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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicBombay High Court

Topic: Bombay High Court

Covid-19 pandemic shows equal opportunity remains a distant dream, says Bombay High Court

The bench passed a verdict Friday over a bunch of PILs filed by individuals and institutions seeking various reliefs for Covid & non-COVID patients, and frontline workers.

Bombay HC grants bail to architect arrested for attacking cop who asked him to wear a mask

The HC, while granting bail, said the lockdown has brought in ‘weariness and exasperation’, and the 27-year-old architect ‘has fallen trap into the scenario’.

SC issues notice to Centre on petition seeking to rename Bombay HC as Maharashtra HC

Retired judge V.P. Patil filed the petition claiming that a change in nomenclature of the High Court will be an assertion of the Maratha identity for Maharashtrians.

Centre seeks dismissal of plea on declaration of PM CARES funds in Bombay High Court

A petition by Arvind Waghmare sought a direction to the govt and PM CARES to appoint or nominate at least two members from opposition parties for transparency.

Bombay HC quotes Oscar Wilde to rule Covid patients have ‘right to decent burial too’

Bombay High Court says the petition was rather insensitive and should ideally be dismissed with 'exemplary costs'.

‘Public hearing fundamental to democracy’: Lawyers on SC hearings via video conference

With Supreme Court conducting proceedings via video conference, legal experts have raised concerns over the fact that these are not open to public anymore.

Bombay High Court dismisses Chanda Kochhar’s plea against termination from ICICI Bank

The high-profile former banker was fired from ICICI Bank months after she voluntarily left the company. She moved court in 2019, challenging the termination.

‘Not only forgery but clumsy one’ — Bombay HC judge orders probe into fake order in his name

Justice Gautam Patel of Bombay High Court says the forged order was part of a succession petition and sought to be used for 2 bank deposits worth Rs 51 lakh.

‘Not allowing protests hurts India’s unity’: Read Bombay HC’s full judgment in anti-CAA protest case

The Bombay High Court quashed a lower court's order that barred an anti-CAA protest from taking place, saying people have right to express themselves under Article 19.

Bombay HC judge Dharmadhikari resigns over transfer out of Mumbai

Justice Dharmadhikari, who was due to retire after two years, cited personal reasons for not willing to be transferred outside Maharashtra.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.