Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Directs Airforce To Reconsider NOC Revalidation Request For Residential Project Near IAF Airfield And NDA Aerodrome In Pune
Observing that the No Objection Certificate (NOC) was granted for the construction and not the builder, the Bombay High Court directed the Indian Airforce authorities to reconsider a builder’s application for revalidation of NOC for construction of a building near the IAF Airfield in Pune.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla refuted the IAF...
Bombay High Court Denies Medical Bail To HDIL Promoter Rakesh Wadhawan, Directs JJ Hospital To Send Physiotherapist And Nurse To Prison Hospital
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant bail on medical grounds to Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) promoter Rakesh Wadhawan who is booked in the multi crore Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank loan fraud case and lodged in Arthur Road Central Prison, Mumbai.Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang face allegations of fraudulently obtaining loans of Rs 2,558...
IBC | Assistant General Manager Signs Inspection Order In Place Of Executive Director Of IBBI, Bombay High Court Stays The Suspension Of Insolvency Professional
The Bombay High Court bench, comprising Justice B. P. Colabawalla and Justice M.M. Sathaye, while adjudicating a petition filed in Partha Sarathy Sarkar v Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) & Ors., has stayed the Suspension Order issued against an Insolvency Professional (“IP”) by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (“IBBI”). The Inspection...
Custodian Of Enemy Property Cannot Halt Project On Land Not Vested In Him: Bombay High Court
The Custodian of Enemy Properties doesn’t have the power to issue prohibitory orders against any land parcel suspected to be an ‘enemy property’ until the Custodian is vested with the property under the Enemy Properties Act, 1968 the Bombay High Court held.Properties owned by Pakistani Nationals and acquired by the Indian government are known as ‘enemy properties.’ A division...
Bombay High Court Discharges Man Booked For Alleged Conspiracy To Illegally Transport Two Children To USA
Observing that mere cancellation of return flight tickets is not a suspicious activity, the Bombay High Court recently discharged a man accused of conspiring to illegally transport two children to USA on forged immigration documents.Justice Bharati Dangre observed that allegations against the accused, one Zakir Yusuf Shaikh, do not show his knowledge of the conspiracy, and in the absence...
Bombay High Court Paves Way For Redevelopment Of Iconic Chandan Cinema After Adherence To Height Restriction
The Bombay High Court held recently that redevelopment of an existing permanent structure near Signal Transmitting Station, Juhu, is allowed as long as the redeveloped structure adheres to the limit of 15.24 meters height specified in a 1976 notification issued under the Works of Defence Act, 1903 (WoD Act).The signal transmitting station in Juhu is a pre World War II military installation...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Nonagenarian's Plea To Remove Statue Of Bharat Ratna Awardee Maharshi Karve In Pune
The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a writ petition by a 90-year-old woman seeking removal of a statue of Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve, a reformer and Bharat Ratna recipient, installed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) near her property.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Kamal Khata stated that a memorial or a monument is sufficiently a public purpose, which need not...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 16 To October 22, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 483 - 493]Sandip Sundarrao Patil and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 483Bhushan s/o. Sangappa Chaudhari v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 484Satyaseelan Kuttappan v. PP Sudhakaran and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 485Play Games 24X7 Pvt. Ltd. Vs Loran Leasing And Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 486Parvi Ashish Chakravarti v....
Bhima Koregaon: Bombay High Court Permits Accused Poet Varavara Rao To Travel To Hyderabad For Cataract Surgery
The Bombay High Court has granted octogenarian Telugu poet Varavara Rao permission to travel to Hyderabad for seven days to undergo cataract surgery in one of his eyes.Justices AS Gadkari and Shyam Chandak further asked Rao to seek permission afresh from the trial court to undergo surgery for the other eye. Rao had approached High Court in November 2022 against the Special NIA’s court...
Admission Fees Paid To Club For Corporate Membership Is Exclusively For Business Purpose, It Is 'Revenue' In Nature: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that the admission fees paid to a club towards corporate membership are wholly and exclusively for business purposes, and the same are revenue-generating in nature.The bench of Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Rajesh S. Patil also observed that the expenditure incurred towards entrance fees and annual membership would be a "revenue expenditure" because it has...