Bombay High Court
Information Regarding GST Returns Of Company Cannot Be Disclosed Under RTI Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 14) held that a company's Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns filing cannot be disclosed under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Sitting at Aurangabad bench, single-judge Justice Arun Pednekar noted that section 158(1) of the GST Act prohibits disclosure of information of GST returns to third parties and that section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act too...
Pendency Of Appeal U/S 37 A&C Act Against First Award Does Not Bar Fresh Arbitration Proceedings: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that pendency of an appeal under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) does not prohibit a party from initiating a fresh round of arbitration when an earlier arbitral award has already been set aside. Accordingly, the present application under section 11 of the Arbitration Act was allowed and a sole...
Bombay High Court Directs Action Against Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions
Bombay High Court Directs Action Against The Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions To Students; Orders Refund Of Fees And ₹1 Lakh Compensation To The Students The Bombay High Court has directed stringent action against several nursing colleges across Maharashtra for granting admissions to ineligible students in the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) courses in violation of prescribed requirements. The Court further ordered...
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Lodged By Rakhi Sawant Against Ex-Husband Adil Durrani U/S 498A & 377 IPC
The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by celebrity Rakhi Sawant against her ex-husband Adil Durrani under section 498A (cruelty) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil quashed the FIR filed by Sawant against Durrani in 2023 after the couple got embroiled in matrimonial disputes.However, the now estranged couple amicably settled the disputes, and thus Sawant gave her "no objection" to quash the FIR....
Apportionment Of Liability Without Evidence Is Akin To 'Panchayati Approach': Bombay High Court Sets Aside NSE Arbitral Award Against Broker
The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award passed under National Stock Exchange (NSE) bye-laws that had upheld an order passed by Investor Grievance Redressal Panel (IGRP) directing Peerless Securities Limited to pay ₹7.18 lakhs to Vostok (Fareast) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for the losses caused by unauthorised trading in the trading and future segment. The IGRP had held that...
Akshay Kumar Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his personality rights from being illegally commercialised by unknown entities by using deepfake images, videos, misuse of his voice and obscene blogs and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content.Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor on Wednesday morning, heard the submissions advanced by Senior Advocate Dr Birendra Saraf, who represented Kumar and also closed the matter for orders.An order is likely to be...
Mortgage, Enforcement And Related Declaratory Reliefs Are Non-Arbitrable: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Sandeep V Marne has observed that enforcement of mortgage is a right in rem and any dispute seeking enforcement of mortgage cannot be referred to arbitration. Civil suit will lie for enforcement of such a right in rem. Facts Defendant No.1 and his partners are developers appointed for redevelopment of Defendant No.5 – Society under...
Income Tax Act | Deputy Commissioner Cannot Act Beyond DRP Directions; Assessment After S.144C(13) Time Limit Invalid: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court stated that the Deputy Commissioner cannot act beyond the dispute resolution panel (DRP) directions; assessment completed beyond Section 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the time limit is invalid. Section 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 mandates the completion of the assessment within one month from the end of the month in which DRP directions are...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused In Govind Pansare Murder Case
The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Virendra Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale, all three prime accused in the murder case of slain communist leader Govind Pansare.Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dige orally pronounced the decision to grant them bail. However, a detailed copy of the order is yet to be made available. According to the prosecution case,...
'Illegality In Handling Petroleum & Byproducts Directly Impacts Public At Large, Not Private Dispute': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that offences relating to illegal handling and adulteration of petroleum products have a direct bearing on public safety, the economy, and State revenue, and therefore cannot be viewed as mere private disputes between parties. It emphasized that such offences affect a vital sector of public life and must be treated with utmost seriousness while...
Bombay High Court Fixes ₹6 Lakh Compensation For Pothole Deaths, Says High Time Civic Bodies & Road Contractors Are Held Accountable
In an important order, the Bombay High Court on Monday held that henceforth, if there is a death due to potholes or bad roads, the contractors, who constructed the same and also the civic authorities will be held responsible for the said death and they will have to pay compensation to the families of the victims. While fixing the accountability, the High Court ordered the authorities to pay Rs...
'Receiver Appointed For Sale Of Assets Cannot Be Treated As Employer To Run Partnership Firm': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a Court Receiver appointed to sell the assets of a dissolved partnership firm cannot be treated as an “employer” under Section 25-O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for the purpose of running the business or making applications for closure. The Court observed that once the Receiver is appointed to sell assets, the business of the firm stands...