News Update Having sexual intercourse with somebody else is immaterial in deciding a rape case 11 Mar 2021 In the case of State of Maharashtra v. Mahadu Dagdu Shinde, the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that a rape victim having voluntary sexual intercourse with…
News Update Poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in Bhima-Koregaon case dischraged from hospital 7 Mar 2021 BackgroundPoet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in Bhima-Koregaon case, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital where he was admitted by Maharashtra government following intervention from the High Court…
News Update “Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license 5 Mar 2021 The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…
News Update Bombay High Court refuses to interfere with Govt decision to bar private schools from hiking fees for academic year 2020-21 3 Mar 2021 The Bombay Supreme Court refused to intervene in key petitions associated with the state's to allow private schools to participate in raising tuition fees during the school year following the…
News Update Kangana Ranaut moves to Supreme Court 2 Mar 20212 Mar 2021 Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel have moved to Supreme Court for transfering their case registered against them from Mumbai to Shimla. They alleged that there would be threat…
News Update Popular Bhima-Koregaon case: Bombay High Court granted interim bail to poet-activist Varavara Rao on medical terms 22 Feb 2021 The High Court of Bombay has given interim bail to the poet-cum-activist Varavara Rao, Aged 81 for medical reasons in Bhima-Koregaon case. Varavara Rao is presently undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s…
News Update Bombay High Court granted 3-week protection from arrest to Nikita Jacob in “Toolkit Case” 17 Feb 2021 The Bombay High Court today has given activist Nikita Jacob security from detention for 3 weeks in a case relating to the “toolkit”, registered by Delhi Police in the matter…
News Update Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, author of controversial POCSO Act judgments, takes oath as additional Judge of Bombay High Court 13 Feb 2021 Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, the author of a series of controversial lawsuits on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, took an oath as an additional judge of the…
News Update NCW on POCSO judgment of Bombay High Court. 5 Feb 2021 The National Commission of Women (NCW) appealed in the supreme court against the High Court of Bombay judgment which stated that pressing the breasts of a child over the clothes…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…
