The observation was made by a single bench of Justice Pushpa Ganediwala on January 15 while passing an order on an appeal filed by a 50-year-old man challenging a sessions court''s order convicting him for sexually assaulting and molesting a five-year-old girl.
On January 19, the high court had said that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the POCSO Act.
Activists and child rights bodies have slammed the recent judgement of the Bombay High Court that there is no sexual assault if there is no 'skin-to-skin' contact.
The Union government had filed a petition in the high court challenging the October 1, 2020, order passed by the Collector, allotting the land for construction of the car shed, and said the land belongs to its (the Centre) salt department.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has finally got justice in the demolition row with BMC. The Bombay High Court has set aside BMC notices to the actress issued on 7th and 9th September, calling the demolition at her place as "action with malafide inte
According to the data submitted to the Bombay HC by the Shirdi police, nearly 279 people have been reported missing from Shirdi in Ahmednagar between 2017 and October 27, 2020. Out of this, 67 missing persons still remain untraced.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into the death of Disha Salian, former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Facing sedition charges, actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel moved the Bombay High Court on Monday, seeking to quash an FIR filed against them by the city police.
Actress Rhea Chakraborty requested the Bombay High Court to dismiss a petition filed by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's twosisters to quash the FIR lodged against them for forging andprocuring fake medical prescription for their brother.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed Jain temples to reopen dining halls during the nine-day fasting festival 'Ayambil Oli Tap' from October 23.
In a major setback for Republic TV and Arnab Goswami, the Bombay High Court on Monday refused to stay investigation against the television channel in connection with the TRP scam case.
Bombay High Court has begun hearing a plea in connection with Rhea Chakraborty, Showik bail, in the drugs case. The Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday filed affidavits in Bombay HC responding to the bail pleas of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty who were arrested during the drugs probe.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspended its hearings scheduled for the day, including all virtual hearings, in view of the heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs. The bail pleas filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, both arrested in a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, were to be heard on Wednesday by a single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal through video-conferencing.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) asked the Bombay High Court to dismiss actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition seeking Rs 2 crore in damages for demolition of her bungalow in Mumbai, PTI reported. The BMC called Ranaut’s plea an “abuse of the process of law”.
Actor Kangana Ranaut has amended her petition pending before the Bombay high court and sought compensation of Rs 2 crore for “nearly 40% damage” to her office in Mumbai during the demolition undertaken by BMC on September 9.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's official residence in Mumbai. The meeting came on a day Mumbai witnessed high drama after the BMC demolished parts of a house belonging to Bollywood a
After hearing Kangana Ranaut and BMC, the Bombay high court ordered that both sides will maintain a status quo in the matter and will hear the case on Sep. 22 after the BMC urged that Ranaut must not be permitted to carry out any work on her property till the next hearing.
On Wednesday, BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) started demolishing the actress Kangana Ranaut's Bandra property for alleged unauthorised modifications and extensions.
After Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished actress Kangana Ranaut's Bandra office alleging 'illegal construction,' Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra has also received a show-cause notice on September 7, for allegedly making "unauthorised alterations" at his office building. BMC has sought a reply from him within seven days.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut went to her partially-demolished office building in Mumba's Pali Hills area on Thursday, soon after the Bombay High Court adjourned hearing till September 22 over the demolition drive by BMC.
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