputy Mayor intensified on Monday, with Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi defending the former ruler of Mysore as a “freedom fighter” who “bravely fought” against the British.The political dispute erupted after Shiv Sena workers belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction entered the Malegaon Municipal Corporation premises and demanded the immediate removal of the portrait f…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the legal heir of a priest challenging concurrent eviction orders in respect of a portion of the historic Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, but granted him four years’ time to vacate the premises, taking into account his advanced age and religious life.A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh declined to interfere with the findings of the Small Causes Court, the Appellate Bench an…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Over 4.76 crore cases are pending across various courts in the country, including more than 63.66 lakh cases in High Courts and 92,101 cases in the Supreme Court of India, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. Replying to an unstarred question, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said that, as per data available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), a total of 4,76,57,328 cases were pendin…