Omkar Gokhale

The Bombay High Court said that by preventing the woman's help from going to her house, the housing society was breaching her fundamental rights.

Tells govt to have in-built mechanism to control decibel levels at places of worship or institutions

In March 2023, the Bombay High Court cautioned the managing committee of a housing society and stated that treating stray dogs with cruelty “can never be an acceptable approach from persons of civil society”.

The HC was hearing a writ petition filed by two residents' associations in Mumbai's suburban Nehru Nagar, Kurla (East) and Chunabhatti areas against the use of loudspeakers by mosques and madrasas beyond permissible decibel limits and during prohibited hours.

Justice Arif S Doctor proposes appointing a former chief justice of India or any former judge agreed on by the sons of minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha as a mediator in the case over the use of the trademark 'Lodha'.

Dr Megha Pansare, daughter-in-law of Govind Pansare, had opposed the bail pleas of the accused arrested for the murder of the CPI activist.

The petitioner, Asif Ahmed Shaikh, was allegedly manhandled by group of “30 to 40 students” when he was returning from Kankavli to Mumbai on a train along with his wife and daughters on January 19, 2024.

It said the information provided by the state government showed a “shocking state of affairs”, resulting in stalling of criminal trials as FSL reports are submitted with inordinate delays.

A 25-year-old woman's partially burnt body was found in a sack dumped in a creek. Within two weeks, the Thane Rural police solved the case.

As the idol makers' association argued that the ban would affect their source of livelihood, the Bombay High Court said it would not allow Supreme Court orders to be defied.