Mumbai: The Bombay High Court disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the operation of ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants in Kurla. The court observed that the petitioner failed to include necessary parties whose rights would be directly affected by any court order.A division bench of Justice Advait M. Sethna and Justice M.S. Sonak noted that while the petitioner, activist...
A breakfast rich in protein is perhaps the most natural and powerful way of losing weight. It not only helps to keep hunger at bay but also stabilises the blood sugar level and keeps the energy up throughout the day. When talking about protein, most people automatically think of eggs; however, vegetarian diets have a lot of protein sources that do not contain eggs and are...
Cushing Syndrome is a relatively uncommon hormonal disorder that arises as a consequence of chronically elevated levels of cortisol in the body. Cortisol serves to play a vital role in controlling blood pressure, the metabolic rate, blood sugar levels, and the “stress response system.” Nonetheless, as a result of chronically elevated levels of this critical hormone within the body, a range of...
Mumbai/Nagpur: Threat emails warning of bomb explosions were received by the Bombay high court, several local courts, and banks across Mumbai and Nagpur on Thursday morning, causing panic and paralysing legal proceedings. Police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS) conducted extensive sweeps at all the locations, before declaring the threats as hoax as no explosives were found.As per...
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every...
Mumbai: A woman, on behalf of her seven-year-old autistic twins, has moved the Bombay high court challenging the refusal by an Andheri West school to admit them under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.Rita Joshi, an advocate practising in the HC, has challenged the school's "unlawful and discriminatory" refusal to admit and integrate her twin sons despite their duly...
CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the Madras high court that undertrials, preventive detainees, and inmates serving a short period of imprisonment could submit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms through their immediate relatives or enrol afresh to feature in the revised electoral roll.The reply was in connection with a petition filed by a Madurai-based individual...
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has termed the police investigation in a case of mob attack during the 2020 North East Delhi riots as "poor," but has also refused the plea of a gunshot victim to probe his case as a standalone offence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna recently said that it was "evident" the investigation in FIR No 64/2020 was "selective and poor". However, complainant Mohammad Nasir's grievance...
Mumbai: A mandate in law to conduct an investigation and file a chargesheet must be respected by court but, at the same time, the investigating agency cannot be permitted to act in a manner which frustrates the mandate under Article 21 of the Constitution for right to life and liberty, said the Bombay high court on Tuesday. The HC made the observation while dismissing the state's plea to permit the...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's stand on a plea to permit the mother of a woman from Kerala, who is facing the death penalty in Yemenfor the murder of a national, to travel to the country to save her daughter from gallows. Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Centre's counsel to file a status report within two weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on November 16. The...
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