Bombay High Court
'Helmets Not Compliant With Indian Standards Cannot Be Sold': Bombay High Court Allows Return Of Imported Helmets, Bars Sale In Market
The Bombay High Court has held that helmets which do not conform to the Indian Standards prescribed under the Quality Control Order, 2020 cannot be permitted to be sold or used after June 1, 2021, even if they were imported before the said date. The Court, however, permitted that the seized helmets be returned to the petitioner subject to the condition that they shall be destructed/disposed of...
Bombay High Court Directs BCI To Scrutinise & Clear Pending Affiliation Approvals For Law Colleges
The Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to forthwith scrutinize and process the applications submitted by four law colleges seeking approval and, if the applications are found in order, grant the necessary approvals by August 6, 2026. The Court further directed the Directorate of Higher Education, Pune to verify the approvals and include the approved colleges in...
Old Monk, McDowell Rum Manufacturers Moves Bombay High Court Against FSSAI Order Prohibiting Sale
After the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) prohibited the manufacture and sale of fresh stocks of McDowell's No. 1 Celebration Matured Rum and Old Monk, their manufacturers have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the validity of the prohibition orders.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad on Friday agreed to hear...
Permitting Universities To Question Degrees Conferred By Other Varsities Will Create 'Anarchy And Chaos' In Education System: Bombay High Court
Permitting one educational institution to question the degrees conferred by another such institution would lead to anarchy and chaos in the education system of the country, held the Bombay High Court while quashing orders passed by the popular Shivaji University in Kolhapur, which refused to approve the recruitment of a Computer Science professor on the ground that the PhD degree he held was...
OCI Cardholder Parent Entitled To Remedies Under Senior Citizens Act; Citizenship Not Mandatory: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder is entitled to invoke the remedies available under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, if the other statutory conditions are satisfied. The Court observed that the beneficial object of the Act would be better served by adopting an interpretation that advances the protection...
Permanent Debarment Of Auditor From Future Empanelment Not Permissible Under Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act: High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that neither the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 nor the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 contemplate permanently debarring an auditor from future empanelment merely because his name was removed from an earlier panel. The Court further held that a clause in the Commissioner's Circular imposing such a permanent disqualification...
"Elected Representatives Assaulting Voters Dents Democracy": Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Shiv Sena Corporator In Doctors Assault Case
The corporator Ramesh Mhatre has been asked to remain out of Maharashtra till Police files chargesheet.
'Perfect Victim' In Rape Cases Is A Myth; Women Deal With Trauma In Different Ways : Bombay High Court In Tarun Tejpal Case
The Court criticised the trial court for discarding the victim's testimony on the basis of her post-incident conduct.
Doctors Assault: Bombay High Court Inclined To Grant Bail To Shiv Sena Corporator; Says Will Impose Strictest Conditions, Fast-Track Trial
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (August 06) indicated that it is inclined to grant bail to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting three on duty doctors at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli, observing that the investigation is almost complete and he cannot be kept behind bars indefinitely.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and...
'Think About Mankind': Bombay High Court Says Doctors Can Never Go On Strike, Initiates Suo Motu Case
Indian Medical Association subsequently withdrew its call for nationwide 24-hour strike against registration of homeopathic practitioners.
Bombay High Court Sentences Journalist Tarun Tejpal To 10 Years Imprisonment In 2013 Rape Case
The Bombay High Court Goa Bench on Thursday (August 6) sentenced journalist Tarun Tejpal to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a rape case lodged against him by a junior colleague in November 2013.The sentence is imposed under sections 376(2)(f) (aggravated rape committed by a person in a fiduciary or authority relationship) and 376(2)(k) (aggravated rape committed by a person who is in a...
Breaking | Bombay High Court Convicts Journalist Tarun Tejpal In 2013 Rape Case, Sets Aside Acquittal
The Bombay High Court Goa Bench on Thursday (August 6) set aside the judgment of a Sessions Court in Mapusa which had acquitted Tehelka Magazine's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in a rape case lodged against him by a junior colleague in November 2013.A division bench of Justice Dr Neela Gokhale and Justice Amit Jamsandekar, allowing the appeal filed by the Goa Government, convicted...