Bombay High Court
Pecuniary Jurisdiction Determined By Valuation Disclosed In Plaint, Not Potential Award If Suit Decreed In Plaintiff's Favour: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently clarified that the pecuniary jurisdiction of a court over a suit is determined based on the valuation of the suit as disclosed in the plaint and not on the value of the potential final relief granted in case the suit is decreed in the plaintiff's favor.Justice Abhay Ahuja ordered the expeditious transfer of a 2001 commercial summary suit to the Bombay City...
Bombay High Court Asks Makers If Witnesses To Be Examined In Sheena Bora Murder Case Feature In Indrani Mukerjea Docuseries
The Bombay High Court today asked the makers of the Netflix docuseries “The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth” to indicate if any of the witnesses who are yet to be examined in the Sheena Bora trial, feature in the series.The docuseries, set to premiere on Netflix on February 23, 2024, explores the disappearance of Sheena Bora and the subsequent investigation into her murder.A...
Politicians Appear To Have Diverted From Their Primary Responsibility To Ensure Public Administration Is Conducted Impartially: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that politicians appear to have diverted from their primary responsibility to ensure public administration is conducted impartially and have forgotten that good politicians are supposed to make the commoners' life easy and comfortable.With these observations, Justice SG Mehare of the Aurangabad Bench dismissed a writ petition filed by a doctor and...
Interest Paid On Loan Taken To Invest In Shares Of Subsidiary In Normal Course Of Business Activities Is Allowable Expenditure: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that if an assessee for commercial expediency and in the normal course of its business activities takes loan to invest in shares of its subsidiary, the interest paid on these advances utilised is allowable expenditure under Section 36(1)(iii) of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that assessee had...
Maratha Judicial Services Candidates Who Converted To EWS Category Ineligible For Age Relaxation Meant For Backward Classes: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that age relaxation in judicial services granted to backward-class candidates would not apply to Maratha candidates who had initially applied under the SEBC category and were converted to EWS after the Apex Court struck down the SEBC Act. A division bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Jitendra Jain dismissed a writ petition filed by four Maratha...
Change Of Opinion Does Not Constitute Justification For Assuming Income Chargeable To Tax ; Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the reopening of the assessment was purely on the basis of a change of opinion of the AO from that held earlier during the course of assessment proceedings. The change of opinion does not constitute justification for assuming that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Dr. Neela Gokhale has observed...
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar-Led NCP Faction Moves Bombay High Court Against Speaker's Refusal To Disqualify Sharad Pawar-Led NCP's MLAs
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction on Tuesday filed a plea in the Bombay High Court challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's decision not to disqualify MLAs belonging to Sharad Pawar's faction of NCP.The petition was filed through Anil Bhaidas Patil, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister and whip of the Ajit Pawar's faction. The plea claimed that...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Gokulnath Shetty, Prime Accused In PNB Fraud Case Citing Long Incarceration
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Gokulnath Raghu Shetty, prime accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case involving over Rs 7,000 crore.Justice M.S. Karnik passed the order on Thursday, expressing concerns over the prolonged incarceration of the applicant for nearly six years without the trial commencing.“The reason why I am inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail is...
Abuse of Process: Bombay High Court Declares CBI's Arrest Of Fmr ICICI Bank CEO & MD Chanda Kochhar, Her Husband Deepak Kochhar As “Illegal”
In a detailed order declaring the arrest of former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar by CBI “illegal,” the Bombay High Court called the investigating agencies acts an “abuse of power.”The division bench of Justices Anuja Parbhudessai and NR Borkar observed: “Such routine arrest without application of mind and due regard to the law amounts to an abuse...
Bombay HC Quashes Case Against Ex-MLC Over Rs 4.75 Lakh Cash Found In Car During 2014 Election Campaign, Criticizes Police For 'Uncalled Report'
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court recently quashed a criminal case registered against former MLC Sagar Meghe after Rs. 4.75 lakh cash was found in a vehicle during his campaign for the 2014 parliamentary election.A division bench of Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Vrushali V Joshi allowed Meghe's application for quashing of the charge-sheet against him for offences under Sections...
Apathy Towards Child Protection Can Perpetuate Cycles Of Abuse: Bombay High Court Orders State To Fill Vacancies In Child Welfare Institutions
Warning that neglect in safeguarding the rights and well-being of children could perpetuate cycles of abuse and hinder educational opportunities, the Bombay High Court recently directed the State government to fill vacancies in various child welfare institutions within three months. This includes posts in the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, State Child...
Bombay HC Raises Alarm Over Insufficient Police Escort For Prisoners' Medical Visits, Urges Immediate State Action To Ease Prisoners' Difficulties
The Bombay High Court on Friday highlighted the problem of insufficient police escort for prisoners requiring visits to hospitals for urgent medical treatment and directed the state to appoint responsible officers to ensure that adequate escort is provided to prisoners in all such cases.A division bench of Justice Sarang V Kotwal and Justice Shivkumar Dige observed that the lack of police...