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Judgement reserved on PIL filed against BMC for not allowing leave with pay for the disabled

27 Sep 202027 Sep 2020

The National Association of the Blind had filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court seeking for directing the BMC to treat the absence of the disabled as…

SC referred Maratha reservation issue to larger bench

10 Sep 202010 Sep 2020

A three-judge bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta, and S. Ravindra Bhat were hearing the matter which pertains to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act 2018, introduced…

Maharashtra government files affidavit on action taken against police in Palghar Lynching incident

18 police officers were punished by the Maharashtra government after an inquiry was conducted into their alleged involvement in the Palghar Lynching incident. An affidavit with the particulars of the…

Maharashtra Govt. decides to declare 600 acres of Aarey land as reserve forest

In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra government has decided to invoke section 4 of the Indian Forest Act to declare 600 acres of the 3000…

SC pulls up the Maharashtra and Delhi Government to file affidavit in the case of Migrant Workers

On 1st September 2020, The Apex court has taken a suo-moto action on the Covid-19 migrant workers and asked the the governments of Maharashtra and Delhi for failing to file…

False Rape Complaint: Bombay High Court imposes ₹25,000 fine

Justices RD Dhanuka and VG Bisht, directed the lady to pay ₹25,000 to the Maharashtra Police Welfare Fund within four weeks, as she filed a petition saying she did not…

Covid-19 in Jails keep rising.

There are 26308 inmates across 45 jails in Maharashtra. The number of covid -19 cases were last recorded to be 1007, there were 6 deaths and 84 recoveries. The deaths…

Uddhav Thackeray announces to extend the “CHASE THE VIRUS” campaign across the state of Maharashtra

As it is noticed that the pandemic has affected every individual, state, business, organization and the whole country. Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has announced that the CHASE THE…