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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
TopicBombay High Court

Topic: Bombay High Court

Bombay HC’s ‘tie-breaker judge’ strikes down amendments that paved way for ‘fact-check units’

After a split verdict by two-judge bench in January, Justice Atul Chandurkar said Friday the 2023 amendments to IT rules was violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21.

‘Creative freedom can’t be curtailed,’ Bombay HC tells censor board on Kangana’s ‘Emergency’

Unhappy over delay in release of film, court asks Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to take a decision by 25 September.

Bahirats vs Maharashtra govt: How a Pune family fought 60 yrs for land illegally taken over by state

In rap to Maharashtra govt for dragging its feet in legal battle, SC has said it must increase compensation for 24-acre plot or its 'Ladli Behna, Ladli Bahu schemes' would be stopped.

Why HC ordered teen’s release in Pune Porsche case. ‘Must receive same treatment regardless of crime’

Quashing remand orders passed by Juvenile Justice Board as 'illegal', Bombay HC bench said rule of law must prevail even though law enforcement agencies 'succumbed to public pressure'.

‘Ulterior motive’ — tribunal order quashing ED attachment of NCP MP Praful Patel’s Rs 180 cr properties

Properties in Mumbai were attached by ED in 2022 as part of probe into a money laundering case arising out of a 1994 FIR against now-slain Dawood aide Iqbal Memon, alias Iqbal Mirchi.

Oka to Nagarathna to Venkatesh—these judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Ex-cop Pradeep Sharma gets life term in fake encounter case, Bombay HC calls his acquittal ‘perverse’

HC also upheld conviction & life sentence imposed by trial court on 13 persons, including cops, and quashed the conviction and life sentence of 6 other accused and acquitted them.

Bombay HC orders rape convict’s release after 19 years in jail as he was a minor at time of crime

Pintu Ramdaras Chauhan was sentenced to life imprisonment for crime committed in January 2005. He was 16 then.

Amended IT rules ‘won’t muzzle political views’: HC ruling on fact check unit relies on Centre’s stance

Bombay HC refused to stay setting up of fact check unit under amended IT rules after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said only online content on central government business to be checked.

On Camera

Why 1969 USSR-China conflict has crucial lessons for Iran & Israel

In its conflict with the USSR, China learned that a nation with a fledgling nuclear arsenal could not hope to deter a significant power.

Crude oil prices to freight rates: How Iran’s chokehold on Strait of Hormuz impacts India

Iran’s parliament has approved potential closure of Strait of Hormuz in response to US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, but country’s top security body is yet to take final call.

Reliance Defence bags Rs 600 crore export order from Germany’s Rheinmetall

New Delhi: Reliance Defence Limited (Reliance Defence), promoted by Reliance Infrastructure Limited, announced Wednesday it has secured an export order worth Rs 600 crore...

India is re-hyphenating itself with Pakistan all over again. It needs a new 3D strategy

China and Pakistan are in a tight strategic alliance. India must deal with them one at a time but be prepared in case they decide to collude.