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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Bombay high court seeks police reply after five mosques file petition against action on loudspeakers
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday issued notice to the state and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board on a petition filed by five mosques against police crackdown on loudspeakers. Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Milind Sathaye directed that the police authorities file a reply along with relevant records and posted the next hearing for July 9. Senior advocate Yusuf Muchhala and advocate Mubin Solkar, representing the petitioners, argued that action was being taken only against mosques. The petitions, filed through authorised representatives, expressed concern that worshippers were being affected by the police, who were allegedly targeting masjids, dargahs, and other places of worship within the Muslim community across Mumbai. Notices regarding alleged violations of the Noise Pollution Rules, 2000, were issued without providing specifics of the date and time of the alleged violations or the measurement of decibels at the time. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai These notices were used as a basis for follow-up actions, such as imposing arbitrary fines, terminating existing licences, refusing to renew licences, and forcibly seizing or removing loudspeakers. The petition claimed that the police department was acting under the influence of vested political interests by issuing such arbitrary notices. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo The petition stated that the azaan is an important part of Islam and that the use of loudspeakers to call people for prayer is a necessity in Mumbai. It argued that this practice cannot be curtailed when performed within the prescribed limits of the rules, as it would violate the fundamental rights of Muslims. The petition urged the HC to set aside the notices and restrain the police authorities from taking coercive action against the petitioners and their trustees, managers, or mutawalli, including the removal of loudspeakers without following the procedure prescribed by law. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Doctor's Day 2025 , messages and quotes!
Hindustan Times
29-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
HC comes to the rescue of POSH survivor, strike down her transfer orders
Jun 29, 2025 07:06 AM IST MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on June 25 came to the rescue of an assistant professor at a Sanskrit college who was abruptly transferred from Nashik to Bhilwara in Rajasthan and later to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against another professor at the college. The court cancelled her transfers and allowed her to resume her work in Nashik. (Shutterstock) The division bench of justice Ravindra Ghuge and justice Ashwin Bhobe said, 'No teacher can be treated in this manner, and surely not a lady teacher.' The judges added that she had a 3-year-old child who was under medication and needed regular treatment. The bench found that the transfer orders were triggered by her Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) complaint and struck them down. The judges were displeased at how abruptly her complaint had been closed without a conclusion, and asked the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to reopen her POSH complaint and follow it through. The court also granted her 50% of her wages from October 2023 to July 31, 2025, when she is expected to report at the Nashik campus of the institute. In 2024, the woman had challenged the transfer orders in the high court, saying that because of them she had been forced into involuntary unemployment until she resumed work and had not been receiving her salary since 2023. She said that she had joined the Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalay in April 2018. In June 2023 when she she filed a sexual harassment complaint against assistant professor Manoj Kumar Dubey, an FIR was registered at the Gamdevi police station against the assistant professor. Her complaint was referred under the POSH Act to the ICC. Ten days after the committee met, they closed her complaint saying that they could not reach any specific conclusion based on her complaint against Dubey. A month after the Gamdevi police filed a charge-sheet against the assistant professor, the woman was first transferred to Bhilwara and later to Mathura. She requested the transfers be cancelled but when the institute took no action she turned to the high court.
India Today
11-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
10% Maratha reservation to continue this year, hearing on fresh pleas from July 18
The Maratha reservation issue will once again come under judicial scrutiny, with a newly constituted full bench of the Bombay High Court set to begin hearings on fresh pleas from July 18. However, the 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs given to the Maratha community will continue this bench, comprising Justices Ravindra Ghuge, NJ Jamadar and Sandeep Marne, announced on Wednesday that they would devote half-days, full working days and even some Saturdays - ordinarily court holidays - to complete the hearing hearing pertains to challenges against the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2024, which grants 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs to the Maratha community. Under this order, any admission or job appointment made under the SEBC Act remains subject to final court directions. The matter was previously heard by a bench led by then-Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya. However, proceedings halted after his transfer to the Delhi High Court in January. Following this, some students approached the Supreme Court, citing harm to their admission prospects due to the ongoing legal uncertainty. The top court subsequently directed the Bombay High Court to constitute a new full bench, which has now taken Wednesday's hearing, senior advocate Pradeep Sancheti, representing the petitioners, urged the bench to expedite proceedings as the academic admission cycle was underway. He argued that, unlike job appointments, delayed admissions would be harder to rectify, even with the interim order in General Dr Birendra Saraf, appearing for the Maharashtra government, said the state needed more time to respond to the latest petition filed in court. He maintained that the interim order provided adequate safeguards and questioned the urgency shown by the petitioners. He also suggested that the petitioners withdraw the new plea if they were unwilling to allow time for the state to considering the submissions, the bench scheduled the hearing for five weeks SEBC Act, passed on February 20 last year by the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, followed recommendations by the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (MSBCC) led by retired Justice Sunil Shukre. The commission had concluded that "exceptional circumstances and extraordinary situations" warranted reservation for the Maratha community beyond the 50 per cent cap mandated by the Supreme legislation, which came just ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, sparked a series of public interest litigations and petitions challenging its constitutional validity. Simultaneously, numerous intervention applications have been filed by Maratha organisations defending the reservation and opposing the addition to the reservation issue, petitions have also been filed questioning the legality of Justice Shukre's appointment as chairperson of the Watch
