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10:02 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Bill in Maharashtra assembly aims to replace `outdated` British-era laws concerning prisons, inmates
The Maharashtra government on Saturday introduced a bill in the state legislative assembly, seeking to bring a "consolidated, progressive and robust legal framework" concerning prisons and correctional services by replacing the "outdated" British era legislation in this regard. The bill - Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2025 - aims to strengthen prisoners` rehabilitation and reintegration into society after release, and provides for different categories of prisons, a dedicated prisons force and modern correctional services in line with contemporary reform-oriented practices: PTI
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1 week 1 day 17 hours 33 minutes ago
09:53 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: House panel recommends 5-day jail term for 4 journalists for defaming MLC Mitkari
A Special Privileges Committee of the Maharashtra legislative council has recommended a five-day jail sentence for four journalists for defaming member Amol Mitkari by running `false and fabricated` news against him: PTI
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1 week 1 day 17 hours 45 minutes ago
09:41 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Undertrial prisoner gets one year in jail for assaulting cops in court corridor
A Mumbai court has sentenced an undertrial prisoner to one year`s imprisonment for assaulting policemen who were escorting him in 2015. Additional Sessions Judge M R A Shaikh on Friday convicted Tabrej Sayyad under IPC sections 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharging duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to public servant), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation): PTI
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1 week 1 day 17 hours 49 minutes ago
09:37 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt hiding information about drug unit raid in Satara, claims Cong; questions `secrecy`
Congress leaders in Maharashtra on Saturday accused the state government of suppressing information about the Mumbai police`s raid at a mephedrone manufacturing unit in Satara district, and demanded the home department to bring details of the operation before the public. State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said the Mumbai crime branch conducted the raid at Savari village in Satara recently: PTI