Bombay High Court
Two Children Limit For Panchayat Members Not Meant To Discourage Re-Marriage, Excludes Step-Children: Bombay High Court
A panchayat member with more than two biological children could be disqualified under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, however, the member’s step children wouldn’t be a determining factor for the same, the Bombay High Court held. The court said that the objective of the Section was to disqualify a panchayat member responsible for the birth of more than two children. Therefore, a...
Bombay High Court Collects Database Of 40.5K Institutional Litigants, To Commence Automatic E-Service
In a major step towards automatic electronic services in the judicial process the Bombay High Court has become the first and the only High Court to include country-wide data of all institutional litigants. According to a new circular, High Court and District court’s Case Information System (CIS) will now have a database of information relating to over 40,500 institutional...
AI Assisted Judgement Translations, Automatic Electronic Service And More: Bombay High Court Gets Tech Upgrade
The Bombay High Court has taken a slew of decisions leading to digital upgradation of the High Court’s processes and functioning, including developing its own softwares to digitize court records and setting up an “AI Assisted Legal Translation Advisory Committee” to translate important Supreme Court and High Court judgements in Marathi using AI.The announcements in the form of a series...
Filing Complaints To Intimidate Opposing Counsel Must Be Deprecated: Bombay HC Quashes Misconduct Case Against Former Govt Lawyer
Deprecating the trend of filing complaints against opposing counsels to intimidate them, the Bombay High Court recently set aside disciplinary proceedings against Advocate Geeta R Shastri, former Additional Government Pleader in the Court.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale held that the interest of advocates should not be compromised because of “fanciful...
Bombay High Court Perturbed As Girls Trafficked From Bangladesh Under Fake Citizenship Docs Accuse Vishrambaug Police Of Sexual Exploitation
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday tore into the Sangli police’s investigation into a cross-border organized crime syndicate trafficking young girls from Bangladesh and forcing them into prostitution in Maharashtra’s Sangli district with Indian birth certificates, forged Aadhar cards and passports.A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and SG Dige said they weren’t interested in just...
Taloja Prison Inmates To Get Clean Drinking Water After Bombay High Court's Intervention
Maharashtra Government on Friday informed the Bombay Hight Court that 20 water tanks of 5,000 litres capacity each have been installed in Taloja Central Prison and installation of 5 RO water purifier plants for drinking water will commence on September 1, 2023. A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Gauri Godse thus disposed of a petition filed by an inmate seeking...
'Bureaucrats Cannot Act High-Handedly, Owe A Duty To Public': Bombay High Court Axes Acquisition Of Tribal Lands In Maharashtra’s Nandurbar
Observing that procedural laws dealing with citizens’ right to hold property aren’t merely ornamental and cannot be taken away, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) set aside a land acquisition and compensation order “highhandedly” and hastily passed by IAS officer Minal Karanwal Assistant Collector, Nandurbar, Maharashtra.Justices Ravindra Ghuge and YG Khobragade pulled up...
Mother Preferred Over Father For Custody Of Girl Child About To Attain Age Of Puberty: Bombay High Court
Observing that paternal grandmother or paternal aunt cannot be a substitute to mother during the phase of growth of a girl child, the Bombay High Court recently held that custody of a girl about to attain the age of puberty is preferred with her mother over her father.Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh upheld a Family Court's order in a divorce case granting interim custody of an 8-year-old girl to...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: July 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 314 – 350]XXX vs State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 314State of Maharashtra and Ors. v. Sudhir Bhagwat Kalekar 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 315Bharat Parihar v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 316Lakhan Pralhad Misal v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 317Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax v. Dharmanandan Diamonds Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 318SLS Energy...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 07, 2023 To August 13, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 363 - 371]Coventry Estates Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Commissioner CGST and Central Excise 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 363Vinayak Ukharam Chavhan v. Divisional Joint Registrar and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 364Marathwada Legal and General Education Society, Aurangabad v. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 365Shiney Suraj Ahuja v. State of...
Judgement Pronounced In Open Court But Signed After Transfer Of Judge A Valid Judgement : Bombay High Court
A judgement pronounced in open court but signed by the judge after he was transferred is a valid judgement, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh relied on several Supreme Court judgements which held that once a judgement was delivered or pronounced in open court, the manner of delivery couldn’t be faulted.The writ petition filed by the petitioner in a partition...
Bombay High Court Quashes Deportation Order Against Russian National For Breach Of Visa Conditions Without Hearing
The Bombay High Court at Goa set aside a deportation order against a Russian national on grounds of breach of VISA condition observing that it was not a case of threat to internal security of India and authorities should have at least sought a clarification from the woman before ordering her deportation.A division bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice Bharat P Deshpande observed that while...