Ayesha Arvind

Can EVMs be tampered with? Bombay HC orders they be checked by forensic lab

The judge has asked whether there is “any additional memory chip in EVMs that could be activated to alter the results of an election”.

Bilkis Bano was neither tutored nor manipulated, says Bombay high court

The defence was appealing against the conviction of the 11 men found guilty of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering her family

Bilkis Bano gangrape case: Bombay HC upholds conviction of 11 convicts

Seventeen people, including Bilkis Bano, were attacked in Gujarat on March 3, 2002, in the aftermath of the Godhra train carnage.

Sheena Bora case: Mumbai court refuses to admit cop’s deposition on Rai’s disclosures on murder

Peter and Indrani had approached HC after the CBI began to examine the police officer, who had first apprehended Indrani’s driver Shyamvar Rai

Pune man gets ₹6-L medicine for wife, SBI refuses to reimburse as woman dies before taking it

The Bombay high court has issued a notice to SBI following a plea, HC is likely to take up the matter for further hearing on May 3 this year.

When will you improve shelter homes for children, Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt

The high court wants the Maharashtra govt to prepare a model plan for shelter homes, come up with vocational training centres and develop playgrounds, sports complexes, and activity centres

2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur got bail as witnesses turned hostile

2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur challenges ‘interference’ by victim’s father

Thakur asked the Bombay high court to quash the order passed by the special NIA court in February, calling it “erroneous in law”.

Mumbai court to record Radhe Maa’s statement in dowry harassment case

Radhe Maa has been accused of instigating the in-laws of woman to harass her for dowry, said Mumbai police

2008 Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur gets bail as witnesses turned hostile

The high court directed that Thakur be released from judicial custody as soon as she provides a surety of Rs5 lakh...

Shifu Sunkriti, sex and drugs cult, case: Mumbai police probe reveals shocking details, says HC

Sunil Kulkarni, alleged leader of the group, has been arrested, while hunt for his aide is on, the police told the Bombay high court

Malegaon blast: Bombay HC grants bail to Pragya Thakur, no relief for Lt Col Purohit

Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit were accused of involvement in serial blasts outside a cemetery near Hamidia mosque at Malegaon close to Nashik on September 8, 2006, an attack that claimed 6 lives.

Malegaon 2008 blast case: Bail pleas of Pragya Thakur, Shrikant Purohit likely to be heard today

Thakur and Purohit has challeneged the lower court order that had rejected their respective pleas

Mumbai sex and drugs cult: HC to hear parents’ pleas against Sunil Kulkarni’s Shifu Sunkruti today

Shifu Sunkruti group, run on social media, was a drug and sex racket, the parents claimed in their pleas in the Bombay high court

Mahim fair: Bombay HC issues notice to cops for flouting noise rules

The police had used loudspeakers at the Mahim police station in December, despite it being a silent zone

Mumbai cult, ‘a drugs and sex racket’, was a Facebook click away: Parents

Two sets of parents approached the Bombay high court alleging that Sunil Kulkarni had ‘trapped their daughters’ in a ‘sex and drugs’ racket. They claim youngsters can join the ‘cult’ simply by leaving their phone number on the Facebook page.

Mumbai sisters ‘ensnared by cult’, drugged, hunt on for leader

The bench was hearing a petition alleging that two women, in their early twenties, were trapped by an alleged cult group Shifu Sunkriti, which operates on social media, and getting them addicted to drugs.

What is government’s policy on employing people with HIV, asks Bombay HC

The Bombay high court wants to know what the state and Union governments’ policies were on employing people with HIV.

Trafficking survivors join fight for justice

NGO plans to help 20 of them prepare for law entrance tests, so they can join the criminal justice system

Maharashtra can’t order local bodies to shut meat shops, says Bombay high court

The court set aside a 2003 state circular, directing all local bodies to shut all slaughter houses and meat shops in deference to Mahavir Jayanti

Bombay high court asks Maharashtra government to decide on dates for meat ban during festivals

The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to submit dates on which animal slaughter and sale of meat should be banned in deference to religious festivals in the city and the state.

Plea in Bombay HC against govt flouting rules to give land to Ramdev’s Patanjali

As per Nirupam’s plea filed on Monday, the land is part of a reserved forest area meant to be used only for ecological development purposes and the Maharashtra government not only allotted the plot to Ramdev for a commercial food park but also made gave at a huge concession.

Mumbai lawyers strike work over Law Commission’s recommendations

But legal experts remain divided on the merits of the Law Commission’s recommendations.

Bombay high court directs Gaylord to demolish cake shop within two weeks

The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the managers of the iconic South Bombay restaurant Gaylord to demolish their cake shop housed right outside the restaurant, the open seating area along the shop and the outside enclosure, within two weeks.

No action against Gaylord: HC to Mumbai civic body

The BMC was stopped from taking any action against popular restaurant Gaylord, near Churchgate, by the Bombay high court on Monday.

Finish inquiry into Kharghar toll scam in 3 months, Bombay high court tells ACB

The court ordered the state not to pay the toll operating contractor dues worth Rs390 crore until the inquiry had been completed and the court was informed

Bombay high court refuses to relax height restrictions for buildings near Mumbai airport

The HC, however, agreed to explore whether there is a need to allow for a new aeronautical study on the height of buildings near the airport

No coercive action against Kapil Sharma on FIR: HC to Mumbai police

An FIR was registered against the actor alleging illegal construction in his Goregaon flat

Bombay HC stays FIR against Kapil Sharma in illegal construction case

The Court’s decision came after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed a bench led by Justice Naresh Patil that it had decided to withdraw all litigation from the lower court against Kapil Sharma and actor Irrfan Khan over alleged illegal construction in the actors’ respective flats in a Goregaon highrise.

Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt if an FIR should be filed in Kharghar toll plaza case

The bench refused to grant the additional six months to the state and questioned the need for an open inquiry