The apex court, however, clarified that since the charge sheet was filed, the accused might now seek regular bail from the trial court, which would decide the pleas on merits and without being influenced by its observations in the present case.
The police had alleged that inflammatory speeches and provocative statements made by several activists during the Elgar Parishad conclave had contributed to the violence that broke out around Koregaon Bhima village the next day, January 1.
The pretitioner has sought that the state government be restrained from implementing its decision on providing such quota at least till the high court takes a final decision on the pending petitions.
"Due to globalisation and since educated young persons are crossing the borders of India, it is not possible to remain present (to file petitions)," the HC said.
The victim, who comes from a conservative section of society and who is separated from her husband, must have been afraid of stigma and "reflection on her chastity", Justice Badar said.
The court said that if multiplexes were prohibiting people from bringing outside food, then there should be a total prohibition on eatables.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh, a gangster with alleged terror links, and his wife Kausar Bi were killed in a suspected fake encounter by the Gujarat police in November 2005.
The Bombay High Court has said the Goods and Services Tax (GST), though "highly publicised" by the Union government, was "not tax-friendly."
The court also said that the state government had successfully backed its claims on impartiality in the case with valid documents submitted by the Home Department.
The PIL relied on a book written by Maharashtra's former Inspector General of Police S M Mushrif, titled 'Who Killed Karkare'.
The Bombay High Court today permitted hotelier Vishal Karia, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the Kamala Mills fire, to seek immediate bail from a magistrate's court.
Apprehending their arrest, the trustees of the St. Xaviers Education Trust, which manages the Ryan International Schools across India, filed the plea on Monday
“We cannot control nature. But this is not the first time this is happening in Mumbai. We have not moved an inch,” Chief Justice Chellur said.
In a major setback to the Subrata Roy-owned Sahara Group, the Bombay High Court's Office of Official Liquidator (OL) on Monday put up its prestigious Aamby Valley city project in Pune for a public auction
The Bombay High Court has refused to hand over the custody of a minor girl to her biological father, an Iranian national, after the surrogate mother alleged that he is “not of good character”.
The Bombay High Court today maintained a 2008 verdict of the trial court in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case ordering lifetime imprisonment to the 11 convicts.
In a blow to self-styled godwoman Sukhwinder Kaur alias Radhe Maa, the Bombay High Court has asked police to record the statement of a city resident who had alleged that Radhe Maa had instigated her in-laws to harass her for dowry.
In a one-of-its-kind incident, journalists covering proceedings at the Bombay High Court today staged a walkout from the courtroom after Chief Justice Manjula Chellur pulled up a male journalist during court proceedings for his attire.
Hours after the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to provide security in state-run hospitals and ordered all resident doctors to return to duty immediately, their mass casual leave agitation continued for the fourth
Bombay High Court today stayed the FIR lodged against Kapil Sharma over unauthorised structures allegedly constructed by him at his flat in suburban Goregaon.
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