Bombay High Court
"Consider Long-Term Impact On Mental Health": Bombay HC To State On German Bakery Blast Convict's Plea Against Alleged Solitary Confinement
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the jail authorities of Nashik Central Prison to reconsider the request of Mirza Himayat Baig, a convict in the 2010 German Bakery Blast in Pune, to shift him out of the Anda Cell in Nashik, where he is allegedly kept in solitary confinement.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Shyam Chandak asked the jail authorities to consider...
Bombay HC Sets Aside Stay On 'Exceptional' Transfer Of Indian Express Employee, Says Prior Dispute With Employer No Reason To Presume Malafides
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that merely a transfer of an employee being exceptional and there being previous litigation between employer and employee is not a ground for the Industrial Court to stay the transfer.Justice Sandeep Marne allowed a writ petition filed by Indian Express (P) Ltd. seeking to set aside Industrial Court's order of interim stay on the transfer and promotion...
Bombay High Court Decides To Implead Backward Commission In Pleas Challenging Maratha Reservation
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra State Backward Class Commission (MSBCC) headed by former judge Justice (retd.) Sunil Shukre, on whose recommendation the Maharashtra government decided to grant 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha Community in public service and education through the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) Act.A three-judge bench...
Bombay High Court Judge Justice Neela Gokhale Recuses From Hearing Mumbai Bomb Blast Convict Abu Salem's Plea Against Prison Transfer
Bombay High Court judge Justice Neela Gokhale on Thursday recused from hearing the plea filed by 1993 Mumbai Bomb blast convict Abu Salem, who sought to assault the decision of the jail authorities to shift him to some other prison from the Taloja Central Prison.Notably, the prison authorities had decided to shift Salem, who has spent over 15 years in the Taloja Jail, to some other prison...
Mere Filing Of FIR, Ongoing Probe Against Applicant Without Court's Cognizance Not Valid Grounds To Refuse Passport Renewal: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that merely filing of an FIR or cases under investigation against a person is not a valid ground for refusal of passport renewal when no cognizance has been taken by a court.A division bench of Justice BP Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla noted that merely filing an FIR or having cases under investigation does not constitute...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: June 2024 [Citations 278-319]
Nominal Index [Citation 278 - 319]Airports Authority of India Workers Union & Anr v. Under Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 278Omkara Assets Reconstruction In the matter of ICICI Bank Ltd. v. Classic Diamonds (India) Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 279Azhar Basha Tamboli Ltd & Ors v. Ravi S Gupta & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 280Azhar Basha Tamboli v. Ravi S Gupta...
Woman Diagnosed With Cancer Seeks To Abort 24-Weeks Pregnancy, Bombay High Court Constitutes Medical Board
The Bombay High Court on Monday constituted a medical board to examine if the 24-weeks pregnancy of a married woman could be terminated so as to allow her to avail treatment against cancer.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Neela Gokhale noted that the woman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while she was pregnant. "We require the authorities at the K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai...
Bombay High Court Pulls Up Maharashtra Govt Over Failure To Adhere To Policy For Premature Release Of Convicts
The Bombay High Court today pulled up the Maharashtra government for failing to adhere to its own guidelines for providing premature release to prisoners.A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande expressed displeasure over the State government flouting its own policy while denying premature release to prisoners, otherwise entitled for the same."Time and again this...
Bombay High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Woman Accused Of Mowing Down Two From Her Mercedes, Says No Prudent Person Will Drink And Drive
No prudent person will ever drive a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, said the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court recently while denying anticipatory bail to a female Human Resource (HR) professional accused of mowing down two young men while driving her Mercedes under the influence of alcohol.Single-judge Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke in her June 26 order, noted from the material on...
IT Rules 2021 | Right To Know Truth Under Article 19(1)(a) Is Violated If Fake And False News Is Not Prevented: Centre To Bombay High Court
On Monday, the central government in pleas challenging the 2023 IT Amendment Rules told the Bombay High Court that not preventing fake or false news would violate the fundament right of the recipient of such news to know correct information and not be misled, which also flows from Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta contended that right to know and right to not...
Bombay HC To Decide Whether Backward Class Commission Which Recommended 10% Maratha Reservation Should Be Made Party To Challenge
The Bombay High Court on Monday while hearing a bunch of petitions opposing Maratha Reservation was posed with the issue of whether or not to make the Backward Class Commission headed by former judge Justice Sunil Shukre, a party to the petition.A full bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Firdosh Pooniwalla initially opined that the Commission...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: June 24 To June 30, 2024
Nominal Index [Citation 311 - 319]Kapil Suresh Taak v. State of Maharashtra 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 311M/s Halliburton India Operations Private Limited v. Vision Projects Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 312Mangalam Organics Ltd. v. Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 313XYZ v. State of Maharashtra 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 314Zainab Abdul Qayyum Choudhary & Ors. v....