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Bail granted to 19-year-old: Mere possession of counterfeit currency not enough to constitute offence, intention to use them as genuine required, says Bombay HC Bail granted to 19-year-old: Mere possession of counterfeit currency not enough to constitute offence, intention to use them as genuine required, says Bombay HC The plea says that Vachkal was booked and chargesheeted with two others for possessing counterfeit currency under Section 489 B (using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes) and that one of them had already been released on default bail. December 24, 2020 10:35:32 pm Judiciary is the last bastion of hope for beleaguered citizens ....
Bombay HC asks estate officer to make ‘fresh, reasoned’ decision over eviction order to Colaba special school The school submitted that it was a tenant of the adjoining Afghan Church since 1972 and could not be called public premise , and that the estate officer was not competent to pass such an eviction order. December 23, 2020 11:39:34 pm A division bench of Justice S C Gupte and Justice S P Tavade was hearing the petition filed by Shinde on January 13. (File) IN A relief to a school for special kids in Colaba, Mumbai, the Bombay High Court last week directed the estate officer to consider an earlier eviction order as just a “prima facie opinion” and to decide afresh if the land on which the school is located belongs to the Army. The court passed the order after the central government said it has taken back an earlier eviction order and would decide the school’s contention afresh. ....
Possession of skin of dead cows, bullocks not an offence: Bombay HC The bench led by Justice Deshpande observed, “There is no doubt that the skin is not covered under the provisions of the Act of Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976. Updated: December 22, 2020 4:51:10 pm The state cabinet had last week decided to promulgate the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance- 2020, which has now received the Governor s assent. The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court bench recently held that that mere possession of a dead animal’s skin would not amount to an offence under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976, which prohibits slaughtering, importing, exporting and possessing beef. ....
HC upholds scrapping of 70:30 system of regional reservation for medical admissions in Maharashtra The court observed that the concept of regional reservations is against the NEET, which is based on the concept of One Nation One Examination and aims at providing admissions to students on merit only, and hence, the state s decision is valid. December 23, 2020 4:25:47 am The petitioners alleged ‘malafide’ in action taken by police and executive magistrate and submitted that they were illegally detained in jail for nearly six days.(File) The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has recently held that the Amended Rules-2020 implemented by the Maharashtra government on September 7, which did away with regional reservations for admissions to undergraduate courses in medical studies, is valid. ....
Maharashtra govt justifies FIR against Navi Mumbai resident Holey was booked by the Mumbai and Palghar police for allegedly making offensive remarks on social media against the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya. December 22, 2020 4:41:22 am A division bench of Justice S S Shinde and Justice M S Karnik was hearing Holey’s plea which sought quashing of the FIR against her in connection with her comments on gathering of people outside the Bandra station during the lockdown. The state government, while responding to the plea filed by Navi Mumbai resident Sunaina Holey, said that the petitioner was a ‘social media influencer’ and was involved in ‘spreading misinformation’ in ‘volatile situation’ and therefore her posts cannot be disregarded and the FIR against her was justified. ....