Bombay High Court
Scheduled Commercial Bank Had Utilized Opening Balance In Bad Debts Account To Reduce Total Bad Debts Written Off: Bombay HC Allows Benefit Of Sec 36(1)(Vii)
The Bombay High Court held that deduction claimed by bank u/s 36(1)(vii) in respect of write off bad debts is allowable without any adjustment to the credit balance in the provision for bad and doubtful debts u/s 36(1)(viia) which was adjusted with the bad debts claimed in the subsequent AY.The High Court held so after finding that the taxpayer had utilized the opening balance in the “bad...
Minor Girl If Subjected To Rape Will Be Terrified, Won't Act Normal: Bombay High Court Acquits Man In POCSO Case
A minor girl subjected to sexual assault would normally be 'terrified' and not 'act normal and play', the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court observed recently while acquitting a 64-year-old man convicted for sexually assaulting a minor girl.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap noted from the testimony of the girl's mother that the girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by the applicant in a...
Will Soon Identify 'Secluded Place' For Burial Of Badlapur Encounter Deceased: Maharashtra Police Tells Bombay High Court
The Maharashtra Police on Friday informed the Bombay High Court that it will be soon identifying a 'secluded' place for burying the dead body of the accused in the Badlapur minors' sexual assault case, who was shot down by the Thane Police in an alleged 'fake' encounter on September 24. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Milind Sathaye was irked to know that the police...
Bombay High Court Denies Foreign Travel Permission To Indrani Mukherjea, Allows CBI's Plea
The Bombay High Court today refused permission to Indrani Mukherjea, the prime accused in the high profile murder case of Sheena Bora, to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom (UK).Single-judge Justice Shyam Chandak pronounced the verdict on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the order of a special court, which permitted Indrani to travel abroad for...
Not Every Forward Can Be Interpreted For Creating Rift In Society; People Should Restrain From Forwarding Everything They Receive: Bombay HC
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court recently held that each forward of an objectionable post on WhatsApp or any other social media platform, cannot be interpreted to have been done to create unrest in the society or two groups of people.The observation were made while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a man, booked for forwarding an objectionable post against...
Inadvertent Error Selecting Wrong Option In Application Form: Bombay High Court Directs Admission Of Disabled Candidate To MBBS Course
The Bombay High Court has directed a Government Medical College in Maharashtra to admit a candidate with disabilities to its MBBS course, who had inadvertently selected the 'no' option in the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) column of the online application form and as a result was not examined for his disability status.The petitioner who suffers from a locomotor disability to the extent of...
Bombay High Court Quashes State Minorities Commission's Notice To HDFC Bank On Complaint Of Jain Community Member Alleging Harassment
The Bombay High Court has quashed a show-cause notice issued by the Maharashtra State Minorities Commission to the HDFC Bank about a complaint raised by a member of the Jain community alleging harassment by the bank, on the ground that the Commission has no jurisdiction to entertain the complaint.The Court stated that the complaint was an attempt to 'short-circuit' the procedure adopted the...
"Revising Committee Suggested Some More Cuts To Makers": CBFC Tells Bombay High Court On Release Of Kangana Ranaut Starrer 'Emergency'
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that its revising committee has suggested some cuts to the makers of the controversial film "Emergency" and only then the film starring BJP lawmaker Kangana Ranaut, can be released.However, Zee Studios, the co-producer of the film, urged the division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Firdosh...
Breaking | Bombay High Court Allows Kunal Kamra's Plea, Strikes Down 2023 Amendment To IT Rules On 'Fact Check Units'
After receiving the 'opinion' of "tie-breaker" Judge, the Bombay High Court division bench today declared amendment to the IT Rules, 2021, "unconstitutional" and struck down the said amendment, which allowed the Central government to establish Fact Check Units (FCUs) to identify "fake and false" information about its business, being circulated on digital platforms. The bench of Justices...
"Islamophobia On The Rise In India": Plea In Bombay HC Seeks FIR Against CM Eknath Shinde, BJPs Nitesh Rane For Allegedly Hurting Religious Sentiments
A Bandra-resident has moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Maharashtra Police to register a criminal case against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and BJP legislator Nitesh Rane, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslim community and also for supporting or protecting the persons, who have been recklessly making objectionable comments against Prophet...
Hard To Accept Cops Couldn't Overpower Accused, "Shoot-Out" Could Be Avoided: Bombay HC While Hearing Badlapur 'Fake Encounter' Case
While hearing a plea by father of the Badlapur school sexual assault accused who died in an alleged "fake encounter" on Monday, the Bombay High Court orally said it is difficult to accept that the accused– who was not a "strong man", couldn't be overpowered by the police officials who were with him.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan was hearing...
File Affidavit Explaining How Online Rummy Is 'Game Of Skill' And Not Chance: Bombay High Court To State
A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court for banning the online game of 'Rummy' in Maharashtra.The petitioner seeks to ban Rummy on the grounds that it is a game of 'chance', which amounts to 'gambling'. The petition states that the apps such as Junglee Rummy and Rummy Circle are 'online gambling, which is a banned offence under the Public Gambling Act, 1867 the Bombay Prevention...