Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has directed the respondents, including the Central and State Government, to file their replies or alternatively the Court will impose appropriate costs upon them, in relation to a suo motu PIL related to the right of every child in the age group of 6-14 years to free and compulsory education.

The Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Union of India and others in a PIL, seeking direction to waive off the penalty imposed on customers for not maintaining minimum balance in the accounts in view of Covid-19 pandemic, which severely affected the business activities.

The Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea filed against the order of the Bombay High Court which had directed to register an FIR against erring officials in a case custodial violence and subsequent registration of FIR against the then Station house officer, Anil Deshmukh.

The Supreme Court today has issued notice in a plea filed by a Nigerian national accused of duping a man to the tune of Rs 66, 99,400 after enticing him to purchase “Akigbara Seeds” which is allegedly used as an ingredient in medicine for cancer treatment.

The plea in Bombay High Court seeking to include the sale of books as an essential service under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), 1968 has been filed by Marathi Prakashak Parishad, an organisation of Marathi book publishers from Pune, through Advocate Asim Sarode.

History created in the S...

Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was born on May 25, 1960. He has done BSc and LLM from the University of Bombay and subsequently enrolled as an Advocate on June 28, 1983.

The Bombay High Court re...

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday strongly objected to the judgement passed by the Bombay High Court, which held 'skin-to-skin' contact is necessary to constitute sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The Supreme Court today has granted bail to a man convicted for killing his wife and sentenced to a life term while noting that he has undergone more than 12 years incarceration and the appeal is not likely to be heard at an early date.