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The Bombay High Court said on Wednesday that if the Municipal Corporations do not take action on the illegal constructions, things will become very difficult.

This observation was made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Girish Kulkarni while hearing a PIL after the Bhiwandi building collapse on September 21st, 2020 which led to the death of 39 lives. Mumbai Thane, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Vasai-Virar, Navi Mumbai, and Bhiwandi-Nizampur corporations were filed as respondents.

The Bombay HC on Wednesday observed that ‘we are all humans’ and asked the National Investigation Agency and the Maharashtra Government to consider the health and age of the Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao before making submissions in response to his bail plea application on medical grounds.

Based on the report of the medical board constituted by AIIMS, the Delhi High Court on Monday allowed a petition filed by a woman seeking the termination of her 28-weeks pregnancy. They said in its report that the fetus suffered from anencephaly, a disorder where the skull bone is not developed and was thus incompatible with life, therefore her fetus can be aborted.

The Bombay High Court said that if a vehicle is found to be carrying a product whose sale and manufacture is ban passes through the state, although the destination is different, the state authorities here will have the power to confiscate the goods.

The Karnataka High Court sent a notice to the Ministry of law and Justice on Tuesday regarding a PIL that challenged the constitutional validity of Section 2(c) (1) of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971. It was challenged on the grounds that it violates articles 14 and 19 of the constitution which is vague and arbitrary.

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday asked the state government to immediately direct the police and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to initiate an action on the use of loudspeakers and amplifiers in religious places which violates the laws on noise pollution and the orders by the apex court.

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