Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): As the loudspeakers controversy heated up in Maharashtra after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray asked the state government to remove the loudspeakers from mosques, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that the government will discuss the order of the court and will talk to the Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil about it.

Mumbai Mar 24 PTI The Maharashtra Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that aims to establish special courts to ensure speedy trial of offences against women and children under the Shakti Act State Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil tabled the bill titled The Maharashtra Exclusive Special Courts for certain offences against women and children under Shakti Law 2020 in the House The bill has been introduced with an aim to conduct trials without delay in cases of certain offences against women and childrenAs per the bill exclusive special courts can be set up or existing courts can be given that rank depending upon the situation Patil said The bill among other provisions provides for appointing special public prosecutor for conducting trials and forming special police teams to probe the offences It was first tabled in the House on December 14 2020 and sent to the joint select committee of the state legislature for discussion The Shakti Criminal Laws Maharashtra Amendment Bill which provides for stricter punishment including death penalty for crimes against women was passed unanimously by both the Houses of the legislature in December last year PTI ENM GK GK

Mumbai Mar 24 PTI The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that aims to establish special courts to ensure speedy trial of cases of crime against women and children under the Shakti Act State Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil tabled the bill titled The Maharashtra Exclusive Special Courts for certain offences against women and children under Shakti Law 2020 in both Houses of the legislature The bill has been introduced with an aim to conduct trials without delay in cases of certain offences against women and childrenAs per the bill exclusive special courts can be set up for hearing the cases or existing courts can be given that rank depending upon the situation Patil said in the Assembly While tabling the bill in the Council he said The Maharashtra government has already cleared the Shakti bill but it is pending before the Union Home Ministry and yet to reach the office of the President Meanwhile we need to make provisions and infrastructure available once the Shakti Act is promulgated The bill among other provisions provides for appointing special public prosecutor for conducting trials and forming special police teams to probe the offences It was first tabled in the House on December 14 2020 and sent to the joint select committee of the state legislature for discussion The Shakti Criminal Laws Maharashtra Amendment Bill which provides for stricter punishment including death penalty for crimes against women was passed unanimously by both the Houses of the legislature in December last yearPTI ENM NDGK GK

Mumbai Feb 25 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday approved a proposal to give three promotion opportunities to police constables which will help them attain officer rank before retirement state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said In a series of tweets Walse Patil hoped the move will strengthen the force and help prevent crime and improve detection A decision has been made today to fulfill dreams of thousands of head constables in the state of becoming police sub-inspector Due to this decision a police constable category staffer will get three promotion opportunities during his service period paving way for hisher retirement as an officer he said The minister said a steering committee will be formed at the level of director general of police to implement the government decision In the wake of the decision the police force will have 108058 constables 51210 head constables and 17071 assistant police sub-inspectors he said The minister hoped the number of investigation officers will go up substantially due to this move which will in turn reduce stress on the existing pool of officers PTI ENM BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 11 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse on Friday has requested political parties to not stage protests and maintain peace in the state.

Mumbai Oct 21 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday paid tributes to the martyred police personnel here on the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte DGP Sanjay Pandey Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale and other senior officials of Maharashtra police force were also present at the Naigaon Police ground in central Mumbai where Thackeray paid homage The day commemorates the sacrifices of ten policemen who sacrificed their life while defending our borders with China in 1959 The event was organised in memory of the 45 officers and 332 other police personnel who gave their supreme sacrifice during the year Pawar and Walse Patil later also took to Twitter to pay tributes to the martyred police personnel PTI DC NP NP