Bombay High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part III [Citations 403 - 615]

Occupant Cannot Create Or Assign Third-Party Rights In Premises Without Permission: Bombay High CourtCase Title: Auto Credit Corporation vs Mukesh Bansilal Shah Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 403The Bombay High Court has held that an occupant who is not a recognised tenant has no right, title, or interest to assign or create third-party rights in the premises without proper legal authority....

Temple Accounts Digitisation: Kerala High Court Adds KSITIL As Party, Seeks Proof Of Technical Expertise

The Kerala High Court on Friday (16 January) impleaded the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) in the ongoing petition regarding embezzlement of ₹40 lakh from a Petrol Pump at Nilakkal, a base camp of Sabarimala. A Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar passed the order. The Court has previously ordered...

“Prima Facie Corrupt”: Jharkhand High Court Directs CBI Probe Into JUT-AICTE Over Non-Registration Of Students

The Jharkhand High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the role of the Jharkhand University of Technology (JUT) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in a matter concerning technical students, observing that the case prima facie reflects corrupt practices by State authorities and has placed students' futures in jeopardy.Justice Rajesh Kumar passed the order...

Litigant Can't Suffer For Counsel Noting Wrong Date: Rajasthan High Court Restores Suit Subject To Costs, Planting 25 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a litigant cannot be made to suffer for an inadvertent mistake on part of his/her counsel in noting the next date of hearing of case, and thus quashed the trial court order that rejected petitioner's restoration application on technical grounds of delay in an eviction suit that was dismissed in default.While directing restoration of the matter, the bench...

Lok Adalat Settlement Must Be With Parties' Free Consent, Counsel Cannot Compromise Case Without Written Authority: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court, while considering the validity of a settlement recorded in a National Lok Adalat, held that settlement under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 must be arrived at by the parties themselves with free consent, and that in the absence of written authority authorising counsel to sign a compromise, such settlement cannot be treated as valid.Justice Sanjay Kumar...

“Fraud Tag Led To 'Civil Death', Audit Was Inconclusive & Incompetent”: Anil Ambani Tells Bombay High Court

Punching holes in the forensic audit report, relied by the consortium of banks to declare his loan accounts as 'fraud', industrialist Anil Ambani on Friday told the Bombay High Court that the auditor, who carried out the exercise to prepare a report was 'incompetent' and has given an 'inconclusive' finding.A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad is...

Rubbing Penis Against Child's Private Part Not 'Penetrative Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court Modifies Man's Conviction

The Delhi High Court has held that rubbing of a male genital against a child's genital, in the absence of proof of penetration, does not constitute “penetrative sexual assault” under Section 3 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha observed,“The rubbing of the penis of the accused against the private part of PW1 does not apparently...

“Symbols Of Rajput Pride Reduced To Picnic Spots”: Rajasthan High Court Flags Littering, Encroachments At Haldighati & Rakht Talai

“These sites, once symbols of Rajput pride and national heritage, are now marred by modern encroachments, environmental pollution, littering, and administrative indifference, resulting in irreversible damage to their cultural, historical, and ecological integrity,” court said.

Kerala High Court Directs RTA To Finalise Time Gap Norms For Stage Carriages Entering Kochi

The Kerala High Court has recently directed the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) to finalise the revision in timing in respect of the vehicles of the stage carriages entering Kochi city.Justice Viju Abraham gave the directions while considering a writ petition concerning bus timing in Kochi.The Court has previously urged the need to regulate bus timings in the State and directed the...

'High Time That No Mercy Is Shown': Jharkhand High Court Orders Demolition Of Illegal Structures In Jamshedpur Within One Month

In a significant order aimed at curbing rampant illegal constructions in Jamshedpur, the Jharkhand High Court has directed the Jharkhand Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Jamshedpur to demolish illegal structures raised by the private respondents within one month.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing a PIL concerning...

Single Appeal Maintainable Against Common Judgment Rendered In Suit And Counter-Claim: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that a single appeal is maintainable against a common order involving a claim and counter claim. Justice AD Maria Clete added that though a counterclaim is treated as a cross-suit under Order VII Rule A of CPC, a single judgment in the suit would not require multiplicity of appeal. “There could be no quarrel that a single appeal...

25% RTE Quota Applies To Pre-Primary Classes, Limiting It To Class I Disadvantageous To Children From Weaker Sections: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that that the obligation to reserve 25% seats under the Right to Education Act, 2009 (“the Act”) was applicable not only to the Class I but also to all pre-primary levels wherever such education was offered.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu opined that by restricting the applicability to Class I,...