The Print
11-06-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Special HC bench to hear afresh plea against Maratha reservation from July 18
A special bench comprising Justices Ravindra Ghuge, N J Jamadar and Sandeep Marne was constituted last month to hear and decide the public interest litigations and petitions related to the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024. The interim order passed last year, whereby applications for admissions to educational institutions or jobs at government authorities taking benefit of the impugned Act will be subject to further orders in the present proceedings shall continue. Mumbai, Jun 11 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it would hear afresh the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the law providing Maratha reservation from July 18. The 2024 law, which provided 10 per cent reservation in education and government jobs to the Maratha community that constitutes nearly one-third of Maharashtra's population, had been at the forefront of political discourse last year during the Lok Sabha and assembly elections. Last year, a full bench headed by former high court Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya had commenced hearing into a bunch of petitions challenging the law on the ground that the Maratha community was not a backward one that requires benefits of reservation. The pleas also claimed that Maharashtra has already crossed the 50 per cent cap on reservation. However, the hearing came to a standstill after CJ Upadhyaya was transferred to Delhi High Court in January this year. On May 14, the Supreme Court directed the Bombay High Court to constitute a special bench and urgently hear the matter. In March last year, when the petitions against the reservation were filed, the HC in an interim order said that applications for NEET 2024 admission to undergraduate medical courses, wherein a 10 per cent reservation granted to members of the Maratha community is applicable, will be subject to further orders in the pleas challenging the law. On April 16, 2024, the full bench also clarified that till further orders, any applications for admissions to educational institutions or jobs at government authorities taking benefit of the impugned Act will be subject to further orders in the present proceedings. The SEBC Act was passed on February 20 last year. It was formulated by the then chief minister Eknath Shinde-led government based on a report of the retired Justice Sunil Shukre-led Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (MSBCC) that found 'exceptional circumstances and extraordinary situations exist' to grant reservation to Maratha community in excess of 50 per cent total reservation in the state. Thereafter, petitions also challenged Shukre's appointment as MSBCC chairperson. In December 2018, a batch of petitions were filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the earlier SEBC Act of 2018 that granted Marathas 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education. In June 2018, the HC upheld the 2018 Act but reduced the quota to 12 per cent in education and 13 per cent in government jobs. This was challenged in the apex court, which in May 2021 struck down the entire Act. A review petition filed by the Maharashtra government was also rejected by the Supreme Court in May 2023. PTI SP NP This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC constitutes special bench to hear pleas challenging Maratha reservation
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday constituted a three-judge bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the 10% reservation granted to the Maratha community under the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024. The bench will comprise justices Ravindra Ghuge, NJ Jamadar and Sandeep Marne. The move comes days after the Supreme Court asked the chief justice of the Bombay high court to expedite the hearing of these petitions due to their impact on thousands of students, particularly those appearing for the 2025 National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) postgraduate and undergraduate exams. According to a writ petition filed by students in the Supreme Court, the Bombay high court had heard their pleas and arguments had concluded in April last year, but the matter had not been listed since. Back then, the matter was last heard by a bench led by the chief justice of the Bombay high court at the time, DK Upadhyaya, but he was transferred to the Delhi high court in January 2025. The students argued that the delay in adjudicating the matter was adversely impacting their right to fair and equal consideration in the ongoing admission process. Several petitioners have challenged the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024, which reintroduced a quota for the dominant Maratha community in government jobs and admissions to higher educational institutions, over and above existing reservations for other communities. The Act designated the Maratha community as a Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) and justified exceeding the Supreme Court-mandated 50% reservation ceiling by citing 'exceptional circumstances' such as economic distress. However, the petitioners argued that the Act was unconstitutional because a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court had in May 2021 struck down the law's predecessor—the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018—which granted a 16% quota to Marathas. The bench had declared the Act unconstitutional, primarily for breaching the 50% reservation ceiling and for lacking sufficient evidence to justify the Maratha community's backwardness. The landmark 2021 judgement, delivered in the Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs Maharashtra chief minister case, influenced subsequent Maratha quota agitations and led to the state government introducing the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024, which reintroduced a 10% quota for Marathas. The Bill was passed by the Maharashtra legislative assembly in February 2024, months before the Lok Sabha elections. After the law was challenged in the Bombay high court, a bench led by the then chief justice DK Upadhyaya had said in April 2024 that the applications for admissions to educational courses or recruitment to government jobs by availing the Maratha quota would be subject to further orders on petitions challenging the reservation.
