Mumbai: Citing a 73-year-old judgment, the Bombay high court said there is a need for a uniform policy by the Centre in tax matters to prevent ‘judicial chaos’. The Centre needs to address the issue in a “National Litigation Policy, so that uniform policy in respect of such issues is followed in proceedings before different…
Mumbai: Over two months after the BMC first issued a stop-work notice to a transit camp in Worli after finding that it was coming up on a civic land parcel reserved for a sewage treatment plant (STP), the municipal commissioner has now written to the state government seeking a revision in land allocation for the…
Mumbai: The opposition’s anti-constitutional face has been exposed as they opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill, driven by a mindset to eliminate women’s power, alleged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The fight for women’s reservation will end the day 33% are seated in Parliament and state assemblies, he added. On Tuesday, the BJP organised a Jan Akrosh…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority decided to retain the general consultant (GC) for Metro Line 4 despite a recent construction incident, after an inquiry concluded that the failure was caused by a welder’s error and not due to any systemic flaw in design or supervision.The incident occurred on Feb 14 on LBS Road…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday frowned at the Centre over its delay in replying to a petition by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik (25), who was killed during Operation Sindoor in Poonch district, Jammu & Kashmir.A bench led by Justice Ravindra Ghuge was hearing a petition filed by Jyothibai Naik seeking equal…
Kalyan: In a major step towards improving healthcare facilities in civic-run hospitals, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a government medical college in Ambernath. The agreement was formalised in the presence of senior civic officials and elected representatives, including KDMC municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel, mayor Harshali Chaudhari and…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sent a two-member panel on an immediate surprise survey of hawkers from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) area to Hutatma Chowk, near the court premises, and onwards to Colaba to assess the compliance of its earlier order. It also directed the police to set out how it…
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed Mumbai Mile, an NGO, to restore a site in Worli to its original condition after it carried out unauthorised construction activity in a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area.The action follows violations during beautification work as part of CSR project along Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road near Mahatma…
Mumbai: A court, while hearing the bail application of the father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan and two others in a road rage assault case, pulled up the investigating officer on Tuesday for filing a report supporting grant of bail even before it had issued a notice on the application.Metropolitan…
Thane: An 8-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack on Tuesday morning in the forested hills of Kasara in Thane district, triggering protests by villagers who alleged forest dept inaction despite repeated warnings about the animal’s movement.The deceased was identified as Krishna Bhaga Agiwale, a resident of Kalbhonde village in the Kasara range. Police…
