Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Permits Man Convicted Of Electricity Theft To Travel For Haj Pilgrimage
The Bombay High Court recently permitted a man convicted for 'electricity theft' to go on Haj Pilgrimage along with his family after noting that his appeal challenging his conviction will not be taken up in the near future. Justice Abhay Waghwase permitted forty-three-year-old Rahim Khan Sandu Khan, who was convicted by a sessions court in October 2016 under section 135 of the Indian...
Bombay High Court Asks DGP To Consider Man's Complaint About Cop & Women Lawyers Running 'False Rape Cases' Racket
Observing that even genuine cases of rape get affected because of 'false rape cases', the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra to consider the representation of a Navi Mumbai-based man, who has sought an enquiry against a police officer, who has been 'instrumental' in lodging false rape cases against 'innocent men' at the behest of...
Mumbai Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To SP MLA Abu Azmi In Case For Praising Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
A Mumbai Sessions Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi, who is booked in a criminal case for praising Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and calling him a 'good administrator'.Additional Sessions Judge VG Raghuvanshi granted anticipatory bail to Azmi on a surety of Rs 20,000. A detailed order of the Court, is yet to be made available. Notably, Azmi has...
Bombay High Court Allows Family To Exchange ₹20 Lakh 'Demonetised' Notes As Income Tax Department Had Seized The Currency
The Bombay High Court recently came to the aid of a group of people from Maharashtra's Kolhapur district and ordered the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to accept their demonetised notes worth Rs 20 lakhs, which were seized by the Income Tax in December 2016 and returned to them after the deadline to exchange the old notes.A division bench of Justices Atul Chandurkar and Milind Sathaye noted that...
Maha Police Ought To Have Registered FIR Against Errant Cops Based On Complaint By Badlapur 'Fake' Encounter Deceased's Parents: Amicus Tells Bombay HC
Senior Advocate Manjula Rao, who was appointed as an Amicus Curiae in the Badlapur Encounter Case, wherein the accused in the Badlapur Sexual Assault case was allegedly killed in a staged encounter, on Monday told the Bombay High Court that the State Police had no choice but to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against the errant cops but they have not filed one yet.Rao told a division...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 03 – March 09, 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 81 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 88Nominal Index:Madhabi Puri Buch vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 81Avinash Dhavji Naik & Anr vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 82Devendra Patil vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 83Sachin Hindurao Waze vs. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 84Kartik Radia vs. M/s. BDO India LLP and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom)...
"Put Your House In Order": Bombay High Court To BCCI Over Delayed Decision On Membership Of Telangana Cricket Association
The Bombay High Court last week ordered the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to "put is own house in order" and ensure that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) complies with its order to decide on the representation of the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) to become an "associate member" of the central cricket body.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr...
'Glaring Case' Where Magistrate Acted Without Jurisdiction: Bombay HC Quashes Summons Issued To Lokmat Media's Director Devendra Darda
The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court recently set aside a Magistrate's order issuing summons to the Managing Director of Lokmat Media Private Limited, Devendra Darda, under the Working Journalist and Other Newspaper Employee (Conditions of Service) Act 1955.While noting that the impugned order ought to have been challenged in a Revision Application before the Sessions Court, Justice...
Relief For Karan Johar As Bombay High Court Refuses To Permit Release Of 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar' Film
In a big win for film-maker and producer Karan Johar, the Bombay High Court on Friday refused to lift the stay on the release of a film "Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar" which was imposed in June last year.Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla said that the makers of the film 'unauthorisedly' by using Johar's name and personality attributes in the title of their film, prima facie, violated...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Allotment Of Land For Labour Court In Solapur
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking allotment of land for an Industrial Court in Solapur.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Bharati Dangre today issued notice to the State and sought its response. The PIL has been filed by Labour Law Practitioners Association of Solapur seeking directions to the Collector to...
3 Additional Judges Sworn In As Permanent Judges Of Bombay High Court
Three Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court today (07 March) took oath as Permanent Judges of the High Court. Justice Shailesh Pramod Brahme has been appointed as a permanent judge for the Aurangabad Bench of the High Court. He was appointed as an Additional Judge on 15 June 2023.Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla and Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain have been made permanent judges for...
Will Ease Road Congestion & Reduce Carbon Emission: Bombay High Court Permits Adani Cement To Cut Mangroves For Jetty Construction In Raigad
The Bombay High Court has permitted Adani Cementation Limited to cut 158 mangroves for the purpose of construction of a jetty alongwith a conveyor corridor and approach road on the Amba River in Raigad District.Observing that Adani Cement obtained requisite permissions from authorities for cutting the mangroves and it would carry out compensatory afforestation, a division bench of Chief...