Section 5 Of Limitation Act Can Be Applied To Condone Delays Under Commercial Courts Act Even In Absence Of Express Provisions: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court condoned delay in filing an appeal pertaining to a commercial suit, citing Section 13 of the Commercial Courts Act which allows for the condonation of delay, even in absence of any specific provisions in the Limitation Act. The Court referred to Section 29 of the Limitation Act, stating that since the Commercial Courts Act does not specify a limitation period, Sections 4...

Bombay High Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of UGC Regulations On Distance Learning And Online Programmes

The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, which require universities to meet specific accreditation scores or rankings and to offer programmes in conventional/traditional mode before offering them through distance or online modes. However, the Court also...

Bombay High Court Expresses Anguish Over Social Stigma Suffered By Women Due To Unwanted Pregnancies Without Any Repercussions For Men

A bench led by Justice Ajay Gadkari denied permission to a married woman to abort her over 26 week-pregnancy, which she developed due to an affair with a married friend.

Bombay HC Orders Directorate Of Higher Education To Look Into Allegations Of 'Institutional Casteism, Sexual Harassment' Within ILS Law College

The Bombay High Court on its administrative side has asked the Directorate of Higher Education, Pune to look into the allegations of 'institutional casteism, ragging, sexual harassment, hooliganism, favouritism and ill-treatment of minority students' levelled by over 118 students and alumni of the ILS Law College, Pune.In a letter addressed to the Directorate of the Higher Education on July...

Breakwater-Wall For Ship-Safety Not 'Plant And Machinery', GAIL Subsidiary Not Eligible For ITC: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the breakwater wall or accropode that are essential certainly do not qualify as plant and machinery. The breakwater wall can hardly be called “plant or machinery." Accropodes lose their identity when a breakwater wall is constructed using accropode.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain has observed that Explanation to Section 17...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: July 01 - July 07, 2024

Nominal Index [Citation 320 - 334]ABC v. State of Maharashtra 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 320Ritu Dinesh Maloo v. State of Maharashtra 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 321Kartik Vaman Bhatt v. Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 322Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil & Ors. v. Chief Minister, State Of Maharashtra & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 323The Indian Express (P) Ltd. and Ors. v. Ganesh Gopinath Rane...

Bombay High Court Quashes Customs Duty Reassessment Against Patanjali Foods On Crude Palm Oil Import

The Bombay High Court has quashed the customs duty reassessment against Patanjali Foods on the import of crude palm oil for home consumption.The Bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain has observed that the rate in force would be the rate that was in force on the date and time of presentation, and in Patanjali's case, since self-assessed bills of entry were already...

[POCSO] Bombay High Court Grants Interim Relief To Man Booked For Allegedly Making Child Record Sexual Activity Between Him And The Child's Mother

The Bombay High Court recently granted interim anticipatory bail to a man booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for allegedly making a child record sexual activity between him and the child's mother.Justice Manish Pitale expressed shock that these allegations were made against the mother of the child as well and decided to grant interim bail to the man...

Bombay High Court Allows Student Who Missed HSC Improvement Exam Due To Depression, Internet Gaming Disorder Treatment To Re-Take Exam

The Bombay High Court recently permitted a student to appear for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) improvement exam in July 2024 despite him being precluded from doing so by the relevant regulations.A division bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Rajesh S Patil granted permission to the petitioner who could not take the exam in July last year as he was undergoing treatment...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of BJP Leaders Raosaheb Danve, Pritam Munde In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls

The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently rejected the election petitions challenging the elections of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Raosaheb Danve and Pritam Munde in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.Single-judge Justice Sanjay Mehare noted that the prime contention in the two election petitions against Danve and Munde was that the two leaders in connivance with the...

Family Of Employee Having More Than Two Children Ineligible For Compassionate Appointment: Bombay High Court Dismisses Claim Of Deceased Cop's Son

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed the claim for compassionate appointment for the son of a deceased policeman on the ground that the employee had more than two children, making his family ineligible for the benefit of compassionate appointment.A division bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Rajesh S Patil dismissed a writ petition challenging a judgment by the...

“Incarcerated For More Than 7 Yrs, Longer Than Maximum Sentence”: Bombay HC Grants Bail To Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar In 2015 Ponzi Scheme Case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandra Shekhar, booked in a cheating case lodged against him in May 2015 for duping investors in a Ponzi Scheme.Single-judge Justice Manish Pitale noted that Chandreshkhar had already spent more than seven years in jail, which is nearly more than the maximum sentence he would have to undergo, if convicted.The judge...