Ayesha Arvind

Decide if you want US firm to help sell Mallya’s airbus: HC to centre

The Bombay high court has directed the union government to decide by Friday whether a United States-based aviation consultant, Avitas, can be roped in to sell absconding businessman Vijay Mallya’s luxury airbus to recover the dues that

HC to Sena leader: Appear or we’ll make you come

Bal Thackeray will: HC cautions Sanjay Raut over failing to attend court

Raut failed to respond to the court’s summons issued on August 26, which asked him to appear for cross-examination in the ongoing trial over the validity of the late Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray’s will

PIL challenges Maharashtra govt’s seaplane proposal, HC asks for state reply

The government had proposed the project to provide residents of Mumbai the opportunity to travel between Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty without getting stuck in traffic.

GoAir-Indigo tussle: HC questions usage of generic words

The ongoing dispute between private carriers GoAir and Indigo over an alleged ‘similarity’ in their domain names has prompted the Bombay High Court to question if one can claim an irrefutable right over generic words.

HC: Firms must have norms for men about conduct with women

Organisations should draw dos and don’ts for male employees: Bombay HC

The bench however, also cautioned that the latest, sterner Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013, must not be used by women to “settle scores.”

Noise pollution norms do not impose blanket ban on loudspeakers: HC

The court however, imposed upon the society members the condition that the loudspeakers will be used only within an enclosed space

Sexual harassment: Bombay HC seeks clarity on issues involved

A division bench led by Justice VM Kanade asked if “misconduct”, especially against women

Rationalists shot dead: CBI seeks another 6 weeks from HC to submit report on murder weapon

Though CBI had sought the court’s permission in August to send the forensic samples to the Scotland Yard, for an ‘advanced analysis’, the probe agency is yet to despatch samples

HC asks Maharashtra to improve quality of forensic labs

The bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by the NGO Azad Hind Seva Dal.

Mumbai’s traffic menace: HC says restrict cars per family

A Bombay high court bench, hearing petition on the lack of space for parkin g vehicles in Mumbai, asked the agencies responsible to come up with a holistic plan to decongest Mumbai’s roads

Auction of Vijay Mallya’s airbus to be recalled

The aircraft, owned by C J Leasing, was given to Mallya’s Kingfisher on lease

Don’t lend us womb, but let us take back our embryos: US couple to HC

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 only allows ‘altruistic’ surrogacy for childless Indian couples who have been married for at least five years and mandates that the surrogate mother should be a “close relative” of the couple, should be married and have borne a child of her own.

Mind your words, especially to women, HC tells politicians

The Bombay high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Union government over a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking that politicians must be directed to exercise self-restraint while making comments about women, especially in public speeches

HC says malnutrition-related deaths reflect state’s apathy

The court said such deaths were a result of “criminal negligence” on the part of the state government

Women should be allowed to end pregnancy even when there is no risk: Bombay HC

The observations came while the bench was hearing a plea filed by a prisoner under trial seeking to abort her 15-week-old foetus since her partner had abandoned her and she did not wish to carry on with the pregnancy anymore.

HC directs SIT to trace ‘absconding’ Mecca blast accused

Two years after Shaikh Abdul Nayeem, the alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba militant involved in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast and the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, allegedly escaped police custody, the Bombay high court has directed SIT to probe the incident and trace him.

HC: Mallya couldn’t have come up with a better name than ‘Kingfisher’

The observation came while a bench led by Justice SC Dharmadhikari was hearing a plea filed by the service tax department

Zero tolerance for height norms violations near airport: HC

The court said the developers had misrepresented facts before the authorities and had thus, managed to get the approvals for construction of the building

BMC obligated to repair and maintain all roads, says HC

BMC under statutory obligation to maintain and repair all roads: HC

A bench led by Justice VM Kanade was hearing a plea filed by residents of Bharat Nagar in Bandra (east), claiming that the authorities had been neglecting Bharat Nagar Road that joins Bandra east to Bandra-Kurla Complex.

Prisoners cannot claim a right to strike: HC

The Bombay high court bench said the facilities provided to prisoners and the rules regarding parole were guided by the law and “prisoners cannot demand that the law not take its own course.”

Verdict reignites debate: Does capital punishment reduce crime

Preeti Rathi verdict reignites debate: Does capital punishment reduce crime?

The death sentence handed to Ankur Panwar has reignited the debate on capital punishment and its effectiveness as a deterrent to other criminals

HC asks state if parking under flyovers can be allowed again

A bench led by justice VM Kanade asked the state is it was possible to reduce the “security concerns” that had led the HC to prohibit illegal parking under flyovers in February this year

Deploy private security guards at govt hospitals, HC tells state

Deploy private security guards at govt hospitals, HC tells state

The doctors’ association had argued that they were forced to strike as a mark of protest against the increasing incidents of attacks on doctors and medical staff by angry relatives of patients

Allow parking at Shivaji Park during immersion: HC

A bench led by Justice AS Oka also said once Ganesh Chaturthi is over, the state and BMC must restore the ground to its original state and repair damages that might be caused due to parking of vehicles.

HC tells DGCA to punish offenders violating height norms

The HC also directed planning authorities such as the civic, Slum Rehabilitation Authority, Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority to refuse no-objection certificates to new buildings that violate height norms