Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Nonagenarian's Plea To Remove Statue Of Bharat Ratna Awardee Maharshi Karve In Pune
The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a writ petition by a 90-year-old woman seeking removal of a statue of Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve, a reformer and Bharat Ratna recipient, installed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) near her property.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Kamal Khata stated that a memorial or a monument is sufficiently a public purpose, which need not...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 16 To October 22, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 483 - 493]Sandip Sundarrao Patil and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 483Bhushan s/o. Sangappa Chaudhari v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 484Satyaseelan Kuttappan v. PP Sudhakaran and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 485Play Games 24X7 Pvt. Ltd. Vs Loran Leasing And Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 486Parvi Ashish Chakravarti v....
Bhima Koregaon: Bombay High Court Permits Accused Poet Varavara Rao To Travel To Hyderabad For Cataract Surgery
The Bombay High Court has granted octogenarian Telugu poet Varavara Rao permission to travel to Hyderabad for seven days to undergo cataract surgery in one of his eyes.Justices AS Gadkari and Shyam Chandak further asked Rao to seek permission afresh from the trial court to undergo surgery for the other eye. Rao had approached High Court in November 2022 against the Special NIA’s court...
Admission Fees Paid To Club For Corporate Membership Is Exclusively For Business Purpose, It Is 'Revenue' In Nature: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that the admission fees paid to a club towards corporate membership are wholly and exclusively for business purposes, and the same are revenue-generating in nature.The bench of Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Rajesh S. Patil also observed that the expenditure incurred towards entrance fees and annual membership would be a "revenue expenditure" because it has...
Sarpanch/Upa-Sarpanch Election Must Be Conducted Via Secret Ballot Instead Of Show Of Hands If Even One Panchayat Member Demands: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that the election of Sarpanch/Upa-Sarpanch must be conducted by secret ballot even if just one panchayat member present at the meeting requests election through secret ballot election instead of show of hands.Justice Kishore C Sant of the Aurangabad Bench held that the method of conducting election cannot be decided by the majority opinion.“It is,...
Judiciary's Role In Appointing Consumer Forum Members Can't Be Diluted: Bombay High Court Strikes Down Rule 6(1) Of Consumer Protection Rules 2020
The Bombay High Court at Nagpur has quashed Rule 6(1) of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020 which prescribed two members from the State bureaucracy and only one member from the judiciary on the Selection Committee that recommends appointment of the President and member-judges to the State and District Consumer Commissions.The division bench comprising Justices Atul Chandurkar and Vrushali...
Bombay High Court Fines University For Denying PhD Admission To Candidate Due To Unavailability Of Research Guide
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000 on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad to a PhD Entrance Test (PET) topper who was not assigned a research guide before expiry of his PET result and was denied admission as a consequence.A division bench of Justice Mangesh S Patil and Justice Shailesh P Brahme sitting at Aurangabad deprecated the university for...
Bombay HC Dismisses Plea To Ban Engagement Of Pakistani Artists In India; Says Patriotism Is In Devotion To Country, Not Enmity Towards Another
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a complete ban on Indian citizens, companies, and associations from engaging Pakistani artists, including actors, singers, musicians, lyricists, and technicians.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla observed that the petition is a “retrograde step in promoting cultural harmony, unity and...
Bombay High Court Quashes Closure Order Against Distillery Linked To NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, Asks Pollution Control Board To Decide Afresh
The Bombay High Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)’s directing closure of a distillery owned by Baramati Agro Ltd, a sugar firm controlled by NCP MLA Rohit Pawar.Justices Nitin Jamdar and Manjusha Deshpande remanded the matter back to the MPCB for fresh consideration.The Board overlooked various important factors like the principle...
Aaditya Thackeray Moves Bombay HC To Intervene In PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into His Alleged Connection With Disha Salian, Sushant Singh Rajput Deaths
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has filed an intervention application before the Bombay High Court in a PIL seeking CBI probe into his alleged connection with the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and celebrity manager Disha Salian.According to the application, the PIL lacks any element of public interest, and has been filed as a tool to settle personal grudges, propagate...
Merely Displaying Jesus Christ Photo In House Doesn't Mean A Person Has Converted Into Christianity: Bombay High Court Orders Caste Certificate
Merely displaying Jesus Christ’s picture in the house wouldn’t mean a person has converted and become a Christian, the Bombay High Court at Nagpur said while taking strong exception to the Caste Scrutiny Committee’s rejection of a 17-year-old’s ‘Scheduled Caste’ claim.“No sane man will accept or believe that merely because there is a photograph of Jesus Christ in the house...