Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Passes Interim Order For Reinstatement Of 17 Govt Hospital Doctors Pending Retirement Age Dispute
The Bombay High Court recently granted interim relief to at least 17 doctors and directed the Maharashtra Government to reinstate them in government hospitals till they complete 60 years of age.The order, however, would be subject to the final outcome of the petition. The doctors alleged they were forcefully relieved from their services of 30-35 years owing to the misinterpretation of a...
Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee
The Bombay High Court recently flagged the collective pendency of over 40,051 cases before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) while hearing a PIL by an NGO.The division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Manjusha Deshpande observed that the startling numbers were nullifying the spirit if the Juvenile Justice Act 2015. “…the figures of 10,008 cases...
Govt Itself Seeks Needless Adjournments Then Makes Assertions About Rising Pendency Of Cases: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently took a dig at the Centre’s dichotomous approach in often blaming Courts for restricting its “ease of doing business” on one hand and repeatedly seeking adjournments of cases on the other.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata observed, “We are equally mindful, and we are constrained to say this, that we are no strangers to...
Bombay High Court Orders Police Officer To Compensate NDA Professor Falsely Prosecuted For Alleged Fake Disability Certificate
The Bombay High Court ordered compensation of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to one Dr. Kamal Chandra Tiwari, an Assistant Professor at the National Defence Academy, Pune falsely prosecuted for producing fake disability certificates.A division bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre and Justice RN Laddha ordered the compensation to be recovered from the salary of the police officer who filed a chargesheet...
Bombay High Court Allows Virtual Hearings Across All Benches Following CJI DY Chandrachud's Rebuke
Following a rap from Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the Bombay High Court has opened up virtual hearings for all its benches with immediate effect. "It is hereby informed to all the stake holders that now each and every Court of the High Court of Bombay including its Benches can be accessed virtually by the stake holders, unless directed otherwise, in the cases listed before the...
After Chief Justice Decides To Visit And Discuss Resolution, Aurangabad Lawyers Call Off Boycott Of Court Proceedings
Lawyers practicing at the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court today ended their boycott of court proceedings after Justice Bhushan R Gavai of the Supreme Court intervened and Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya agreed to visit Aurangabad to discuss the issue.The lawyers' boycott of court proceedings in the Aurangabad Bench started on October 4, 2023 to protest shifting of benches...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: September 2023 [Citations 400 – 463]
Nominal IndexARG Outlier Media Private Limited v. Rayadu Vision Media Limited 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 400Commissioner, Kolhapur Mahanagarpalika v. Shashikala Vijay Bhore 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 401Sanjay Katkar v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 402The Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 403Dattaprasad Kamat v. Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax 2023...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Sanatan Sanstha Member Vaibhav Raut Accused Of Making Bombs To Attack 2018 Sunburn Festival At Pune
The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to Vaibhav Raut, prime accused in Nalasopara Arms Hauls case who was arrested in 2018 on charges of being a member of right wing group Sanatan Sanstha and plotting an attack on the Sunburn Festival with crude bombs.The Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad found eight crude bombs in Raut’s house while 12 crude bombs were recovered from a godown...
"Can't Shift Responsibility On Private Players, See General Condition Of Healthcare": Bombay HC On Recent Deaths At Govt Hospitals In Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court on Friday told the Maharashtra Government that there shouldn’t be a single vacant post of a doctor and paramedic in public hospitals and further directed the state to appoint a CEO under the Maharashtra Medical Good Procurement Act within two weeks.The division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor was dealing with a suo motu PIL...
Anticipatory Bail | POCSO Act Prevails Over Atrocities Act Only If Offence Under POCSO Act Prima Facie Established: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that provisions regarding anticipatory bail in the POCSO Act would not prevail over provisions of appeal in the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act if the allegations under POCSO Act are not prima facie made out against the accused.Justice NJ Jamadar, while dealing with an anticipatory bail application of a person accused under both POCSO Act and Atrocities...
Bombay High Court Advocates’ Association At Aurangabad Abstain From Work Over Court Building Dispute Despite Letter From Chief Justice
Lawyers practicing at the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday continued to abstain from court proceedings for the second day in a row, seeking convenience in functioning.They have demanded civil and criminal cases to be conducted in the same building or proper connectivity between the old and new HC building which was inaugurated last month. Protests are likely to...