Bombay High Court Calls For State's Response On Plea Seeking Safety Measures For Female Students Attending College Near Slum Area

The Bombay High Court has asked the State of Maharashtra to submit an affidavit regarding the measures it has taken to ensure the safety and security of female students attending college at Matunga, Mumbai.The Girls' College in question is managed by the Seva Mandal Education Society (petitioner no.2). The petitioner-society contended that as the college is surrounded by slums, there is...

Bombay High Court Imposes Rs 50 Lakh Costs On Company For Breaching Injunction Orders, Using Fevicol Trademark

In yet another case of contempt in a commercial suit, the Bombay High Court on August 13 imposed a hefty cost of Rs 50 lakh on a company which used 'deceptively' similar trademark of Fevicol and its range of products despite an injunction restraining the company from using anything similar to said trademark.Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla noted that the petitioner in breach of the...

[Ganesh Chaturthi] Intimate "Mandals" To Follow Idol Immersion Guidelines, Not To Use Plaster Of Paris Idols: Bombay High Court to State

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Maharashtra government to issue directions to all municipal corporations across the state to impose 'strict conditions' on Mandals seeking to organise Ganeshotsav, not to use Ganpati idols made from Plaster of Paris (PoP). The court said this after taking note of the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Guidelines on Idol Immersion issued in May...

Incorrect To Say Vishalgadh Violence Was 'State-Sponsored' Violence: Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court

In a bid to defend itself from the criticism following the communal violence at the Vishalgadh Fort area in Kolhapur and the subsequent demolition drive to pull down allegedly 'illegal' structures of a particular community, the Maharashtra Government on Friday denied all the allegations made against it and told the Bombay High Court in clear terms that whatever violence took place was "not...

Child Cannot Be Left 'Stateless'; Even If Parents Give Up Indian Citizenship, Child Will Continue To Be Citizen: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench at Goa on Wednesday (August 28) held that a child cannot be denied Indian citizenship just because s/he lives with a single parent, who too is a foreign national.A division bench of Justices Makarand Karnik and Valmiki SA Menezes said a parent giving up Indian citizenship would not affect the citizenship status of the child, who got Indian citizenship by virtue...

Mere Desire Of Child To Be With One Parent Is Not A Ground To Decide Custody Matters: Bombay High Court

In a significant order, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court held that custody matters pertaining to a child cannot be decided merely on the basis of the 'desire' of the child of a tender age since there are possibilities of 'tutoring' the child.Single-judge Justice Kishore Sant upheld the May 9, 2024 judgment of a Family Court in Aurangabad, which granted custody of two minor boys of...

Collapse Of Shivaji Maharaj Statue Brought 'International Shame' To India: PIL In Bombay High Court Seeks FIR Against PWD Engineers

A former journalist has approached the Bombay High Court seeking registration of First Information Report (FIR) against the engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Maharashtra government's Malwan Division, over the sudden collapse of the 40-feet grand statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Sindhudurg district.Unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of...

No Law Prohibits Grant Of Temporary Permission To Ganesh Mandals For Erecting Pandals: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has dismissed an application that challenged the decision of State authorities to grant temporary permission for erecting Ganesh pandals in an open area of land in Andheri, Mumbai. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar noted that the land has been allocated temporarily for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival and that the pandals...

"Undermined Integrity Of Electoral Process": Bombay HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Who Attempted To Replace Actual Candidate In Lok Sabha Polls

Observing that his act "undermined the integrity of electoral process and democracy" the Bombay High Court last week rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by a man, who allegedly cheated the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) party and filled in his own nomination form instead of the party's official candidate.Single-judge Justice Rajesh Laddha dismissed the bail application filed by...

Bombay HC Asks State To Explain Why It Waived Off Arrears Of Rs 14.8 Crores Owed By Organisers For Police Protection Provided During IPL

The Bombay High Court on Thursday criticised the Maharashtra Government for waiving Rs. 14.8 crores in arrears owed by the Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers for police protection provided during IPL matches, since 2011. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar pulled up the State for its decision, orally observing, "You will keep increasing...

Paryushan Parva: Bombay High Court Orders Civic Bodies To Decide Whether Animal Slaughter, Sale Of Meat Can Be Temporarily Banned

The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered all the municipal corporations in Maharashtra to urgently decide the representations made by various Charitable Trusts of the Jain community seeking a temporary ban on the slaughtering of animals and sale of meat in view of the community's "Paryushan Parva."A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar heard a...

Failure TO Disclose All Material Facts Fully & Truly During Original Assessment Is Vital For Invoking Jurisdiction U/s 147: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently clarified that it is not open to the Revenue to initiate reassessment on the premise that it can simply form a belief supported by its own reasons, thereby ignoring the explicit formulation of the jurisdiction within which reassessment may be initiated. The High Court therefore quashes the reassessment notice issued under old regime of Section 148...