Bombay High Court
Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi Sworn-In As Chief Justice Of Bombay High Court
Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi on Wednesday (September 9) took oath of the office of Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. Justice Tripathi, the senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court was recommended for the post of Bombay High Court's Chief Justice, by the Supreme Court collegium, last month. Justice Tripathi was administered the oath of office by Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Verma...
'Non-Inclusion Prima Facie Discriminatory': Bombay High Court Extends 3-Month Caste Validity Deadline Benefit To ST Student
The Bombay High Court has held that the exclusion of Scheduled Tribe students from a Government Circular extending the time for submitting caste validity certificates to other reserved categories is prima facie discriminatory. The Court held that the benefit of the three-month extension under the Circular dated 4 September 2026 should also be extended to Scheduled Tribe students whose...
False Academic Credentials: Bombay High Court Upholds Cancellation Of Admission Despite Students Reaching Final Semester, Securing Placements
The Bombay High Court has upheld the cancellation of admissions of three students to the two-year full-time MMS Course at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), after finding that they had secured admission on the basis of materially inflated academic credentials. The Court held that the fact that the students had reached the final semester, appeared for examinations or...
Breaking | Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi Over 'Chowkidar Chor' Comment
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 8) refused to quash the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Choro Ke Sardar” and “Commander-in-Thief”.Gandhi had challenged Magistrate court summons in the case and argued that the complaint filed by a BJP worker was not maintainabile. He claiming...
Suspension Of Food Business Licence Must End On Rectifying Deficiencies, Can't Force Them Into Litigation: High Court To Maharashtra FDA
After noting a pattern of the Maharashtra Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) in dealing with cases of licence suspensions of establishments, the Bombay High Court recently made it clear that once an establishment, whose licence has been suspended by the authority, rectifies the deficiencies and an autogenerated report indicates compliance, the authority must revoke the suspension. A...
'Violation Of Fundamental Rights': Bombay High Court Directs ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Man Detained Without Notice, Grounds Of Arrest
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs. 2 Lakh as compensation to a 26-year-old man who was arrested without being informed of the grounds of arrest or being issued a proper notice. A Division Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Raj D. Wakode reiterated the well-settled principle that High Courts under Article 226 of...
Old Monk Can't Be Sold As 'Rum', It Is 'Rum-Flavoured Spirit' : FSSAI Tells Bombay High Court
The company has agreed to remove "7 years old blended" tag from Old Monk Rum.
Centre Notifies Appointments Of Chief Justices At Eight High Courts
The Central Government on Saturday (September 5) notified appointments of Chief Justices at eight High Courts. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments: "In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following High Court Judges as...
Dependent Mother Cannot Be Denied Family Pension Merely Because She Has Other Surviving Children: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court's Circuit Bench at Kolhapur has held that a dependent mother of a deceased “single” government employee cannot be denied family pension solely on the ground that she has other surviving children, if those children are not in a position to provide her economic sustenance. The Division Bench of Justice Milind N. Jadhav and Justice Nandesh S. Deshpande allowed the...
MBBS Student Cannot Have More Than Four Attempts For First Year Exams: Bombay High Court Dismisses Student's Plea
The Bombay High Court has held that a student pursuing the First Professional MBBS course cannot be permitted more than four attempts for the first year, irrespective of the subjects in which the student appeared in each attempt. The Court accordingly dismissed a petition filed by an MBBS student seeking permission to appear for the Anatomy examination for the fourth time, holding that she...
Bombay High Court Quashes ₹100 Crore Freezing Of Coda Payments Accounts, Says PMLA Authority Failed To Record Mandatory Findings
The Bombay High Court has set aside the freezing of the bank accounts and payment aggregator/payment gateway accounts of Coda Payments India Pvt. Ltd., amounting to approximately ₹100 crores, holding that the Adjudicating Authority failed to record the mandatory finding under Section 8(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Court further held that where the...
Person Receiving Pension Not Entitled To Maintenance Under Senior Citizens Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a senior citizen who is receiving regular pension as well as family pension and is able to maintain himself does not fall within the meaning of Section 4 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The Court highlighted that the Act was brought on the statute book to provide for appropriate mechanism to be set up to...