Swati Deshpande

Senior Assistant Editor, TOI

Swati Deshpande is Senior editor at The Times of India, Mumbai, where she has been covering courts for over a decade. She is passionate about law and works towards enlightening people about their sta ...

Swati Deshpande is Senior editor at The Times of India, Mumbai, where she has been covering courts for over a decade. She is passionate about law and works towards enlightening people about their statutory, legal and fundamental rights. She makes it her job to decipher for the public the truth, be it in an intricate civil dispute or in a gruesome criminal case.

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Stories by the author

• Government defends fact-check, says false information can intensify conflict

  
  22 Apr 2023 01:45 PM IST
• Bombay HC says refund by builder to buyers under RERA order not liable to TDS

  
  31 Aug 2021 10:30 AM IST
• Stop ‘roving probe’ on Sachin Waze reinstatement, Maharashtra tells HC

  
  06 May 2021 10:26 AM IST
• 18-year-old Agra orphan with 270 rank in JEE clicks wrong link, loses IIT seat

  
  30 Nov 2020 10:20 AM IST
• Flat buyers can’t seek relief for delay after project ready: MahaRERA

  
  20 Nov 2020 10:48 AM IST
• Bombay HC defers Richa Chadha's Rs 1.1 cr-defamation suit against Payal Ghosh to tomorrow

  
  06 Oct 2020 10:36 AM IST
• Esplanade Mansion can be restored, will cost Rs 100 crore for 50-year lease of life, Bombay high court told

  
  28 Jan 2020 01:55 PM IST
• Bombay High Court nixes government's phone-tap orders as they ‘violate right to privacy’

  
  23 Oct 2019 11:05 AM IST
• #MenToo: After week-long hearing, Mumbai court quashes Karan Oberoi's bail plea

  
  17 May 2019 06:31 PM IST
• #MenToo: Actor-singer Karan Oberoi's bail plea to be heard today

  
  15 May 2019 01:22 PM IST
• Fair valuation of property before sale through court to be used as market value: Bombay HC

  
  01 Apr 2019 11:25 AM IST
• Plots attached, top builder challenges Benami Act rules

  
  13 Dec 2018 12:46 PM IST
• Watches to yachts, Mallya’s ‘lost’ all

  
  12 Dec 2018 10:43 AM IST
• The 'dissenting' judge who become the 'liberal lion' of Supreme Court

  
  30 Sep 2018 10:38 AM IST
• Relief for minority colleges as SC dismisses Maharashtra government’s SLP

  
  14 Jul 2018 10:44 AM IST
• PNB eyes Nirav Modi’s collection of 125 paintings by Indian masters

  
  08 Jul 2018 10:38 AM IST
• ‘What about complaints on projects not under Rera?’

  
  12 Jun 2018 11:02 AM IST
• Abu Salem moves Portugal court in bid to get out of India

  
  04 Jun 2018 10:34 AM IST
• ATS nabs 1993 Mumbai blasts accused

  
  02 Jun 2018 11:41 AM IST
• Bank connived with builder to deny property buyers rights: High Court

  
  28 May 2018 11:05 AM IST
• Cut plastic use, avoid what you do not need: UN environment body chief

  
  27 May 2018 08:58 PM IST
• Bombay High Court allows state to share in its leaseholders' profit

  
  09 May 2018 11:46 AM IST
• Tata Trusts move High Court against I-T notice

  
  26 Apr 2018 11:39 AM IST
• ‘Do Abu Salem’s life terms violate India’s treaty with Portugal?’

  
  21 Feb 2018 10:20 AM IST
• Tata counsel: Cyrus Mistry irresponsible in linking AirAsia funds to terror

  
  19 Jan 2018 10:09 AM IST
• ‘Cyrus Mistry’s ouster an act of oppression’

  
  09 Jan 2018 11:28 AM IST
• After SC order, divorce ‘cooling period’ waived

  
  29 Nov 2017 10:10 AM IST
• Mistry camp to NCLT: Not seeking his reinstatement

  
  23 Nov 2017 02:13 PM IST
• Big scam in recruitment of postmen in Maharashtra unearthed

  
  13 Nov 2017 10:29 AM IST
• In Maharashtra, 55 await gallows, 22 for terror alone

  
  08 Sep 2017 11:49 AM IST
• Government denies visa certificate to doctor for US research

  
  19 Jul 2017 07:36 AM IST
• G20 Summit resolves to curb Marine Litter; Versova beach clean up going strong

  
  10 Jul 2017 07:34 PM IST
• 'Give me life term, I want my kids to know I'm alive'

  
  21 Jun 2017 11:41 AM IST
• Abu Salem moves EU human rights court, says trial illegal

  
  18 Jun 2017 09:00 AM IST
• 1993 Mumbai blast case: TADA judge nails underworld-terror nexus

  
  17 Jun 2017 11:23 AM IST
• Bombay High Court pulls Amul icecream ad for maligning rival

  
  17 Jun 2017 11:10 AM IST
• JK House sale: Litmus test for new Companies Act

  
  05 Jun 2017 10:21 AM IST
• In a first, Bombay HC sends 2014 Maharashtra poll EVMs for forensic scan

  
  08 May 2017 12:11 PM IST
• 2014 Maharashtra poll EVMs to go for forensic test

  
  08 May 2017 10:55 AM IST
• Vijay Mallya to stay confined to UK home

  
  19 Apr 2017 11:53 AM IST
• Enemy Property Act won't apply to Jinnah House, here's why

  
  20 Mar 2017 12:17 PM IST
• Hindus now have to wait 90 days to appeal family court divorce decree, rules Bombay HC

  
  08 Dec 2016 11:10 AM IST
• Bar Council sets 30 years as upper age to get a law seat

  
  23 Sep 2016 02:14 PM IST
• Bombay High Court get extends abortion rights for live-ins

  
  22 Sep 2016 04:55 PM IST
• State can reserve 85% of pvt medical seats for Maharashtra students

  
  20 Sep 2016 10:59 AM IST
• Viewing pirated films online not an offence: Bombay High Court

  
  05 Sep 2016 11:37 AM IST
• Cheating case: Major relief for Sussanne Khan, HC quashes complaint, says FIR shows no offence

  
  26 Aug 2016 02:35 PM IST
• 'What if Sheena Bora's vanished, why fuss,' Peter Mukerjea told Rahul

  
  26 Aug 2016 11:18 AM IST