Retired Employee Entitled To Interest On Delayed Retirement Benefits After Exoneration In Departmental Inquiry: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Justices Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe ruled in favor of a retired Municipal Corporation employee, directing payment of interest on delayed retirement benefits. The court held that when retirement benefits are withheld due to pending inquiry and the employee is subsequently exonerated, interest becomes payable from the date following retirement. It clarified that the doctrine of restitution applies in such cases. Background Narayan ...

Court Must Assign Reasons For Accepting Or Rejecting Grounds Of Challenge U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil has held that a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) cannot be dismissed merely by stating that the scope of interference is limited; the court must address each ground of challenge and provide reasoned findings. Brief Facts: The appellant (hereinafter referred to as 'NAFED') and the first respondent (hereinafter referred to as 'REPL') entered into two Tie Up...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 17 – March 23, 2025

Nominal Index: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 97 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 109Rajesh Shantilal Adani & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. & Connected Matter, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 97V. Ravi Prakash vs. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 98Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd. v. Deputy Director, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom)...

Have Formed 12-Member Panel To Issue Guidelines Regulating Spas, Massage Centres & 'Cross-Gender' Massages: State Govt To Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court was on Friday informed that the Maharashtra government has constituted a committee of 12 members to formulate guidelines for regulating the operations of spas, massage centres, therapy and wellness centres across the State including 'cross-gender' massages. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale was informed that the State has issued a Government Resolution (GR) on Friday (March 21) itself, notifying a committee of 12 members headed by the...

Are You A Governing Body Without Teeth? Bombay High Court Asks BCCI Over Delay In Decision On Telangana Cricket Association's Membership

“Is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) a governing body with no teeth?” asked the Bombay High Court on Friday while it noted the apex cricket body's submission that it cannot make both Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) sit together and resolve the dispute over the membership of the latter in the BCCI.A division bench of...

Senior Citizens Act Can't Be Invoked By One Senior Citizen Against Another To Recover Possession Of Premises: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that a suit for recovery of possession of premises cannot be entertained by a Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizen Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. It further noted that a senior citizen cannot file such a suit for recovery of possession against another senior citizen under the provisions of the Act,...

Telling Woman Colleague That She Must Be Using JCB To Manage Her Hair Is Not Sexual Harassment: Bombay High Court

Telling a woman colleague that 'you must be using JCB to manage your hair' and singing a song related to her hair, is not sexual harassment under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013, the Bombay High Court held recently while quashing a PoSH Act case against an employee of the HDFC bank.Single-judge Justice Sandeep Marne said it...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Nitin Gadkari's Election To 18th Lok Sabha From Nagpur; Imposes Costs On Petitioner

In a relief to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging his election to the 18th Lok Sabha from the Nagpur constituency, wherein he was accused of resorting to 'malpractices' by printing voter slips with his photos and BJP symbol on it and distributing the same to the voters.Single-judge Justice Urmila Johsi-Phalke dismissed...

Bombay High Court Injuncts Owner Of Kapani Resorts From Alienating Any Interest In Properties Until Conclusion Of Arbitral Proceedings

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has injuncted the owner of Kapani Resorts and Greater Kailash Property from alienating any interest in the Resorts and the property under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), until the conclusion of arbitral proceedings Brief Facts: Under the Agreement executed between Mr. Manmohan...

After Bombay High Court Order, Family Court Dissolves Marriage of Yuzvendra Chahal & Dhanashree Verma

A Family Court in Mumbai on Thursday dissolved the marriage between Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma.Confirming the development advocate Nitin Gupta, appearing for Chahal, told Live Law, "The marriage has been dissolved and they are legally separated now."This comes after the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (March 19) ordered the Family Court in...

Bombay HC Asks Family Court To Decide Mutual Divorce Plea Of Yuzvendra Chahal & Dhanashree Verma Tomorrow, Waives Cooling Off Period

In a relief for Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Family Court at Bandra, Mumbai to decide the divorce petition filed by him and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma, latest by Thursday itself, since he will be busy with the upcoming Indian Premiere League (IPL) from March 22.Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar allowed the petition filed by...

Bhima-Koregaon Case: Anand Teltumbde Moves Bombay High Court For Permission To Travel Abroad On Academic Assignments

Dr Anand Teltumbde, one of the accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking permission to travel abroad from Mumbai to Amsterdam as well as the United Kingdom to attend academic assignments. Notably, Teltumbde has been made an accused in an FIR registered by the NIA for offences punishable under the IPC and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. In...