Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt's Response On Kunal Kamra's Plea To Quash FIR Over Alleged Defamatory Video On Eknath Shinde
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (April 8) asked State to get instructions on comedian Kunal Kamra's plea for quashing an FIR lodged against him following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.During the hearing senior advocate Navroz Seervai appearing for Kamra, was asked by a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and...
Bombay High Court Seeks Response From State Over Steps Taken To Comply With SC Guidelines Against Use Of 'Two-Finger Test'
The Bombay High Court recently asked the Maharashtra government to spell out the steps taken to sensitise medical health providers across the State on the 'insensitive, inhuman and discriminatory' nature of the 'two-fingers test' or the 'virginity test' on survivors of sexual assault or rape. A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Vrushali Joshi asked the State to place on record,...
Chairman Of Industrial Establishment Held Liable For Non-Compliance With Labor Court Order: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Y. G. Khobragade upheld the issuance of criminal process against the Chairman of Kinetic Engineering Ltd., for failing to implement a Labor Court judgment. The court rejected the argument that a Chairman cannot be held responsible for compliance with court orders. The court clarified that persons in positions of control and supervision...
FIR Lodged & Investigation Underway: Bombay High Court Disposes PIL Alleging Mid-Day Meal Scam
The Bombay High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning an alleged scam in the distribution of food grains under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, noting that a First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged and an investigation is underway.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice MS Karnik while noting that the allegations in the petition are serious,...
Bombay HC Orders SIT Probe Into Five Policemen Involved In Badlapur 'Fake' Encounter, Says Can't Ignore State's Reluctance To Register FIR
The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered SIT probe into five policemen allegedly involved in the Badlapur 'fake' encounter case.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale while pronouncing the order said,"Upon perusal of the inquiry report, we are satisfied that the case in question i.e. the encounter requires thorough investigation, as it is undisputed that the...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 31 – April 06, 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 122 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 134Nominal Index:Dabur India Ltd vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 122Accelerate Productx Ventures Pvt. Ltd. vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 123Yash Charitable Trust vs. State Of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 124Lakhani's Blue Waves Co-operative Housing Society Ltd vs The Chairman, CIDCO, 2025 LiveLaw...
Limitation Cannot Be Decided As Preliminary Issue Without Recording Whether It Is A Mixed Question Of Law And Fact: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M.S. Karnik has held that an arbitrator is not permitted to decide the issue of limitation as a preliminary issue without first recording a finding as to whether it is a mixed question of law and fact that requires evidence to be led. It further held that if such a finding is not recorded and the issue is...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest – March 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 80 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 122Nominal Index:Priyanka Bannerji vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 80Madhabi Puri Buch vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 81Avinash Dhavji Naik & Anr vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 82Devendra Patil vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 83Sachin Hindurao Waze vs. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 84Kartik...
Not An Illegal Migrant, Can't Be Left Stateless: Bombay HC Asks Authorities To Decide Citizenship Plea Of Woman Living In India For 60 Yrs
The Bombay High Court recently ordered the Deputy Collector of Mumbai to decide an application filed by a septuagenarian 'Stateless' woman, who has sought Indian Citizenship after spending 60 years in the country. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the petitioner Ila Popat–born in September 1955–had entered India along with her...
Bombay High Court Directs Developer Of Lodha Worli Towers To Collect Maintenance At Rate Agreed Upon Between Parties Until Arbitral Proceedings Are Completed
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan the developer of Lodha World Towers in a petition filed under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) has been directed to charge the Federation Common Area Maintenance (FCAM) Charges at the rate agreed upon in the agreement executed between the parties, until the arbitral proceedings...
'Black Magic Act Excludes Legitimate Religious Practices': Bombay HC Upholds Discharge Of Swami Accused Of Propagating Black Magic
While upholding the discharge of an accused under the Maharashtra Black Magic Act, the Bombay High Court observed that the object of the Act is to curb harmful practices such as human sacrifice or fraudulent rituals and not legitimate religious practices.Justice R.N. Laddha observed, “The Black Magic Act was enacted to curb harmful practices that posed serious risk to individuals and...