Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Restrains Rupali Ganguly's Step Daughter From Giving Defamatory Interviews & Posts Against Her
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday in an ad-interim order, restrained Esha Verma and John Doe platforms from making or publishing any defamatory content against TV actor Rupali Ganguly.Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor passed the order after it noted that the posts and interviews by Esha, the step-daughter of Rupali, were prima facie defamatory. "I find that the posts, interviews etc are not...
Merely Telling Wife She Can't Cohabit With Husband Unless She Brings Money From Her Parents Without Further Action Not Harassment: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court recently held that merely telling a woman that if she fails to bring the amount demanded by her husband or in-laws, from her parental house, she would not be allowed to cohabit with her husband, will not amount to mental or physical harassment.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Rohit Joshi noted that the wife in her First Information Report (FIR)...
Consider Introducing More Responsibilities Under Bombay Police Act For Cops To Tackle Issue Of Illegal Hawkers: High Court Suggests State
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government if it can consider amending the provisions of the Bombay Police Act and also the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act to add more responsibilities for the city's police officers, so that they can help out the civic officials in curbing the menace of illegal hawkers in the city.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and...
Worli Hit-n-Run Case | Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Deceased's Husband Seeking Murder Charge Against Mihir Shah
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (January 14) issued notice to the Mumbai Police on a plea filed by Pradeep Nakhawa, the victim and husband of the deceased in the infamous Worli Hit-n-Run Case, who has sought invocation of murder charges against the prime accused Mihir Shah in the case.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale heard brief submission in the plea...
'Bold Voice Against Judicial Misconduct' : Bombay Bar Remembers Sr Adv Iqbal Chagla
One of India's leading lawyers and a doyen of the Bombay Bar Association (BBA), Senior Advocate Iqbal Chagla died on Sunday (January 12). The great human being, as he is usually referred to in the Bar Room, will be remembered always for his forthright attitude of 'calling a spade a spade' and always protecting the 'independence' of judiciary. He also was one of the most vocal advocates in...
'Biased Investigation, Innocent People Arrested': Dr S Muralidhar Argues For 7/11 Mumbai Train Serial Blast Convicts Before Bombay HC
While appearing on behalf of two life convicts challenging their convictions in the Mumbai 7/11 train blasts case, former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and now Senior Advocate Dr S Muralidhar told the Bombay High Court on Monday (January 13) that the investigation in the case had been biased.The submission was made before a special bench of Justice Anil Kilor and Justice Shyam Chandak,...
Bombay High Court Appoints 13 New Senior Advocates Including Two Women
The Bombay High Court on Monday designated 13 advocates as Senior Advocates, of which two are women. According to the list made available by the Registrar General of the High Court, following are the Advocates, who are conferred with the Senior's gown.Rajiolochan PuranikPrakash ShahVijay PatilSunip SenSatish Maneshinde Nandkumar KhandareDinesh PurandareSudesh UsgaonkarSanjeev...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 06 - January 12, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 5 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 18:Nominal Index:Jindal Cocoa LLP & ors. vs. Reserve Bank of India & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 5Charushila Bira Shriram vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 6Dnyaneshwar Lingappa Bhosale vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 7Vijay Sonkar and Others vs State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025...
Wife Filing False Case Against Husband, In-Laws To Correct His Behaviour Is Cruelty, Not Acceptable In Marital Relations: Bombay High Court
A wife filing a false complaint against her husband just for correcting his behaviour would not find place in harmonious relations a married couple would maintain normally and the same will amount to cruelty, the Bombay High Court held recently. A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna refused to interfere with the decision of a Family Court, which while granting divorce...
No Right Conferred On Proposed MLCs Until Governor's Decision Under Article 166, Council Of Ministers Can Withdraw Nominations: Bombay HC
While dismissing the plea filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sunil Modi, challenging the Governor's decision permitting the State government to withdraw 12 Member of Legislative Council's (MLC) nominations, the Bombay High Court observed that as no 'decision' was taken by the Governor on the earlier advice tendered by the Council of Ministers for nomination of 12 MLCs, no right was conferred on...
Substantive Objections On Validity Or Existence Of Arbitration Agreement Can Be Adjudicated By Tribunal U/S 16 Of Act: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has held that substantive objections concerning the validity and existence of an arbitration agreement can be adjudicated by the Arbitral Tribunal and not by the court under section 11 of the Arbitration Act. Brief Facts This is a Petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”)...
Coldplay Concert: Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Guidelines On Ticket Scalping
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning 'ticket scalping' and black marketing of online tickets for concerts and other events. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar said that the matter fell within the purview of police making and thus the Court could not entertain it. On 02 January 2024, while reserving...