Cruelty by the husband (or his relatives) accounted for about 40 per cent of these cases. Delhi reported the highest number of cases of crimes against women (12,552) followed by Mumbai with over 5,000 cases.
An insurance company is liable to pay compensation to the accident victim's kin even if the driving licence of the offending vehicle's driver has expired and not renewed, as an expired licence would not make him an unskilled driver, the Bombay high court has said.
The protesters blocked roads in several areas of Mumbai, forced shops to shut down.
"Mock polls" are part of the first level check (FLC) process.
Banga Beats' hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Indian Badminton League went up in smoke after they lost their must-win match against hosts Pune Pistons 4-1 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune.
The Mumbai Police held the accused from Patna on Wednesday for allegedly issuing the death threat to Pawar by making a call on the latter's landline phone, the official said.
Hearing the arguments on death penalty awarded by a lower court to Pune-based bus driver Santosh Mane, the Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the government to justify if "public outcry" should be a factor in deciding the quantum of punishment.
Vitims of the Delhi high court blast nursing their wounds on Thursday had a visitor who had gone through such agony when she lost her son in the German bakery blast in Pune last year.
A Thane court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to stop its investigation into the death of businessman Mansukh Hiran and hand over case records to the National Investigation Agency immediately.
A court in New Delhi on Wednesday extended the custodial interrogation period for three suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, arrested for their alleged roles in the August 1 Pune blasts after the Delhi police said several IM and LeT cadres are still in hiding in different states.
The agency, in its affidavit filed in response to Navlakha's plea, also claimed that he had 'committed acts that had a direct impact on the national security, unity and sovereignty'.
The high court had in the bail order observed that "the fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion. I consider this factor in favour of the applicants/accused.
'They want to wind up Osho's Pune operation, take the money and move out of India.'
Union home minister P Chidambaram has complimented the Anti Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra, the Pune police and the central agencies for the arrest of Abdul Sammad Bhatkal, the suspected mastermind behind the Pune bomb blast.
Bus driver Santosh Mane, who mowed down nine people and injured 37 others on city streets in January last year, was on Monday sentenced to death by a local court. Additional Sessions Judge V K Shevale termed the crime committed by the Maharashtra State Transport driver as "rarest of the rare".
One more terror suspect was arrested for his alleged role in the Pune serial blasts, taking the total number of arrests in the case to eight, police said on Monday.
Accusing him of trying to steal a motorcycle, a mob beat up Ansari on June 17 of that year.
A special court in Mumbai has directed poet-activist P Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case who was recently granted bail on medical ground by the Supreme Court, to reside in Mumbai and not to leave the city without its permission.
A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli said it will not interfere with the high court order granting bail to Teltumbde.
'If someone were to ask you if you want to die tomorrow, no matter what problems you are grappling with, you would be hesitant, right?'
'Hope is about being more accepting of each other, the kind of solidarity and friendship that even our families may not be able to give.'
A boast by Qateel Siddiqui about making a second attempt to plant a bomb at famous Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple prompted jailed gangsters Alok Bhalerao and Sharad Mohol to eliminate him at Yerawada prison near Pune, according to the chargesheet filed by city police in murder of the Indian Mujahideen operative.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday registered a money laundering case in the Elgar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon violence case and has begun investigations, according to a source.
Marcos Baghdatis subdued world number 16 Kevin Anderson in the crucial men's singles as Pune Marathas lifted the inaugural Champions Tennis League (CTL) trophy with a 27-23 victory over Delhi Dreams in the final on Wednesday.
'As a police officer, I had gone on deputation to the prison department; on both occasions (the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon), the government said that I should remain present.' 'I was not mentally prepared for these sensitive operations and had to work on myself to lead the teams.'
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The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court in Mumbai allowed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad to interrogate two accused in connection with the last week's Hyderabad blasts on Monday.
"I have earlier appeared for the inquiry five times. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had filed a C-summary report in a Pune Court that there is no truth in the allegations and the case be closed," he said.
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Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was released from Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai on Saturday evening and will live under house arrest for a month.
Ekbote was arrested soon after the Supreme Court turned down his anticipatory bail plea earlier in the day, the official added.
Shivaji Pawar made a startling revelation: Though the subject matter of his investigation was the January 1 violence, he had not examined any of the witnesses to that violence.
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Monday said there was no confusion within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance over his meeting with nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Pune.
The Pune district and sessions court stayed a lower court order restraining the BCCI from suspending the cricketer pending an inquiry.
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Tuesday refused bail to advocate Surendra Gadling in connection with a 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case, noting that prima facie the accusations against him are true.
In a statement after the apex court verdict, Thackeray said, "With folded hands, we request the prime minister and the president to take an immediate decision on Maratha quota."
The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail application of former Maharashtra minister Dharmarao Atram in a chinkara poaching case and asked him to surrender by August 28.
'Our legal team is doing their best to argue the matter in the court.'
The international stadium in Pune will no longer be known as 'Subrata Roy Sahara stadium' after business conglomerate Sahara Group decided to withdraw the name in the wake of its dispute with the Maharashtra Cricket Association.
The petition came up for hearing before a bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy which issued notices to the NIA and the state seeking their responses.
