Bombay High Court
Petroleum Rules 2002 | Pendency Of Suit For Lease Renewal Doesn't Confer ‘Right To Site’ For Storing Petroleum After Lease Expiry: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that after expiry of lease, pendency of civil suits between landowner and leaseholder would not give the leaseholder right to store petroleum on the site under Rule 152(1)(i) of the Petroleum Rules, 2002.A division bench of Justice Rohit B Deo and Justice MW Chandwani sitting at Nagpur quashed the license granted to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)...
Compliance Of Procedural Safeguards In Preventive Detention, However Technical, Mandatory: Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Advocate, Clients
The Bombay High Court recently quashed detention orders against a father-son duo and their advocate allegedly detained for raising their voice against pollution caused by the marble industry.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh observed that the orders were passed without application of mind, no material was placed before the detaining authority...
Bombay High Court Seeks Response From Insurance Company Allegedly Promising To Handle All Litigation For Medical Practitioners
The Bombay High Court recently issued notice to Apex Insurance Consultant Ltd., an insurance provider, in a PIL alleging that the company is engaging in unauthorised practice of law by promising to handle all litigation for doctors who take its membership.“The Respondent No.1 (Apex Insurance) is into a practice of promising the doctors that they are having the expertise to handle all kinds...
No Material Available To Conclude Income Had Escaped Assessment:Bombay HC Quashes Income Tax Notice
The Bombay High Court has provided relief to the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited by quashing the notice issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act. The court observed a lack of tangible material to support the conclusion that income had escaped assessment, thereby prohibiting any further steps by the tax authorities...
Bombay High Court Summons Police Officer Who Allegedly Ignored Hospital Record & 'Maliciously' Chargesheeted NDA Professor In Forgery Case
The Bombay High Court recently issued a contempt notice to a police officer who allegedly maliciously prosecuted a National Defence Academy Professor for forgery and did not comment on the issue in his affidavit when the court sought an explanation for his conduct.A division bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre and Justice RN Laddha observed that Anand Pagare, the concerned Investigating...
Man Lured By Job Offer During Covid Robbed And Killed: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Accused After Police Fails To Prove Recovery
The Bombay High Court granted bail to a man co-accused of luring an unassuming job seeker to his ultimate death during the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground that the prosecution prima facie failed to substantiate the circumstantial evidence against him.Justice SM Modak granted bail to Sagar Ponnala booked under Sections 326 (grievous hurt), 302 (murder) and 34 of IPC. The judge noted that...
IT Rules Amendment | 'Misleading' Content Very Subjective Term, May Even Include Reporting; What Are The Boundaries? Bombay High Court Asks
The Bombay High Court on Friday wondered if there was any protection for editors or editorial content under the new Information Technology Rules 2021 and rhetorically asked the petitioner’s counsel if his published arguments could be termed as “potentially misleading” under the very rules he had challenged. The court noted that the only criteria for the government’s Fact Checking...
IT Rules Amendment | Will Upcoming Political Campaigns Be Considered 'Business Of Government'? Bombay High Court Asks
The Bombay High Court on Thursday wondered if statements made during the election campaigns next year would be considered “business of the government” and a publication questioning the correctness of such statements would be covered by the 2023 amendment to IT Rules, 2021 empowering government to identify “fake or misleading news” about itself.“As we are approaching 2024, people will...
Cine Workers Association Approaches Bombay High Court Against Management Committee Elections Allegedly Held At The Behest Of Expelled Member
The Association of Cine and Television Art Directors and Costume Designers has approached the Bombay High Court against elections to its management committee conducted on July 2, 2023. The Association claims that the elections were organized at the behest of an expelled member accused of numerous wrongdoings.A division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Sandeep V Marne on...
High Court’s Authority Runs Above MLA’s: 19 Tenements Demolished After Bombay HC Criticised Political Interference In Slum Redevelopment Project
Nineteen tenements in Jogeshwari, Mumbai were demolished on Tuesday after Bombay High Court pulled up the Slum Redevelopment Authority and BMC for stalling the demolition on the basis of a letter by MLC Pravin Darekar to CM Eknath Shinde against the redevelopment scheme.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale had stated on Monday that the authority of High Court is...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice Devendra Upadhyaya As Chief Justice Of Bombay High Court
Supreme Court Collegium comprising of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has recommended the appointment of Justice Devendra Upadhyaya of the Allahabad High Court as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.The collegium noted that Justice Upadhyaya has acquired eleven years of experience in dispensing justice, and his appointment...
Show Sensitivity, Don't Treat Consenting Adults This Way: Bombay High Court Orders Police Protection For Lesbian Couple
Following the Bombay High Court's intervention, the Maharashtra police has agreed to protect a lesbian couple from one of the petitioner's family. Police should show sensitivity in such cases and not treat consenting adults this way, Justice Revati Mohite Dere heading the division bench observed after it was informed that one of the petitioners was forced to go back to her family. Justice...