Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 21:52 IST
From a shower of money to getting rid of a genie, two fake Islamic scholars in Pune duped a woman of Rs 39.6 lakh. When Abbas refused to pay, Shaikh told her that the genie would get upset and add to her woes (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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A woman was allegedly duped by two fake Islamic scholars
The woman was told that her house was possessed by a genie and rituals needed to be performed
Pune: A woman from Pune, Nagpada fell prey to fake Islamic scholars who told her that her house was possessed by a genie. The woman lost Rs 39.6 lakh to the accused duo. The Islamic scholars allegedly told the woman that they possessed supernatural powers and could rid her house of bad spirits.
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You will not be able to see products propagating magical properties on TV anymore, thanks to an HC ruling
A division bench of Justice Tanaji V Nalawade and Justice Mukund G Sewlikar passed the judgment on January 5 on a criminal writ plea filed by Rajendra Ganpatrao Ambhore, a 45-year-old teacher.
As per the ruling, the telecast of advertisements by TV channels claiming to sell articles with
magical properties is illegal. The
Bombay High Court on Tuesday (05th January) passed a verdict stating that the telecast of advertisements by TV channels claiming to have special, miraculous or supernatural properties is illegal.
Express News Service
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has banned the sale of items that claim to possess miraculous or supernatural powers via television advertisement.
The Aurangabad bench of the court, comprising Justice Tanaji Nalawade and Justice Mukund Sewlikar ruled that TV advertisements of such items, would be punishable under the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.
The court was ruling on a petition seeking a ban on such advertisements on TV channels. The petitioner, in his plea stated that he came across advertisements on TV channels for articles like Hanuman Chalisa yantra claiming they possessed special, miraculous properties/qualities.
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