Hearing the matter of increasing deaths of forest rangers, the bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian expressed concern and CJI Bobde said each forest officer is entitled to more protection than others.
The Maharashtra government justified the FIR lodged against Navi Mumbai resident Sunaina Holey for making objectionable and derogatory remarks on social media against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya.
A Latur-based Head Master, Dr Jagannath Shyamrao Patil, has moved the Supreme Court, asking it to direct the Maharashtra governor to nominate MLCs (Member of Legislative Council) in Maharashtra from the governor’s quota.
Yesterday, Congress ruled Jharkhand became the fifth state to withdraw the ‘general consent’ to the CBI. Jharkhand followed two other states i.e. Kerala and Maharashtra which recently took the decision of not allowing the investigation agency to probe cases in their respective states.
Mumbai (ILNS): The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court that it was in favour of allowing all lawyers to use the local train services for their commute to courts, offices, and back home.
In a move that has calmed tempers, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has shifted a proposed Metro car shed from Aarey forest to government land in Kanjurmarg, thereby saving a green lung of Mumbai.
The Bombay High Court on Friday confirmed that on an experimental basis lawyers from the Metropolitan Region of Mumbai may be permitted to use local trains from Mumbai for a week.
The laws are seen as anti-farmer and corporate friendly and opposition to them has reached the Supreme Court. Some states like Punjab are also looking to amend their mandi Act
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue of Maratha reservation in Maharashtra while ordering a stay on reservations for them in jobs and admissions.