Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Extends Interim Bail Of Jet Airways Founder Naresh Goyal For Two Months
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended by 2 months, the interim bail it granted in May this year, to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a money laundering case arising out of an alleged loan default of Rs. 538 Crores given to Jet Airways by Canara Bank.Single-judge Justice Nijamoodin Jamadar extended the interim bail after hearing Goyal's counsel senior advocate Aabad Ponda, who...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Enforcement Of Ban On Religious Idols Made With Plaster Of Paris
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking implementation of the ban on using Plaster of Paris (PoP) to manufacture religious idols. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar heard the matter on Wednesday and issued notice to the respondent authorities. The Court sought a reply from the State about the list of...
Freedom Of Expression Doesn't Grant License To Exploit Celebrity's Persona: Bombay HC 'Protects' Arijit Singh's Personality Rights
Expressing shock over the fact that celebrities particularly performers are vulnerable to being 'targeted 'by unauthorised Artificial Intelligence (AI) content creators, the Bombay High Court last week restrained third parties from violating the 'personality' rights of Bollywood Singer Arijit Singh.Justice Riyaz Chagla has restrained several entities from using Arijit Singh's name, voice /...
Asking Wife To Clean House And Show To In-Laws On Video Call Is "Sadist Ill-Treatment": Bombay HC While Refusing To Quash Cruelty FIR
Asking a woman to clean the house and show the same on a WhatsApp video call to the in-laws is a sadist manner of ill-treatment, the Bombay High Court said recently while refusing to quash a First Information Report (FIR) filed under section 498-A against five members of a family. A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale was seized with a plea filed by one Hardik...
Co-operative Court Has Jurisdiction Over Property Recovery Disputes U/S 91 Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that a Co-operative Court has jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes involving co-operative societies' seeking recovery of property and mesne profits, under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (MCS Act). The Court stated that such disputes fall under the category of 'management of the Society' and therefore come within the scope of...
PIL In Bombay High Court Seeks Suicide Prevention Training Workshops For Students At Mumbai University, Cites Rising Suicide Rates
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the High Court of Bombay to direct the University of Mumbai to conduct suicide prevention training workshops for its students. The petition also seeks the appointment of at least two teachers from affiliated colleges to conduct these workshops.Additionally, it seeks to direct the university to display the contact details and roles of...
Bombay High Court Calls For Regular Checks On Mid-Day Meal Providers To Ensure Children From Marginalised Sections Don't 'Suffer In Silence'
The Bombay High Court recently observed that the civic authorities must keep regular and surprise checks on private contractors or self-help groups, providing cooked food to school students under the 'Mid-Day Meals' Scheme so that the children of the marginalised section do not suffer in silence and pain.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Kamal Khata while upholding the termination...
Citizens Or Hawkers, No One Must Suffer: Bombay High Court Directs BMC To Take Pro-Active Steps To Address Menace Of Illegal Hawking
The Bombay High Court while asking the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take 'proactive' measures to curb the menace of illegal hawkers, said no one must 'suffer' be it citizens, authorised hawkers or even unauthorised hawkers.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Kamal Khata while hearing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL)...
Doctrine Of Separability; Arbitration Agreement Survives Termination Of Main Contract: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice R. G. Avachat and Justice Neeraj P. Dhote has held that an arbitration agreement survives the termination of the main contract facilitating the resolution of disputes arising under or in connection with the contract. Therefore, the bench dismissed a writ petition noting that the dispute was arbitral and fell within the ambit of the...
Bombay High Court Constitutes Committee To Resolve 'Precarious' Road Conditions In Nagpur City
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently criticised the civic body and other concerned authorities in the city for their 'mismanagement and unplanned execution of road work' which has ruined the condition of the roads.A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Abhay Mantri noted that even the recently constructed roads have developed potholes, which is majorly because of the...
Bombay High Court Accepts Apology Of Mumbai Police Crime Branch Officers Accused Of Barging Into Residence After Midnight
The Bombay High Court recently closed a litigation wherein officers of the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police were accused of barging into the house of a resident of plush Juhu area in the midnight.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Shyam Chandak had ordered the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police to respond to a plea filed by one Shyamsunder Agarwal, who alleged that around 12...
Bombay High Court Imposes ₹4 Crore Additional Cost On Patanjali For Breach Of Injunction Order In Trademark Infringement Case
The Bombay High Court on July 29, imposed a cost of Rs 4 crores on Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. for violating an injunction/ad-interim order of the Court, which had restrained the company from selling its camphor products in relation to a trademark infringement case filed by Mangalam Organics Ltd.Patanjali now has a total of Rs 4.5 crores imposed on it. Mangalam Organics had filed a commercial...