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The Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of 22 accused, including 21 junior Gujarat and Rajasthan police officers, in the alleged 2005 fake encounter case of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi, and aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

Bombay High Court upheld the acquittal of all accused in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Kauser Bi and Tulsiram Prajapati. The court dismissed appeals challenging the 2018 CBI court verdict, citing insufficient evidence and hostile witnesses

The Bombay High Court upheld the acquittal of 22 accused, mostly police personnel, in the alleged 2005 fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi, and aide Tulsiram Prajapati. The court found insufficient evidence to prove conspiracy or involvement

The Bombay High Court ruled that parrots are wild animals under the Wild Life Act and directed the Maharashtra government to compensate a farmer for crop damage, stating that losses caused by protected species must be reimbursed

The Bombay High Court discharged four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, criticising National Investigation Agency for ignoring evidence. Contradictory probe findings left the case unresolved, with no clear accountability for the deadly explosions

The Bombay High Court has discharged four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blast case, quashing all charges against them. The decision leaves unresolved questions about those responsible for the blasts that killed 31 people and injured over 300

The Bombay High Court pulled up the Centre over delay in responding to a plea by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik, seeking equal benefits with regular soldiers under the Agnipath Scheme after his death in Operation Sindoor

The Supreme Court of India dismissed lawyer Nilesh Ojha’s plea against contempt proceedings over allegations against a judge in the Disha Salian case. It stressed judicial integrity, warning that reckless public accusations undermine public trust in the justice system

The Bombay High Court stressed the need for citizens to follow traffic rules and develop civic sense, while enhancing compensation to a victim’s family in a road accident case and highlighting shared responsibility between pedestrians and drivers

The Bombay High Court has lifted the stay on three public sector banks, allowing them to classify Anil Ambani’s and Reliance Communications’ accounts as fraud. The division bench ruled that RBI’s Master Directions are meant to safeguard public money and cannot be diluted through judicial intervention.

The Supreme Court reprimanded a petitioner for misusing Article 32 to approach the top court despite a pending plea in the Bombay High Court, calling it a “gross misuse” of constitutional remedies and dismissed the petition

The Bombay High Court quashed a 12-year-old FIR against Star Pravah programming heads over an allegedly objectionable dialogue in the serial *Laxmi versus Saraswati*, ruling they had no role in its creation and noting procedural lapses in prosecuting under the Atrocities Act 

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has converted a civil suit linked to the deadly Arpora nightclub fire into a PIL, seeking accountability and asking the state government to explain permissions granted to the establishment

The Bombay High Court granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu, citing over five years of incarceration without trial in the Elgar Parishad case. The NIA’s request to stay the order was rejected as the trial remains far from completion.

Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan are pursuing legal action to protect their "personality rights" amid rising AI deepfakes and unauthorized use of their identity. Courts are recognizing this as an extension of the right to privacy

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant an interim stay on the Maharashtra government’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates to Maratha community members who can prove their OBC antecedents, directing the state to file a detailed response within four weeks

Mumbai police have registered a case after the Bombay High Court received a bomb threat email that led to a two-hour suspension of hearings on Friday. The threat turned out to be a hoax, and police are tracing the sender.

Chief Justice of India B R Gavai inaugurated the Bombay High Court’s new circuit bench in Kolhapur, easing the burden on litigants from six districts. The bench, functional from August 18, includes one division bench and two single benches

The Bombay High Court upheld a family court’s decision granting divorce to a man, ruling that denial of intimacy and constant suspicion of an affair by his wife amounted to cruelty. The court found the marriage irreparably broken

The Bombay High Court dismissed a PIL against Prada for allegedly copying Kolhapuri chappals, citing lack of locus by the petitioners. The court said only the GI tag holder can take legal action, not unrelated individuals claiming public interest