Urvi Mahajani

2 weeks ago | freepressjournal.in | Urvi Mahajani

Mumbai, Jun 11: The Bombay High Court will begin fresh hearings from July 18 on a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra law granting 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community in education and government jobs. The court clarified that its interim order from April 2024 will continue. That order had stated that all admissions and appointments made under the new law would be subject to final orders in the case.

4 weeks ago | freepressjournal.in | Urvi Mahajani

Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) informed the apex court on Friday that it has scrapped the tenders issued for the Rs 6,000-crore Thane-Ghodbunder-Bhayandar tunnel and the elevated road projects. The decision came after prodding from the Supreme Court regarding the necessity of transparency in large public projects.

1 month ago | freepressjournal.in | Urvi Mahajani

The Bombay high court has asked the State government to file its reply to the pres-arrest bail plea filed by actor Ajaz Khan in connection with the case registered with Charkop police station earlier this month for rape on promise of marriage and work in film industry, on a complaint of a struggling actress. Vacation judge, Justice Shyam Chandak on May 22 asked the state to file its reply by June 2 while refusing to grant interim urgent relief to the actor.

1 month ago | freepressjournal.in | Urvi Mahajani

Mumbai: Observing that it is a “mega-infrastructure project of significant public importance”, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) challenging the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)’s decision not to inform the company of the status of its bid in the Rs 6,000 crore Thane-Ghodbunder to Bhayandar tunnel and elevated road project.

1 month ago | freepressjournal.in | Urvi Mahajani

Mumbai: A 19-year-old engineering student from Pune, arrested earlier this month over a controversial Instagram repost related to Indo-Pak tensions following Operation Sindoor, has approached the Bombay High Court challenging her rustication by her college. The petition, filed through advocate Farhana Shah, states that the rustication order issued by Sinhgad Academy of Engineering—an unaided private college affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University—is “arbitrary and unlawful”.