First arrested in 2018, former BrahMos Aerospace scientist Nishant Agarwal was granted bail in April 2023 but again sent to prison in 2024. HC order paves way for his release.
In a relief for landowners, top court criticised HC for bypassing precedent in allowing Maharashtra to categorise plots across Mumbai as 'private forests' & assume control of them.
Apex court was hearing Amravati MP’s appeal against 2017 Bombay HC order cancelling 'Mochi' certificate given to her. Rana will be contesting LS polls from the seat as BJP candidate.
Acquitting the 6 in Maoist links case, HC wondered how charges were framed against DU prof Saibaba in absence of valid sanction. Police also failed to explain delay in his arrest, HC said.
Bombay HC, while staying release of ‘The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth’, had directed Netflix to screen the docu-series on the Sheena Bora case for CBI officials.
Overturning a Pune court’s findings, Justice Jadhav concluded that enquiry against employee was 'absolutely fair & proper', added that freedom of speech can't go beyond reasonableness.
In 10 July ruling in case stemming from 25-year-old man's relationship with 17.5-year-old, Bombay HC says age of consent at 18 is 'criminalising consensual adolescence/teenage relationships'.
The court allowed a married woman to terminate her pregnancy against the medical board's advice, adding that refusal on the ground of delay denies her right to reproductive autonomy.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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