Bombay High Court Sets Aside Order Denying Furlough To Prisoner For Not Doing Carpentry Work In Prison

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside an order passed by the Special Police Inspector General of Prisons (East Region) which refused to permit furlough leaves to a convict on the ground that the prisoner refused to do 'carpentry' work while in jail.A division bench of Justices Vinay Joshi and Vrushali Joshi, sitting at Nagpur, quashed the order passed by the Special...

Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan Is A Religious And Charitable Trust; Its Anonymous Donations Cannot Be Taxed: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 8) held that the Shree Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi is certainly a religious and a charitable trust and thus the 'anonymous' donations to the tune of Rs 159.12 crores, it received in the hundi (cash collection box) during the assessment years 2015 to 2019, can be exempted from income tax.A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and...

Bollywood Actor Shilpa Shetty, Husband Raj Kundra Move Bombay High Court Against Notice For Eviction From Residence, Farm House

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra, both have moved the Bombay High Court challenging the eviction notices issued to the couple after their residential premises in Mumbai's plush Juhu area and Farm House near Pawna Lake, were provisionally attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to an alleged crypto assets ponzi scheme case. A division bench...

Bombay HC Dismisses IIT Bombay's Appeal Against Payment Of Gratuity To Contract Workers

On 4th October, a Single Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice Sandeep V. Marne heard a petition filed by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (“IIT Bombay”) challenging the order passed by Assistant Labour Commissioner (“Central”) acting as Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, (“PG Act”), later then upheld by the Appellate Authority....

'Substantiative Powers' Of Municipal Corporations Can't Be Used To Benefit Developers: Bombay HC Paves Way For Demolishing Portions Of Thane Mall

The Municipal Corporations and their Commissioners do have substantial powers under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act, 1949, however, these powers can never be exercised to benefit the builders or developers at the cost of public amenities, observed the Bombay High Court on Monday (October 7) while imposing a cost of Rs 2 lakh on a developer and the Thane Municipal Corporation...

Bombay High Court Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Husband Who Opposed Wife's Plea To Transfer Divorce Proceedings Despite Her Hardships

The Bombay High Court recently came to the aide of a woman, who was being 'compelled' by her estranged husband to travel at least 8 hours along with her pre-term born now 15-months old son, to attend divorce proceedings and also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the husband in order to ameliorate her hardships.Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noting the 'hardships' of the woman, transferred...

Bombay High Court Revives PIL On Potholes And Poor Road Conditions

The Bombay High Court has stated that it would revive a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the issue of potholes in Mumbai and other districts in Maharashtra. Today, a division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar was pronouncing the judgment on a contempt petition filed by Advocate Ruju Thakkar alleging non-compliance of Court's order to maintain good...

Bombay High Court Slams State For Opposing Unmarried Woman's Pregnancy Termination As She Did Not "Fit Criteria" Of Being Widow Or Divorcee

The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra Government for opposing the 20-weeks medical termination of pregnancy of an 'unmarried' woman on the ground that she 'does not fit' the criteria for undergoing an abortion.A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Dr Neela Gokhale questioned the 'rationale' in the argument put forth by the State that for the petitioner, a...

[Indian Succession Act] Executor's Imprisonment Affects Management And Administration Of Deceased's Large Estates: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that the incarceration of an executor of a will, who has to administer and manage 'large' estates and business ventures, would operate as a 'legal disability' for the executor to manage such estates.“If the estate is such that it does not require active management as is in the case of a passive investment, the incarceration of the executor may not have...

Recording Conversation With Officer In Police Station Is Not An Offence Under Official Secrets Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court last month held that the act of recording audio in a police station would not become an offence under the stringent Official Secrets Act (OSA).A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Santosh Chapalgaonkar, sitting in Aurangabad, quashed an FIR lodged against two brothers, one of whom works as a Constable with the Mumbai Police, who were booked under the...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 30 – October 6, 2024

Citation 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 497 to 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 502)Nominal Index Y-Not Films LLP and Anr. vs. Ultra Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 497Sudhir Kumar Sengupta vs. Kusum Pandurang Keni, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 498Latabai Jadhav vs State of Maharashtra, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 499State of Maharashtra vs Sunil Kuchkoravi, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 500Kisan Moulding Limited v. Micro...

Bombay HC Issue Notice On Plea Challenging MoU Between State And GOI-Owned Sanitary Napkins Manufacturer For Setting Up Dialysis Centres

The Bombay High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the MOU between the Maharashtra government and HLL Life Care Ltd., a Government of India-owned corporation, which manufactures sanitary napkins and condoms, for providing Haemodialysis services in Maharashtra.A Division Bench of Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice M.M Sathaye were hearing a petition challenging a Notice issued...