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IT Rules amendment: Bombay High Court reserves judgement

The Bombay High Court has reserved its judgment in petitions challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023, which empowers the central government to establish fact-check units to identify “fake news” about itself on social media and order its take down, Livelaw reported.

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‘Endocrinologist’ to ‘arrogant’ IAS trainee who ‘misused’ quota: Who is Puja Khedkar?

Puja Khedkar, a 32-year-old trainee IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre, is at the centre of a growing controversy amid which the Narendra Modi government has formed a one-member panel to probe the allegations against her.

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IT Rules amendment: Centre says not preventing fake news would violate basic rights

In the pleas challenging the IT Rules amendment, the centre defended its fact-check unit and told the Bombay High Court that not preventing fake or false news would violate the fundamental rights conferred by Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution, Livelaw reported.

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Bombay HC dismisses students' plea challenging hijab ban by Mumbai college

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by women students challenging the ban on wearing hijab. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bombay HC summons Patanjali director, asks for apology for ‘trademark infringement’

After flak from the Supreme Court for “misleading” advertisements, Patanjali Ayurveda has been summoned by the Bombay High Court and asked to tender an “unconditional apology” for alleged trademark infringement related to its camphor product.

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Bombay HC allows Hamare Baarah release after changes

The Bombay High Court has allowed the makers of the film Hamare Baarah to release it on Friday once they change certain portions that were allegedly derogatory to Islam and the Muslim community, LiveLaw reported.

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Days after Karnataka ban, SC suspends screening of Hamare Baarah

The Supreme Court has stayed the release of the movie Hamare Baarah and asked the Bombay High Court to take an expeditious decision on a petition alleging that the film was derogatory to Islam and married Muslim women, Bar and Bench reported.

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Air India ceased be State or its instrumentality under Article 12 post disinvestment: SC

Supreme Court rules Air India ceased to be a State entity after disinvestment, no fundamental rights violation case allowed

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Anita Goyal, Jet Airways’ founder Naresh’s wife, passes away

Anita Goyal, wife of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, passes away after battling cancer, impacting ongoing legal proceedings.

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DHFL scam: CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in ₹34,000-crore bank fraud

Former DHFL Director Dheeraj Wadhawan arrested by CBI for defrauding bank consortium of ₹34,000 crore.

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Actor Sahil Khan sent to two-day police custody in Mahadev Betting App case

A court in Mumbai sent actor Sahil Khan to two-day police custody starting from April 29 in connection with the Mahadev Betting App case which involves irregularities to tune of Rs 15,000 crore. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bombay High Court upholds death penalty awarded to Vivek Palatkar

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court upheld the death penalty awarded to Vivek Palatkar, who was convicted in the case involving the gruesome murder of five members of his family.

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In its seventh list, BJP announces Navneet Rana’s candidature for the contentious Amravati Lok Sabha seat

BJP announces Navneet Rana's candidature for Amravati Lok Sabha seat amid controversy over caste certificate validity.

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Bombay HC sets aside EC notification for bypoll in Akola West Assembly constituency

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court overturned the Election Commission’s notification for conducting a bypoll in the Akola West Assembly constituency in Maharashtra on April 26.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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?

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