Let's befriend every language: SC rejects plea to remove Urdu sign board in MaharashtraThe Supreme Court has affirmed that displaying languages other than a state's official language is legal in India, dismissing a plea to rem...
16 Apr, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
Taxpayers can now claim 87A tax rebate on special income as ITR utility software has been fixed; but it's subject to disputes and litigationsFinal judgement on 87A tax rebate claim: The 67 page Bombay High Court judgement says yes taxpayers should be given the option to file thei...
28 Jan, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
SC refers issue of excommunication in Dawoodi Bohra community to nine-judge benchThe Supreme Court on Friday referred the issue of the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community to a larger nine-judge ben...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.51 PM IST
Obscene video case: Goa police file charge sheet against Poonam Pandey, Sam BombayThe charge sheet was filed last week before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Canacona, under various sections pertaining to obscenity, tres...
31 May, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
Can't stop political comments, posts by private individuals on social media: Election Commission of India to Bombay High CourtThe commission, through its counsel Pradeep Rajgopal, was responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a lawyer, Sagar Suryava...
11 Jan, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
Showering monies on bar dancers is against dignity: Supreme CourtRefusing to accept showering of currency notes on women dancers as tip, the bench said, "this provision shows respect for women. This digni...
30 Aug, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
Shani Shingnapur entry row: High Court asks Maharashtra government to protect 'fundamental right' of womenThe court said that it can only pass a general direction to the government and cannot go into individual and specific cases.
01 Apr, 2016, 02.49 PM IST
Four days to go, Anushka Sharma floods Instagram with 'Bombay Velvet' picsActress Anushka Sharma, who plays the character Rosie in the film, has flooded her Instagram page with posters and pictures from the film.
11 May, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
Eating beef not a fundamental right: Maharashtra govt tells Bombay High CourtIt is not a fundamental right of a citizen to eat beef and the state legislation can regulate consumption of flesh of animals, the Maharash...
21 Apr, 2015, 07.21 PM IST
Why ban only on slaughter of cows and bulls? Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra governmentA division bench of Justices V M Kanade and A R Joshi was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a provision under section 5 (d) of the r...
06 Apr, 2015, 06.42 PM IST
Supreme Court rejects ban on hookah bars in smoking zonesThe law, as it stands, prohibits smoking in all public places except in specially designated smoking rooms in hotels, restaurants and airpo...
09 Dec, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
Maharashtra bans bar dance in 5-stars, exempts discos and orchestrasOn July 16, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld Bombay High Court's decision to junk the ban on dance bars in the state of Maharashtra.
13 Jun, 2014, 11.21 AM IST
PIL against AAP, Arvind Kejriwal for 'misuse' of national flag, emblemA PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court against Aam Aadmi Party for allegedly misusing the national flag.
10 Mar, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
- Bombay High Court upholds state's power to supervise trade in molasses
This section also provides that the cost of supervision to be paid as salaries to the staff would be borne by the manufacturer or seller or...
15 May, 2013, 10.52 AM IST
SC stays Bombay HC ruling that permitted tobacco ads in violation of rules"There's total frustration of an Act framed in public interest," a two-judge bench, headed by Justice GS Singhvi said.
04 Jan, 2013, 10.05 AM IST
- Petrol price hike: Government is trying hard to curb our wayward habits
The steep hike in petrol prices is clearly a move by our caring government to protect the health of its citizens and save the planet at the...
26 May, 2012, 07.18 AM IST
- Benami property to be seized under new law
A benami transaction is one in which a property is transferred to one person for a consideration paid or provided by another person.
15 Apr, 2011, 05.42 AM IST