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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bombay High Court issues sitting list for newly constituted Kolhapur Circuit Bench from August 18
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (August 14, 2025) issued the sitting list for the newly constituted Circuit Bench at Kolhapur with effect from August 18, 2025. The Bench will be inaugurated by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on August 17 at 3:30 p.m. According to the notification dated August 14, 2025, the Division Bench comprising Justice M.S. Karnik and Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh (Court Room No. 1) will take up, for admission, hearing, order matters and applications of all public interest litigations; civil writ petitions; first appeals; family court appeals; contempt appeals; writ petitions, applications and references relating to tax laws; under Section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015; letters patent appeals; criminal writ petitions; criminal applications under Section 482 of Cr.P.C./528 of BNNS; criminal appeals; confirmation of death sentence cases with connected appeals; criminal appeals under special statutes pertaining to the Division Bench; criminal contempt petitions; criminal references; all writ petitions relating to furlough, parole, remission and commutation of sentence/premature release; and all other civil and criminal work pertaining to the Division Bench from Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. The Single Benches will be presided over by Justice Shivkumar Dige (Court Room No. 2) and Justice S.G. Chapalgaonkar (Court Room No. 3). Justice Dige will hear criminal appeals; criminal writ petitions pertaining to Single Bench; criminal applications under Section 482 of Cr.P.C./528 of BNNS pertaining to Single Bench; all criminal revision applications; all regular bail applications; all anticipatory bail applications; all first appeals; all miscellaneous civil applications; and all other criminal work pertaining to Single Bench. He is appointed to hear and decide matters under the arbitration and conciliation Act, 1996. Justice Chapalgaonkar will hear all civil writ petitions pertaining to Single Bench; second appeals; civil revision applications; appeals against orders; and all other civil work pertaining to Single Bench. He is appointed to hear and decide the matters under the Companies Act, 1956, the Companies Act, 2013 and the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The note to the sitting list states that matters wherein the Apex Court has passed an order for expeditious or time-bound hearing, and matters of senior citizens or marginalised sections, will be given priority. Criminal appeals pending for more than five years in which the accused is in jail will also be given priority. It further provides that all judges designated to try election petitions under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, shall assign a date in the week to deal with such petitions; contempt petition (civil) will be taken up by the concerned Bench before which the main matter is pending; and upon change of roster, part-heard matters shall stand released unless all parties jointly request retention and the Chief Justice approves.
Express Tribune
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Alleged forced conversion, marriage of three Hindu girls sparks protest
After Sanghar district an identical case of alleged abduction and forced conversion of religion of three Hindu girls has surfaced in Tando Allahyar district where Kolhi and Meghwadh families have also lodged FIRs with the police. Three separate FIRs were registered on Sunday at Sultanabad police station stating that the young women were kidnapped from different localities in the limits of that police station. The parents also alleged that their daughters including Khenchi Kolhi, Lata Devi Meghwadh and Meena Meghwadh were compelled to change their religion to Islam on July 13. The Hindu community also staged sit-in demonstrations, demanding arrest of the alleged kidnappers. According to them, the girls were underage and, therefore, they cannot marry as per the law. Tanveer Brohi and Qadir Brohi have been accused in the FIR for kidnapping Khenchi; Saeed Ahmed Kharal, Ali Akbar Punjabi and Mashallah Brohi for Lata; and Ali Sher Brohi and Abdul Sattar Brohi, both brothers, for Meena. The FIR numbers 44/2025, 45/2025 and 46/2025 have been registered under sections 365/B and 34 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The protest ended on the police assurance that they would arrest the accused and recover the young women. Meanwhile, on Tuesday all the three women appeared before the Sindh High Court Hyderabad Circuit Bench along with Tanveer, Saeed and Ali Sher. They declared before the SHC that they have willingly changed their religion and that they have married the three men. The women also changed their Hindu names to Muslim names after the conversion. Their new names are Kalsoom, Bisma and Samaima, they apprised the court which granted protective bail to the couples. The Sindh Human Rights Commission's Chairman Iqbal Ahmed Detho on Tuesday wrote a letter to SSP Tando Allahyar, asking him to ensure a fair investigation of the matter especially with regard to the ages of the young women. He reiterated that if they were underage, the solemnization of the marriages would amount to Sindh Child Marriage Restrain Act, 2013.
