Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Against Knight Riders Sports
The Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment against Knight Riders Sport and held that a change of opinion does not constitute justification to believe income chargeable to tax escaped assessment.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Kamal Khata has observed that there is a change of opinion because once a query has been raised during the assessment and has been answered...
Rs.100 Bribe Amount Too Small To Prosecute Accused Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: Bombay High Court
Rs. 100 is a very trivial amount to pursue prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Bombay High Court recently observed. Justice Jitendra Jain upheld the acquittal of a medical officer accused of accepting a Rs. 100 bribe in 2007 observing –“In the instant case, the allegation is acceptance of bribe of Rs.100/- in the year 2007. The amount appears to be too small in the...
Bombay High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Deaths At Govt Hospitals In Nanded, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Districts
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of deaths in government hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts of Maharashtra. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Arif Doctor said that deaths due to shortage of staff, medicines cannot go on.The court took cognisance of a letter written by Advocate...
POCSO Act | Bone Ossification Test Vital Only When Victim On Cusp Of Majority, Bombay HC Accepts Victim A Minor Based On Father's Evidence
The Bombay High Court recently held that bone ossification test to determine the age of victim in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is required only when the victim is on the cusp of majority.A division bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Abhay S Waghwase sitting at Aurangabad dismissed a man’s appeal against conviction and life sentence...
Bombay High Court Calls For Conversion Of One Washroom In The HC Building To Make It Disabled-Friendly
The Bombay High Court has instructed its registry to propose the conversion of one of the washrooms in the High Court building in Mumbai into a facility that can be used by orthopedically disabled persons in wheelchairs.Addressing Advocate Uday Warunjikar’s submission that the High Court building doesn’t have a single washroom accessible to the wheelchair bound persons, the court...
Bombay High Court Paves Way For Reconstruction Of Dainik Bhaskar Director’s House Near INS Trata Without NOC From Naval Authorities
The Bombay High Court directed BMC to process within four months the application for permission to reconstruct a three-storey house in Worli for Dainik Bhaskar director Girish Agarwal without requiring a No Objection Certificate from Naval authorities- due to the site’s proximity with naval missile battery base INS Trata.A division bench Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice MW Chandwani...
Footpath Bollards Making It Impossible For Wheelchair-Bound In Mumbai To Pass Through: Bombay High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance
The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of inaccessibility of footpaths to the differently abled in Mumbai owing to recently installed bollards. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Arif Doctor directed the High Court Registry to issue notice to the Municipal Corporation returnable on October 18, 2023. Last week, Advocate Jamshed...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 25 To October 01, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 453 - 463]Milind Dashrath Narvekar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 453Jigna Jitendra Vora v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 454Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd v. Sou. Jyoti Vithoba Nahire 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 455Pragati Pre Fab India Pvt. Ltd. Versus PCIT 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 456ABC v. XYZ 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 457SNV Aviation Pvt....
Wynk v. TIPS | Internet Based Music Streaming Platforms Not Eligible For Compulsory Music Licences Available For TV, Radio: Bombay HC
In a huge win for record labels like Tips Industries Limited (Tips), the Bombay High Court has held that online music streaming and downloading platforms would not be eligible for discounted compulsory licenses to their music under Section 31D of the Copyrights Act.This means that internet-based platforms will have to negotiate contracts with big record companies to use their repertoire of...
Bombay HC Temporarily Protects Firm Of MLA Belonging To Sharad Pawar Faction Against Closure Order By Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
The Bombay High Court on Friday granted temporary relief to NCP MLA Rohit Pawar and directed Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to not effect till October 6, a closure order issued against Baramati Agro Ltd, a firm controlled by him.The MPCB order was issued on Wednesday and served early on Thursday seeking closure of the unit within 72 hours. Baramati Agro challenged the order on the...
Bombay High Court To Pronounce Verdict In Challenge To IT Rules Amendment On December 1, Centre Won't Notify Fact Check Unit Till Then
The Bombay High Court will pronounce on December 1, 2023 its judgement on a clutch of petitions challenging the Rule 3(i)(II)(C) of the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 enabling a government established Fact Check Unit to identify false, fake or misleading information about itself on social media. Consequently, social media intermediaries like Facebook, Instagram or X will then have to either pull...