The Latest Breaking News from the Bombay High Court

Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was officially sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court today. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the tender awarded to the Adani Group for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Bombay High Court has turned its skeptical gaze on the Maharashtra police’s version of the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault on two minor girls. Early this week, Shinde was shot dead in an alleged encounter by the Thane police. 

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a man accused of sharing an “objectionable post” on WhatsApp, saying that not every controversial social media post should be interpreted as an attempt to incite unrest, Livelaw reported.

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan said the probe into the death of the accused should be conducted in fair and impartial manner. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Bombay High Court today struck down the 2023 amendments to the IT Rules that permit the central government to “fact-check” news about itself on social media platforms.

Zee Entertainment, the co-producer of Kangana Ranaut’s film Emergency, has told the Bombay High Court that the censor clearance is being delayed because the BJP is sceptical that the film may affect its prospects in the upcoming Haryana elections, Bar and Bench reported.

The Court has also asked the CBFC to take a decision by September 18. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for September 19. Read further on Dynamite News:

A Goa-based activist has alleged that he is being targeted for taking up public interest issues against “successive governments” and for trying to point to alleged illegalities surrounding BJP leader and former minister Smriti Irani’s daughter’s cafe in Goa through RTI applications.