Bombay High Court Weekly Round Up : May 27 - June 5,2022

Harish Chandra Damodar vs UOI 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 196

Balusha Santosh Bhasal and Anr. Versus State of Maharashtra and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 197

Shamrao Piraji Kadam v Prakash Shivaji Chavan and ors 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 198

Pravin Sahebrao Bhogawade v The State of Maharashtra 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 199

1. [Mumbai Local] Season Ticket Proof Of Bonafide Passenger For Accident Compensation Under Railway Act Even If ID Card Not Produced: Bombay High Court

Case Title: Harish Chandra Damodar vs UOI

Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 196

A person holding a season ticket is a bonafide "passenger," for the purpose of claiming compensation under the Railway Act 1989 even in the absence of an identity card, the Bombay High Court held.

Unless the passenger was using a season ticket issued in someone else's name, a proper season ticket without an identity card, ipso-facto, would not render season ticket invalid or the passenger a ticketless traveller.

2. Bombay High Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Consider Law Student's Representation For Uniformity In Examination Pattern & Mode In All Universities

Case Title: Balusha Santosh Bhasal and Anr. Versus State of Maharashtra and Ors

Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 197

The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra Government to consider a law student's representation seeking uniformity in the method and pattern of examination for undergraduate students in all universities across the State.

The court further held that the State should consider the issue as the petitioners were seeking to enforce a decision taken in the meeting between the Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra and Vice-Chancellors of all state Universities on April 25, 2022.

3. Service Of Summons Not Complete If Accepted By "Alleged Wife" Of Party Summoned: Bombay High Court

Case Title – Shamrao Piraji Kadam v Prakash Shivaji Chavan and ors

Citation - 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 198

The Bombay High Court held that summons served on a woman claiming to be the respondent's wife cannot be called a valid summons. The court observed that the incident revealed the absence of knowledge about the suit proceedings as well as the ex-parte decree. Consequently, the court condoned the delay in filing the First Appeal before the Appellate Court.

4. Anxiety No Excuse To Assault Public Servant Discharging Public Duty: Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail With Warning

Case Title - Pravin Sahebrao Bhogawade v The State of Maharashtra

Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 199

The Bombay High Court clarified that citizens, no matter how anxious they are or how serious their grievance is, are not permitted to take the law in their own hands and/or adversely deal with Public officials discharging their lawful duty.