Bombay High Court
PIL In Bombay High Court Seeks Suicide Prevention Training Workshops For Students At Mumbai University, Cites Rising Suicide Rates
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the High Court of Bombay to direct the University of Mumbai to conduct suicide prevention training workshops for its students. The petition also seeks the appointment of at least two teachers from affiliated colleges to conduct these workshops.Additionally, it seeks to direct the university to display the contact details and roles of...
Bombay High Court Calls For Regular Checks On Mid-Day Meal Providers To Ensure Children From Marginalised Sections Don't 'Suffer In Silence'
The Bombay High Court recently observed that the civic authorities must keep regular and surprise checks on private contractors or self-help groups, providing cooked food to school students under the 'Mid-Day Meals' Scheme so that the children of the marginalised section do not suffer in silence and pain.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Kamal Khata while upholding the termination...
Citizens Or Hawkers, No One Must Suffer: Bombay High Court Directs BMC To Take Pro-Active Steps To Address Menace Of Illegal Hawking
The Bombay High Court while asking the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take 'proactive' measures to curb the menace of illegal hawkers, said no one must 'suffer' be it citizens, authorised hawkers or even unauthorised hawkers.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Kamal Khata while hearing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL)...
Doctrine Of Separability; Arbitration Agreement Survives Termination Of Main Contract: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice R. G. Avachat and Justice Neeraj P. Dhote has held that an arbitration agreement survives the termination of the main contract facilitating the resolution of disputes arising under or in connection with the contract. Therefore, the bench dismissed a writ petition noting that the dispute was arbitral and fell within the ambit of the...
Bombay High Court Constitutes Committee To Resolve 'Precarious' Road Conditions In Nagpur City
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently criticised the civic body and other concerned authorities in the city for their 'mismanagement and unplanned execution of road work' which has ruined the condition of the roads.A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Abhay Mantri noted that even the recently constructed roads have developed potholes, which is majorly because of the...
Bombay High Court Accepts Apology Of Mumbai Police Crime Branch Officers Accused Of Barging Into Residence After Midnight
The Bombay High Court recently closed a litigation wherein officers of the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police were accused of barging into the house of a resident of plush Juhu area in the midnight.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Shyam Chandak had ordered the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police to respond to a plea filed by one Shyamsunder Agarwal, who alleged that around 12...
Bombay High Court Imposes ₹4 Crore Additional Cost On Patanjali For Breach Of Injunction Order In Trademark Infringement Case
The Bombay High Court on July 29, imposed a cost of Rs 4 crores on Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. for violating an injunction/ad-interim order of the Court, which had restrained the company from selling its camphor products in relation to a trademark infringement case filed by Mangalam Organics Ltd.Patanjali now has a total of Rs 4.5 crores imposed on it. Mangalam Organics had filed a commercial...
Commission Of Sexual Act By Any Of The Accused Is Sufficient To Rope In Remaining Accused In Offence Of Gang Rape: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has recently held that commission of a sexual act is not mandatory for one to be roped in as an accused in a gang rape case and instead commission of a sexual act by even one person (among the accused) is enough to convict the others (in the group) for gang rape.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap while hearing appeals filed by...
Vishalgadh Communal Violence Broke Out During Rain, Was Difficult To Control Miscreants: Maharashtra Police Tells Bombay High Court
The Maharashtra Police on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that it has registered 5 First Information Reports (FIRs) against former Member of Parliament (MP) Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje and two right-wing extremists Ravindra Padwal and Banda Salunkhe for leading an armed mob towards Gajapur village near Vishalgadh Fort in Kolhapur, where communal violence took place on July 14.Further,...
Lok Sabha Polls: Bombay High Court Issues Summons To Ravindra Waikar On Plea To Disqualify Him
The Bombay High Court on Monday issued summons to newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) Ravindra Waikar of the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) on an election petition filed by Amol Kirtikar, a candidate of the Shiv Sena (UBT (Uddhav Thackeray) faction), who has challenged the former's election to the 18th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-West constituency. Single-judge Justice Sandeep Marne...
If Burden Of Excess Duty Passed On To Customers, Granting Refund Would Result In 'Unjust Enrichment': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has observed failure to protest the imposition of alleged excess octroi duty by the Municipal Corporation is a relevant circumstance in deciding against ordering any refunds. Further, the Court stated that if the petitioner cannot establish that the burden of any excess duty was not passed on to its customers, granting refund in such a case would result in...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: 22 July – 28 July, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 374 To 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 383Nominal IndexKumar Goraknath Shinde vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 374Nirav Raval vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 375Darshan Kumar Vilayatiram Khanna vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 376 Govinda Goga Donde & anr. vs. Mayur Ramesh Bora & ors., 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 377Surekha Luxman Sonovane...