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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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Topic: Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court refuses to declare Aarey Colony a forest, dismisses pleas on tree felling

A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre dismissed four petitions filed by environment activists related to Aarey Colony, a major green lung in Mumbai.

Interference in appointments, transfers of judges doesn’t augur well: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court made the observation while hearing a plea by the Gujarat HC Advocate Association on the transfer of Bombay HC judge Justice Akil Kureshi.

Bombay HC orders FIR against Ajit Pawar in Cooperative Bank scam, SC refuses to interfere

A Supreme Court bench heard a petition against the High Court order and said the investigation will proceed uninfluenced by the order.

Does War & Peace taunt show how poorly equipped Indian judges are to handle security cases?

A Bombay High Court judge reportedly questioned activist Vernon Gonsalves over keeping a book named ‘War and Peace’ at home.

‘War and Peace’ judge has made news before — with matrimonial cruelty & acid attack cases

Justice Kotwal, who became additional judge of Bombay HC in June 2017, asked why activist Vernon Gonsalves possessed Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’.

More trouble for Chidambaram as tech company claims he initiated ‘malafide action’

Former Union minister P. Chidambaram, who has been summoned by Bombay High Court in the case, has sought documents of the suits filed by 63 Moons Technologies.

Bombay High Court grants interim protection to Indira Jaising, Anand Grover & their NGO

The CBI is investigating Indira Jaising and husband Anand Grover over alleged FCRA violations in receiving foreign funds for their NGO, Lawyers Collective.

Bombay High Court issues notices to Gadkari & election commission over his election

A single-judge bench took up for hearing three separate election petitions alleging electoral malpractices in the poll process.

HC order a big blow to Mumbai coastal road plan, could push project back to drawing board

HC has set aside clearances to project as ‘illegal’, but upheld notification amending CRZ norms to allow reclamation for roads in exceptional cases.

CBFC has no intellectual morality to decide what people can watch: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court pulled up the film certification board while hearing a plea filed by Children's Film Society over a U certificate to its film "Chidiakhana".

On Camera

Is Nepal having a Bangladesh moment? Gen Z protests more than social media ban

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s government is being called ‘Hatyara Sarkar’. Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has resigned, but the protests continue to intensify.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Modi to address military brass next week; theaterisation & Op Sindoor on agenda for Kolkata conference

The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) in Kolkata is also likely to see deliberations on the proposed 'Sudarshan Chakra' missile defence system.

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?