Civil rights groups petition Bombay High Court, challenge constitutional validity of Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act | Mumbai News

The petition was filed on Tuesday by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and the Forum Against Oppression of Women Mumbai: Civil rights activist groups on Tuesday moved Bombay high court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act (MSPSA) enacted last year to control “the menace of naxalism”.The petition by the…

Read More

Maharashtra to withdraw 44 cases linked to political & social agitations and festivals | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The cabinet sub-committee has decided to withdraw 44 cases registered in connection with various festivals, and political and social agitations in the state and has recommended the same to the government, committee chairperson and cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar said on Wednesday. The cases withdrawn include those related to the cow protection movement, labour…

Read More

2021 New Year party murder in Mumbai: Bombay high court issues notice against acquittal on appeal by deceased teen’s mother | Mumbai News

Jhanvi Kukreja’s mother Niddhi had moved the Bombay High Court against the acquittal in March Mumbai: The Bombay High Court division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata on Wednesday issued a notice to the state and Diya Padalkar, who was acquitted in the 2021 murder of her friend Jhanvi Kukreja (19) following…

Read More

RTO clerical staff indefinite strike disrupts services across Maharashtra | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The indefinite strike by clerical staff of Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Maharashtra entered its second day on Wednesday, severely disrupting essential public services and affecting both citizens and the transport sector. Across nearly 60 RTO offices, key clerical operations have come to a virtual standstill. Services such as new vehicle registration number allotment,…

Read More

Relief for school teachers in Maharashtra as Saturdays set aside for administrative paperwork | Mumbai News

Mumbai: In a significant move aimed at easing the burden on the teaching community, the school education department has issued a new directive designating Saturdays exclusively for administrative work, data filing and report submission.The move is expected to alleviate a substantial amount of non-educational paperwork that has traditionally eaten into instructional hours.For years, civil society…

Read More

‘Sanjay Raut working on Congress merger’: ‘Sharad Pawar to be appointed leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Uddhav Thackeray to head Maharashtra Congress’ | Mumbai News

BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh alleges Sanjay Raut wants UBT, Pawar factions to join Congress MUMBAI: BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh on Wednesday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut was working towards a merger of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction with the Congress.Speaking to news agency ANI, Deshmukh claimed…

Read More