Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 20 to April 26, 2026

Nominal Index [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 197 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 211]Tridoss Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 197M/s Ascent Ventures vs The State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 198Bina Ramnik Chawda vs Cherag Balsara, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 199Lalan Kishore Singh vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 200Narsing Ganpatrao Ankushkar vs Balaji Pandharinath Thorat, 2026...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea To Make Candidates Contesting From Multiple Constituencies Liable For Bye-Election Costs On Resignation

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to obtain affidavits from candidates contesting in more than one constituency, assuring that if they resign from any of the constituencies after the election, they would be liable to pay all the election expenses incurred for that particular constituency before resigning. The bench of...

Questions Of Title, Ownership Can't Be Decided In PIL Jurisdiction: Intervenors Tell MP High Court In Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Dispute

In the ongoing proceedings over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Dispute, intervenors to the PILs in the case told the Madhya Pradesh High Court that the issue majorly pertains to the question of title and ownership, and therefore it cannot be adjudicated in a public interest litigation (PIL). The dispute concerns Bhojshala, an 11th-century monument protected by the ASI. Hindus regard the site...

Kerala High Court Questions ECI Over Alleged Denial Of Voting Rights To 20,000 Election Duty Staff

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (April 28) questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over allegations that more than 20,000 election duty staff were unable to cast their votes in the Assembly elections held on April 9.Justice K. V. Jayakumar was hearing a batch of writ petitions alleging large-scale denial of voting rights to government officials deployed on election duty during...

Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane Sentenced To 1 Month Jail For Intentional Insult Of Public Servant By Forcing Him To Walk Through Mud

Observing that lawmakers must not take law in their own hands, a Sessions Court in Sindhudurg convicted Maharashtra's Cabinet Minister Nitesh Rane for intentionally insulting an engineer - a public servant by forcing him to walk on a muddy road and sentenced him to one month's simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh.Notably, Rane was a MLA from the Congress party during the incident...

“Trust ECI To Carry Out Duties Impartially”: Calcutta High Court Disposes Plea Challenging Preventive Action Memo After EC's Withdrawal

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday disposed of a public interest litigation challenging a memo issued by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, which had directed preventive action against persons allegedly involved in voter intimidation ahead of the Assembly elections.A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen noted that the impugned memo...

“Common Man's Life Made Miserable": Bombay High Court Slams Maharashtra Govt Over Illegal Hawkers Menace, Seeks Clear Action Plan

Observing that the life of a common man is made 'miserable' because of the continued 'menace' of the illegal hawkers across the city, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra Government for failing to tackle the issue of illegal hawkers even after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took action against them.A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice...

Bombay High Court Adjourns Defamation Suit To 2046, After Senior Citizen Parties Refuse To Settle 'Ego Fight'

UPDATE on April 30 - Bombay High Court Judge Recalls Order Adjourning Defamation Suit Till 2046, Now Posts Matter For Hearing In July 2026The Bombay High Court recently adjourned a long-pending defamation suit to the year 2046, observing that the dispute reflects an “ego fight” between the parties that unnecessarily burdens the judicial system.Justice Jitendra Jain, while passing the order...

Madras High Court Quashes ED Case Against Minister I Periyasamy After Noting Quashing Of Predicate Offence

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (28 April), quashed an ECIR registered by the Enforcement Directorate against the Tamil Nadu Minister for Rural Development, I Periyasamy, in connection with an alleged housing plot allotment scam. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan quashed the ECIR after noting that the predicate offence, based on which the ECIR...

Highly Educated Lady Working In MNC Didn't Lodge FIR For Months: P&H High Court Quashes Rape Case, Says Relationship Was 'Consensual'

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a rape case registered against a man, holding that a prolonged consensual relationship between two mature individuals cannot be criminalised as rape on the basis of a failed promise to marry.Justice N.S. Shekhawat noted, "Even, before taking divorce from other person, the respondent No.2 went to Bali with the petitioner from 09.10.2022 to...

Lok Adalat Awards Being Routinely Challenged Defeats Object Of Quick Resolution, Settlement Must Be Confined To Practical Terms: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that it is day in and day out coming across cases where parties seek to challenge awards passed by Lok Adalats, and that this growing tendency leads to unnecessary invocation of writ jurisdiction and waste of valuable judicial time which ought to be devoted to genuine matters.The Court held that the very object of Lok Adalats is to...

Kerala Assembly Polls 2026 : High Court Directs Swift Action On Candidate's Complaint Over Strong Room Opening

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (28 April) directed the Chief Electoral Officer to consider and dispose of representations alleging the opening of strong room storing ballot boxes of General Election in the State within three days. Justice K. V. Jayakumar issued the order in a plea by UDF candidate Adv. K. Praveen which alleged that the strong room located at JDT Islam Convention Centre,...