Bombay HC allows cutting of 22k trees for bullet train project

Bombay HC allows cutting of 22k trees for bullet train project

On December 9, 2022, the Bombay High Court granted permission to fell nearly 22,000 mangrove trees in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for the upcoming bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, “in the public interest” subject to several conditions. A bench from the division of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja was listening to … Read more

Sexual harassment cannot be done without touching: Bombay High Court

The Supreme Court has stayed the judgment of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court in which an accused was acquitted of the offense of sexual harassment because the bench did not consider sexual harassment to ‘touch the body without taking off clothes’. India’s Attorney General KK Venugopal said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that … Read more