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SC stays HC order asking insurance firm to compensate farmers for crop los

The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order which had asked Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. to compensate over 3.5 lakh farmers under PMFBY

Kirit Somaiya's wife files Rs 100 cr defamation suit against Sanjay Raut

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya on Monday filed a civil defamation suit against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and sought damages of Rs 100 crore

Bombay HC allows Indiabulls Housing Finance appeal to quash FI

'We believe that the lodgment of the complaint against the petitioners and continuity of the proceedings, is an abuse of process of law', the high court said in its judgement

Bombay HC admits Goa govt's plea against Tejpal's acquittal in rape case

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Saturday admitted the state government's application challenging the acquittal of journalist Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case. The sessions court had last year acquitted Tejpal of all charges, following which the state government filed a petition before the High Court challenging the order. Tejpal had challenged the maintainability of the application. In an order on Saturday, the division bench of Justices R N Laddha and M S Sonak allowed the application filed by the state government. "The court is not expected to go into the minute details of the prosecution's evidence. At this stage, if the material on record discloses the necessity of deeper scrutiny and reappreciation, review, or reconsideration of evidence, the appellate court must grant leave as sought for and decide the appeal on merits," the bench observed. The court said that it not only rejects the preliminary objections raised on behalf of the respondent regarding the ...

Bombay HC puts on hold CCI probe of top debt trustees

CCI puts on hold an antitrust investigation into trustee units of State Bank of India, Axis Bank and IDBI Bank for suspected collusion on fees; HC asks SEBI to complete inquiry in 60 days

Bombay HC allows Future Enterprises to sell stake in insurance JV

A local court in Mumbai, following objections raised by some bold holders of Future companies, had last month put on hold the plan of the cash-starved Future Enterprises to sell 25% of its stake

Cruise drugs case: HC exempts Aryan from weekly appearance at NCB office

The court also modified another condition laid down in the bail order that required him to furnish his itinerary to the NCB every time he travels out of Mumbai

Zee-Invesco dispute: Bombay HC to pronounce order on Tuesday

As Invesco has proposed to appoint six directors on the board of Zee, it would tantamount to taking control of the company, says Zee's counsel

Money laundering case: HC grants Eknath Khadse interim protection

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest for one week to the NCP leader

Won't arrest Param Bir Singh in atrocities act case till Oct 21: Maha govt

Singh was shunted out from the post of Mumbai police commissioner following the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house

HC stays some provisions of Code of Ethics of IT Rules for digital media

Bombay High Court granted an interim stay to the operation of clauses 9 (1) and 9 (3) of the new Information Technology Rules, 2021, for digital media pertaining to adherence to a Code of Ethics.

Bombay HC notice to AG on plea against faceless appeal in tax cases

The court noted that the matter, raised by the Chamber of Tax Consultants in a writ petition, involves serious questions in law

Elgar case: HC reserves verdict on Sudha Bharadwaj's default bail plea

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a default bail plea filed by lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.

Pornography case: Bombay HC adjourns Raj Kundra's bail plea till Thursday

Kundra was arrested by the police on July 19 along with 11 other people on charges related to the alleged creation of pornographic films.

Pornography case: Bombay HC to hear Raj Kundra's bail plea today

Bombay High Court will be hearing Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra's plea challenging police custody and seeking bail on Tuesday in connection with pornography racket.His police custody in the case ends today. Kundra, 45, was arrested by the police on July 19 along with 11 other people on charges related to the alleged creation of pornographic films.Meanwhile, Crime Branch has appointed a financial auditor to probe the money trail of Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty and their alleged involvement in the pornography racket case."In the investigation, the Crime Branch has found transactions worth crores were done from the joint account of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra. The Crime Branch suspects that the earnings from 'Hotshots' and 'Bolly Fame' app used to come into this account," said the sources.They added that police is also probing whether money earned from the apps was being invested in bitcoins.Earlier on Sunday, police had informed that four employees of Kundra have ..

Goa govt files appeal in Bombay HC against verdict in Tarun Tejpal case

The Goa government on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court against former editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal's acquittal verdict in an alleged sexual assault case

Won't arrest ex-CP till June 9 if he cooperates in probe: Maha Govt to HC

The Maharashtra government on Monday said it would not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in a case registered against him till June 9 provided he cooperates with investigation

Rethink policy on door-to-door Covid vaccination: Bombay HC to Centre

Bombay High Court said it was disheartened and disappointed with the Centre's insensitivity and with the Mumbai civic body for not starting door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination

Could have saved many lives with door-to-door vaccination: Bombay HC

Bombay HC said if the Union govt had started door-to-door vaccination programme for senior citizens a few months back, then lives of many of them, including prominent persons, could have been saved

Bombay HC says ByteDance should deposit Rs 79 cr in tax evasion case

ByteDance has said in court it does not owe the tax Indian govt is demanding and does not agree with the tax authority's decision to freeze its accounts