Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: October 23, 2023 To October 29, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 494 - 505]Film Farm India Pvt Ltd v. ALT Digital Media Entertainment Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 494Dr. P. Varavara Rao v. National Investigation Agency and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 495Indumati Borse v. Pune Municipal Corporation and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 496Sameer Baijanath Joshi v. Union of India and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 497Zakir Yusuf Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra...
S.304(A) IPC - Bombay High Court Quashes Death By Negligence Case Against Shopkeeper After 4-Yr-Old Victim’s Family Consents
The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a shopkeeper and his employee for allegedly causing a 4-year-old’s death by negligence (304A IPC) after the child’s family consented to the quashing on humanitarian grounds.A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and Sharmila Deshmukh granted relief to shopkeeper Anandraj Manikam on the condition he would deposit Rs. 25,000 with...
Tenant’s Premises Demolished While They Were “Illegally” Detained By Police: Bombay HC Orders CID Probe Against Officers, Says No Sanction Required
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department to investigate five police officers under Section 156 (3) of the CrPC wherein tenants’ premises were demolished while they were allegedly illegally detained at the local police station and coerced into surrendering their tenancy.Justice RM Joshi at the Aurangabad bench held the police’s acts were not...
Bombay High Court Directs Airforce To Reconsider NOC Revalidation Request For Residential Project Near IAF Airfield And NDA Aerodrome In Pune
Observing that the No Objection Certificate (NOC) was granted for the construction and not the builder, the Bombay High Court directed the Indian Airforce authorities to reconsider a builder’s application for revalidation of NOC for construction of a building near the IAF Airfield in Pune.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla refuted the IAF...
Bombay High Court Denies Medical Bail To HDIL Promoter Rakesh Wadhawan, Directs JJ Hospital To Send Physiotherapist And Nurse To Prison Hospital
The Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to grant bail on medical grounds to Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) promoter Rakesh Wadhawan who is booked in the multi crore Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank loan fraud case and lodged in Arthur Road Central Prison, Mumbai.Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang face allegations of fraudulently obtaining loans of Rs 2,558...
IBC | Assistant General Manager Signs Inspection Order In Place Of Executive Director Of IBBI, Bombay High Court Stays The Suspension Of Insolvency Professional
The Bombay High Court bench, comprising Justice B. P. Colabawalla and Justice M.M. Sathaye, while adjudicating a petition filed in Partha Sarathy Sarkar v Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) & Ors., has stayed the Suspension Order issued against an Insolvency Professional (“IP”) by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (“IBBI”). The Inspection...
Custodian Of Enemy Property Cannot Halt Project On Land Not Vested In Him: Bombay High Court
The Custodian of Enemy Properties doesn’t have the power to issue prohibitory orders against any land parcel suspected to be an ‘enemy property’ until the Custodian is vested with the property under the Enemy Properties Act, 1968 the Bombay High Court held.Properties owned by Pakistani Nationals and acquired by the Indian government are known as ‘enemy properties.’ A division...
Bombay High Court Discharges Man Booked For Alleged Conspiracy To Illegally Transport Two Children To USA
Observing that mere cancellation of return flight tickets is not a suspicious activity, the Bombay High Court recently discharged a man accused of conspiring to illegally transport two children to USA on forged immigration documents.Justice Bharati Dangre observed that allegations against the accused, one Zakir Yusuf Shaikh, do not show his knowledge of the conspiracy, and in the absence...
Bombay High Court Paves Way For Redevelopment Of Iconic Chandan Cinema After Adherence To Height Restriction
The Bombay High Court held recently that redevelopment of an existing permanent structure near Signal Transmitting Station, Juhu, is allowed as long as the redeveloped structure adheres to the limit of 15.24 meters height specified in a 1976 notification issued under the Works of Defence Act, 1903 (WoD Act).The signal transmitting station in Juhu is a pre World War II military installation...