The Bombay high court has restrained the Maharashtra government from allowing excavation of sand in drought-hit villages, saying it would cause shortage of potable water for people and animals.
The Maharashtra State Wakf Board, which administers all Muslim religious trusts, was on Wednesday dissolved by the Bombay High Court, after being held "defective".
The Life Insurance Corporation of India will soon file a special leave petition before the Supreme Court to prevent trading in life insurance policies.
Refusing to interfere in the case, the division bench of Justices Sharad Bobde and Anoop Mohta said, "A person in the armed forces should know it's a tough life. It is for authorities to decide where the staff has to be posted." Petitioner Commander N K Tripathi had challenged his transfer from INS Trata in Mumbai to INS Zamorin in Ezhimala in Kerala in December 2007.
With an eye on the October 18 biennial elections of the Mumbai Cricket Association, senior cricket administrator Prof Ratnakar Shetty is all set to challenge in the court an amendment made to its election rules in July which debars him from contesting the elections.
The government told the HC that 'Maratha community comprises people belonging to various castes and since the country doesn't conduct caste-based census anymore,' it was proving rather 'difficult' to get hold of the requisite data.
The Raj Thackeray-led MNS set up a stall to sell chicken meat as a symbolic protest, whereas Shiv Sena workers tore off the civic body notices.
The fever of banning meat spread on Thursday with such directives being issued in Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Ahmedabad.
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