Bombay High Court
"Person At This Age Would Be Lost Away From Family”: Bombay High Court Orally Remarks In Gautam Navlakha's Plea To Shift Back To Delhi
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday indicated its inclination to permit rights activist Gautam Navlakha to relocate to Delhi, while hearing his plea seeking relaxation of a bail condition that restrains him from leaving Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case.The matter was heard by a Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Shyam Chandak.“Consider the fact that he is...
Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of 'VISTARRAAH' Trademark Over Similarity To Air India's Vistara Airline
Holding that it was deceptively similar to Air India's VISTARA airline brand, the Bombay High Court has directed the removal of the trademark “VISTARRAAH” from the Trade Marks Register. Justice Arif S Doctor passed the order on December 10, 2025, while allowing a rectification petition filed by Air India. The Court held that permitting the disputed mark to remain on the register would...
Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Kataria Insurance Brokers From Using 'KATARIA' Trademark
The Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained Ahmedabad-based Kataria Insurance Brokers Private Limited from using the name “KATARIA INSURANCE” or any other name, mark or website containing the word “KATARIA” for insurance-related services. The court held that such use is deceptively similar to the registered trademark of Mumbai-based Kataria Jewellery Insurance...
Extra Profit Received By Broker Due To Technical Glitch Not Unjust Enrichment: Bombay High Court Upholds Award In Favour Of Kotak Securities
The Bombay High Court has held that profits earned by a client by utilising an increased trading margin erroneously reflected due to a technical glitch in the broker's system cannot be treated as “unjust enrichment”. The Court observed that mere availability of margin created an opportunity to trade, but the profits ultimately arose from the client's skill and risk-taking, and...
Just Because Husband Earns Well, Proportionate Amount From Salary Cannot Be Awarded As Maintenance For Wife & Children: Bombay High Court
In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court recently held that just because a husband earns well would not mean that a proportionate part of his income is to be awarded to his and children as maintenance. Single-judge Justice Manjusha Deshpande while holding so, dismissed the plea of a woman, who sought Rs 1 lakh monthly maintenance for each of her two daughters."The amount of...
Income Tax Act | Mechanical Approval U/S 153D Vitiates Proceedings; Bombay High Court Dismisses Revenue's Appeal
The Bombay High Court has dismissed an income tax appeal filed by the Revenue, holding that an approval granted under Section 153D of the Act, which does not reflect even minimal application of mind, is vitiated in law and renders the consequential proceedings invalid. A Division Bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Advait M. Sethna, while deciding an appeal, answered...
Bombay High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Granting Specific Performance Of Development Agreement Between BTRA & Nilkanth Enterprise
The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) upholding a 2017 arbitral award directing specific performance of a long negotiated development transaction concerning 57,000 sq. m. of land in Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan held that “there is nothing on record to show...
Income Tax Act | Gross Receipts Cannot Be Taxed As Income Without Deducting Expenses: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has stayed the entire income tax demand raised against a state-funded educational trust, holding that the tax authorities erred in bringing gross receipts to tax without accounting for expenditure. A Division Bench of Justice B.P. Colabawalla and Justice Amit S. Jamsandekar, while allowing a writ petition filed by the assessee, Godavari Shikshan Prasarak...
GST Abolished Ad Tax, Doesn't Bar Municipal Licence Fees on Hoardings: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax regime does not take away the power of municipal corporations in Maharshtra to levy licence fees on hoardings and sky-signs. The court clarified that GST abolished only advertisement tax and not regulatory charges imposed under municipal law. A division bench of Justice G S Kulkarni and Justice Advait...
Bombay High Court Orders Issuance Of Passport To 7-Yr-Old After Authorities' Denial Citing Father's 'Illegal Migrant' Status
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (December 11) came to the aide of a seven-year-old girl and ordered the authorities to issue an Indian Passport and also to declare her an 'Indian Citizen' under the Citizenship Act of 1955. A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan was hearing a plea filed by one Xami Dha Tirakita Kaye, a seven year old girl, who petitioned the Goa bench...
Bombay High Court Quashes Maha Govt Order Appointing Administrator To Look After Management Of Shani Shingnapur Temple
The Bombay High Court bench at Aurangabad on Friday quashed and set aside the order of the Maharashtra Government by which it appointed an Administrator to look after the management of the Shani Shingnapur Temple in Ahmednagar (now changed to Ahilyanagar) and removing the erstwhile Management Committee elected under the Maharashtra Public Trust Act. A division bench of Justices Vibha...
Registration Of Vehicle By Subsequent Purchaser Cannot Be Cancelled Because Initial Registration Was Done With False Representation: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that where a vehicle has been purchased by an innocent subsequent buyer, and the buyer has fulfilled all statutory requirements, including payment of customs duty, interest, and fine imposed by the Settlement Commission, the vehicle's registration cannot be cancelled merely because the initial registration was obtained on the basis of forged documents. The...