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Sunday, September 7, 2025
TopicBombay High Court

Topic: Bombay High Court

Sonu Nigam vs Sonu Nigam: How singer invoked personality rights to win impersonation case

Singer says posts by ‘Sonu Nigam’ Singh—who writes just 'Sonu Nigam' on X—harmed his reputation & caused backlash. HC asks man, who claims to be lawyer in Bihar, to use his full name.

Why Bombay HC ruled in favour of PVR, BookMyShow on convenience fees for online movie tickets

The petitioners challenged two Maharashtra govt orders that prohibited the collection of service charges or convenience fees for online cinema ticket bookings.

With no PoSH, is Advocates Act an adequate substitute for legal fraternity? What lawyers have to say

Bombay High Court has ruled that women lawyers cannot invoke Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act against male colleagues.

‘Woman can’t be denied financial support from estranged husband even if she earns,’ says Bombay HC

Dismissing a man's plea challenging court order to pay maintenance to his wife, the high court ruled that woman’s earnings don’t cancel her right to support from estranged husband.

Why Bombay HC quashed BCCI plea against Rs 538 cr award to now-defunct Kochi IPL franchise

Bombay HC upheld two awards passed by arbitral tribunal in 2015 in favour of Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd and Rendezvous Sports World, owners of Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Mumbra: Illegal shops, homes destroyed after HC orders. But only victims are unsuspecting buyers

Mumbra, Thane: Shah Mohammad stares blankly at the pile of rubble that used to be his grocery shop in the Madina Complex building. Anxious...

Decade after City Kinara fire, some closure for victims’ kin as HC makes ‘grossly negligent’ BMC pay

On 16 October 2015, 8 people including 7 students were at the Hotel City Kinara in Mumbai’s Kurla (West), when a blaze engulfed the restaurant that harboured several fire hazards.

A Pune student’s ordeal after she reshared an Op Sindoor post—20 days in jail, missed exams, expulsion

Bombay HC called the case 'absolutely shocking', ordering her release & suspension of expulsion with immediate effect.

How a ‘dog mafia’ circular landed a Navi Mumbai woman in contempt & earned her a week behind bars

The court, however, suspended the 1-week sentence for 10 days, giving Seawoods Estates Limited cultural director Vineeta Srinandan time to challenge the order in the Supreme Court.

Row over Urdu signage in Maharashtra reached Supreme Court. Here’s what happened next

Two-judge Supreme Court bench also said language should not be equated with religion, and asserted that influence of Urdu is writ large in the language of Indian courts.

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Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?