The Bombay High Court quashed the case against actor Mamta Kulkarni in connection with the seizure of illegal drugs worth Rs 2,000 crore in 2016, holding that the proceedings against her were “manifestly frivolous” and “their continuation would be nothing short of abuse of process of court”. Her partner Vicky Goswami was also named as an accused in the FIR registered by the Thane police. The anti-narcotics cell of the police had seized 20 tonnes of ephedrine from a Solapur factory. The prosecution had claimed that Kulkarni along with Goswami…
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Nalasopara arms haul case: Bombay HC grants bail to 5 accused, cites ‘ bleak chances of timely completion of trial’ | Mumbai News
Observing that ‘chances of timely completion of the trial appear to be bleak,’ the Bombay High Court recently granted bail to five accused arrested in the 2018 Nalasopara arms haul and terror plot case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). On July 30, a division bench of Justices Bharati H Dangre and Manjusha A Deshpande passed an order in appeals by Sujith Kumar Rangaswami, Amit Ramchandra Baddi, Ganesh Dashrath Miskin, Shrikant Jagannath Pangarkar and Bharat Jaywant Kurane challenging orders by a special NIA court which refused them bail. In…
Bombay HC issues summons to Ravindra Waikar over Amol Kirtikar’s plea challenging his win in Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat | Mumbai News
The Bombay High Court on Monday issued summons to Ravindra Waikar of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on an election petition by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Amol Kirtikar, seeking the cancellation of Waikar’s victory in the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency. A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep V Marne issued a writ of summons to Waikar and other respondents to appear before the court on September 2 to answer the claim made by Kirtikar in his plea. “Issue writ of summons to respondents returnable on September 2,…
As actress Mamta Kulkarni gets respite from Bombay HC, a look at the drugs case in which she was named accused | Mumbai News
What has the Bombay High Court said about the case against Mamta Kulkarni? The Bombay High Court said on Monday that it would cancel the First Information Report (FIR) against the actor citing lack of evidence. While the court is yet to give a detailed order, it said that Kulkarni’s plea to cancel the case will be allowed. Kulkarni had appealed before the court that she had been made a “scapegoat in the drug scam”. Hearing her plea, a bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande noted that apart…
Bombay HC upholds state govt decision to hike lease rents based on ready reckoner rate | Mumbai News
In a relief to the state government, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that the state’s decision to fix rents based on the value of ready reckoner (RR) rate for the lands leased by it in Mumbai was ‘reasonable’ and ‘keeping with the times’. It observed that the new method adopted through 2012 and 2018 Government Resolutions (GRs) to increase the lease rent was ‘fair’ and the revised rates “cannot be termed as exorbitant or extortionate.” The bench, however, held that, “the government was not justified in revising or…
Bombay HC grants relief to TISS student rusticated for social media post, quashes institute’s rejection of her appeal, seeks ‘dispassionate’ reconsideration
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Bombay HC Quails Order Rejecting Tax Refund in Early Stages of GST Regime
The order rejecting Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) has been quashed by the Bombay High Court because the order was passed without any reason and without application of mind. The CGST Commissioner does not hold the authority to condone the delay, but the writ court does, the bench of Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain remarked. The bench further marked, Our judicial conscience does not allow us to reject this cause revealed as bogus, specifically because the petitioner was an individual and the GST regime was at a…
Bombay HC rejects pre-arrest bail plea of man arrested for raping minor wife
[ad_1] Observing that “child marriages are dangerous to the social fabric of the country and have to be stopped”, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by a man accused of raping his wife, who was then was a minor. incident. The court said that the man cannot run away saying that since he was married to a minor and did not protest, the intercourse was voluntary and was done with his consent. Justice Vibha V Kankanwadi passed the order on April 12…