Astrological incompatibility cannot be an excuse to go back on marriage promise: Bombay High Court
The Hindu
The bench rejected the applicant’s request to be discharged from the cheating and rape case registered against him.
The Bombay High Court refused to discharge a 32-year-old man from a rape and cheating case, noting that he had used “astrological incompatibility” of horoscopes as an excuse to resile from his promise to marry the complainant woman with whom he was in a relationship.
A single bench of Justice S. K. Shinde on Monday rejected an application filed by Avishek Mitra seeking to be discharged from the cheating and rape case registered against him by the suburban Borivali police on a complaint lodged by the woman.
The order was made available on Tuesday.

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












