Mumbai Court

A special Mumbai court has rejected the bail application of activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. Notably, on September 5, the court reviewed the plea, which was filed for the first time since Navlakha's arrest in April 2020. Navlakha’s application mentioned him as a peace activist, exactly opposite of Maoists. With the rejected bail plea, Navlakha will remain in police custody

A special court in Mumbai sentenced 10 years of rigorous imprisonment to Sajad Aslam Kankali (26) for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old minor girl. On July 12, special judge VV Virkar convicted the accused Sajad Aslam under the relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act. Besides imprisonment, a fine of Rs 13,000 was also imposed on him. The incident happened in 2015, and was under trial these years.

The "Hanuman Chalisa" Row MLA couple Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana has been granted bail, on May 4. The Mumbai Court granted them bail on certain conditions that include that the couple will not address the media in the matter and will be available for investigation 24X7. Notably, the couple has been arrested on April 23, for chanting religious-hymn to disturb the law & maintenance and were in judicial custody.

A Mumbai court remanded lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte into judicial custody till April 18. The judgment was made in connection with the case in which Sadavarte allegedly used objectionable language during agitations for the Maratha reservation in 2020. Notably, Sadavarte was brought to Satara and was arrested on April 14. Later on April 15, he was produced before a court, which remanded him to police custody till April 18.

A Mumbai court passed an order in the domestic violence case filed by model-actor Rhea Pillai, against her former partner and tennis player Leander Paes. In addition, the court directed Paes to pay a monthly rent of Rs 50,000 and monthly maintenance of Rs 1 lakh to Pillai if the latter chooses to leave their residence. Notably, Pillai had approached the court in 2014 alleging domestic violence against Paes.