State of Maharashtra

Arguments were placed before the Supreme Court today on the contentious issue of whether states should be allowed to exceed the 50 percent ceiling on reservation and on whether this issue should be referred to an 11-judge bench.

The Bombay High Court has allowed a woman to act as her incapacitated husband's guardian.

The Supreme Court today allowed the Jain Community in Mumbai to hold Paryushan Puja at Dadar, Byculla and Chembur temples on August 22 and 23 on the condition that SOP and social distancing protocols are followed.

The Supreme Court today observed that only cases and appeals (not investigation) can be transferred by invoking powers under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

The Supreme Court today said that the Bihar government was competent to request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for transfer of investigation of the mysterious death case of Sushant Singh from Mumbai Police.

The Supreme Court has today asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit a map, identifying the areas which are being reclaimed for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project.

The Supreme court will continue hearing on August 18 on pleas challenging the UGC circular to to conduct final term exams by the end of September.

Rhea Chakraborty, girlfriend of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has submitted before the Supreme Court that while she has no objection to a CBI enquiry into the death of the actor per se, she was against the “illegal manner” in which an executive order was issued to start it.

The twists and turns along with various theories and political and judicial intervention that has ensued in the wake of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has turned into a pot boiler worthy of its Bollwood origins. What lies behind so much intrigue and speculation and where is the investigation headed?

The Bombay High Court has quashed two government resolutions of the State of Maharashtra which prohibited actors above the age of 65 years from remaining on film sets as discriminatory.