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Public spaces should be accessible and disabled friendly: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to file a detailed affidavit on the steps taken to make Mumbai’s footpaths accessible for the specially-abled.

The Hindu

Bombay High Court refuses to grant interim stay on setting up of fact-checking unit

The Bombay High Court refused to issue an interim stay on the formation of a Fact-Check Unit by the Union government.

The Hindu

Supreme Court refuses to stay acquittal of former DU professor Saibaba, says there is no urgency

Maoist links case: Supreme Court refuses to stay acquittal of G.N. Saibaba, emphasizing presumption of innocence and lack of urgency.

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G.N. Saibaba | Wheeling into freedom

The Hindu Profiles | Disabled academic G.N. Saibaba's decade-long incarceration, fight for justice, and struggle for human rights amid physical pain and adversity.

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‘Though alive today, every organ is failing me’: GN Saibaba after his decade in prison

“Except for the polio that I’ve had since my childhood, I went to jail without any health issues. But today, I am in front of you though alive, each and every organ failing me,” said GN Saibaba, 59, a former Delhi University professor who was released from Nagpur Central Jail…

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It is a wonder that I came out of jail alive, says G.N. Saibaba

Former Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba released from Nagpur jail after acquittal in Maoist links case.

The Hindu

‘Not anti, only notional’: After GN Saibaba’s acquittal, editorials slam UAPA, ‘shoddy’ investigations

On March 5, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court set aside the conviction of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five others, saying the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

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‘Joyful but afraid’: Disabled Indian academic Saibaba’s family on acquittal

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.

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Journalists not employees under Unfair Labour Practices Act as they enjoy special status: Bombay High Court

“Working journalists do not fall in the definition of employees under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act as they enjoy a special status,” the Bombay High Court has said.

The Hindu

Unfortunate reality that people knock on doors of tantriks for solutions: Bombay High Court on sexual assault case

It is an unfortunate reality of our times that people knock on the doors of tantriks/babas for solutions to their problems, the Bombay High Court has said while upholding the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting six intellectually-challenged girls.

The Hindu

Maharashtra’s latest Maratha quota law and its challenges | Explained

Maratha quota: The Maharashtra Assembly on February 20 passed a Maratha quota law for the third time in the last decade — what is its legislative history and will it pass judicial scrutiny unlike its predecessors?

The Hindu

Justice Varale hails from a family in Nippani that had close links with Ambedkar

Justice Prasanna Varale, a Supreme Court judge, shares his journey from a Dalit family influenced by Dr. Ambedkar.

The Hindu

Judicial clarity on free speech

Decision of Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court validates the logic of judicial review as a bulwark against the excesses of majoritarian assemblies and untamed power

The Hindu

Money laundering case | ED tells Bombay HC it won't arrest Sameer Wankhede till March 1

Money laundering case: The ED told the Bombay High Court that it will extend till March 1 its previous statement that it would not arrest Sameer Wankhede

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IT Rules: After Bombay HC’s split verdict, third judge to hear pleas from Feb 28

Justice AS Chandurkar of the Bombay High Court will hear the petitions challenging the amendment to the IT Rules, which allows the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, Livelaw reported. The hearing will begin on February 28.

The Hindu

‘Censorship’ or ‘right to authentic information’?: The Bombay HC’s split verdict on Centre’s Fact-Check Unit | Explained

With the Bombay High Court delivering a split verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the amended IT Rules, The Hindu decodes the verdict and its potential impact

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Plea challenging IT Rules amendment: Split verdict from Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court today delivered a split verdict in petitions challenging the amendment to the IT Rules, which allows the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, Livelaw reported.

The Hindu

Ram temple consecration| Bombay HC dismisses plea challenging Maharashtra govt.’s decision to declare public holiday on Jan. 22

The Bombay High Court on Sunday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by four law students challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to declare a public holiday on January 22 for the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya. It further said: “The petition has political overtones and it appears to…

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Shinde-led Shiv Sena moves Bombay HC against Maharashtra Speaker’s decision to not disqualify Thackeray faction MLAs

Maharashtra CM Shinde’s Shiv Sena has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the decision taken by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to not disqualify 14 MLAs belonging to the rival faction

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Bombay HC defers verdict on challenge to IT rules again

The Bombay High Court has again deferred its verdict in petitions challenging the IT amendment rules, which allowed the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, LiveLaw reported.

The Hindu

Bombay HC grants interim protection from arrest to land owner

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest until February 6 to a 61-year-old woman, Jannat Shikalgar, who owns the land in Pune, Maharashtra, where a candle manufacturing factory fire resulted in the death of 14 people in December 2023.

The Hindu

Supreme Court refuses to re-examine bail granted to accused in Dabholkar murder case

The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to bail granted by the Bombay High Court to an accused in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013

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Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends stay imposed by Bombay HC on bail to Gautam Navlakha

The Supreme Court on Friday extended the stay imposed by the Bombay High Court on the implementation of its December 19 order granting bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case. Read further on Dynamite News

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Elgar Parishad case | Supreme Court extends stay imposed by Bombay HC on granting bail to Gautam Navlakha

Elgar Parishad case: The Supreme Court extended the stay imposed by the Bombay HC on the operation of its order granting bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case

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Bombay HC defers verdict on challenge to IT Rules until Jan 15

The Bombay High Court has deferred its verdict in petitions challenging the IT amendment rules, which allowed the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, until January 15, LiveLaw reported.

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