Bombay High Court
Inadequate Toilets, No Provision For Childcare: Reports To Bombay HC Reveal Lack Of Facilities For Females In Maharashtra Courts, State To Respond
Reports submitted before the Bombay High Court in a PIL highlight a severe lack of facilities for female lawyers, litigants, and staff in courts across the states of Maharashtra, Goa, as well as Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.The High Court Registrar submitted two reports before a bench of Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya and Justice Arif S Doctor detailing...
Bombay High Court Calls For "Progressive" View On Obscenity, Says Wearing Short Skirts, Dancing Provocatively Not Per Se Obscene
Women dancing provocatively in skimpy clothes or making gestures are not “obscene” or “immoral” acts which could annoy someone, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur bench has held.A division bench of Justices Vinay Joshi and Valmiki Menezes quashed an FIR against five men accused under Section 294 (obscenity) of the IPC and under sections of the Maharashtra Police Act for indecency in...
“I Killed Bapu” Film Produced To Defame Mahatma Gandhi, Claims Petitioner, Bombay High Appoints Panel To Preview
Bombay High Court has appointed a three-member panel to preview the film “I Killed Bapu” to check for objectionable material or any other material with the potential of seriously threatening societal disharmony.The film was recently released on an OTT platform. A bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Firdosh Pooniwalla appointed a committee comprising Chief Justices (Retd) Amjad...
Girls Toilets In Govt Schools In Dismal Condition, Constrained To Involve Judicial Officers For Inspections: High Court Raps Maharashtra Govt
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Maharashtra government for its inaction over the dismal condition of toilets for girls in government aided schools. The court chided the State for having to involve District Judges to ensure proper facilities in schools despite this being a function of the state government.“What have you done? We have come to this stage that for something...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Judicial Officers As Judges Of Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of the following Judicial Officers for appointment as Judges of the High Court of Bombay:1. Shri Abhay Jainarayanji Mantri,2. Shri Shyam Chhaganlal Chandak, and3. Shri Neeraj Pradeep Dhote.Click here to read the...
Bombay High Court Passes Interim Order For Reinstatement Of 17 Govt Hospital Doctors Pending Retirement Age Dispute
The Bombay High Court recently granted interim relief to at least 17 doctors and directed the Maharashtra Government to reinstate them in government hospitals till they complete 60 years of age.The order, however, would be subject to the final outcome of the petition. The doctors alleged they were forcefully relieved from their services of 30-35 years owing to the misinterpretation of a...
Bombay High Court Seeks Explanation For High Pendency Of 40K Cases Before Juvenile Justice Board And Child Welfare Committee
The Bombay High Court recently flagged the collective pendency of over 40,051 cases before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) while hearing a PIL by an NGO.The division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Manjusha Deshpande observed that the startling numbers were nullifying the spirit if the Juvenile Justice Act 2015. “…the figures of 10,008 cases...
Govt Itself Seeks Needless Adjournments Then Makes Assertions About Rising Pendency Of Cases: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently took a dig at the Centre’s dichotomous approach in often blaming Courts for restricting its “ease of doing business” on one hand and repeatedly seeking adjournments of cases on the other.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata observed, “We are equally mindful, and we are constrained to say this, that we are no strangers to...
Bombay High Court Orders Police Officer To Compensate NDA Professor Falsely Prosecuted For Alleged Fake Disability Certificate
The Bombay High Court ordered compensation of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to one Dr. Kamal Chandra Tiwari, an Assistant Professor at the National Defence Academy, Pune falsely prosecuted for producing fake disability certificates.A division bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre and Justice RN Laddha ordered the compensation to be recovered from the salary of the police officer who filed a chargesheet...
Bombay High Court Allows Virtual Hearings Across All Benches Following CJI DY Chandrachud's Rebuke
Following a rap from Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the Bombay High Court has opened up virtual hearings for all its benches with immediate effect. "It is hereby informed to all the stake holders that now each and every Court of the High Court of Bombay including its Benches can be accessed virtually by the stake holders, unless directed otherwise, in the cases listed before the...
After Chief Justice Decides To Visit And Discuss Resolution, Aurangabad Lawyers Call Off Boycott Of Court Proceedings
Lawyers practicing at the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court today ended their boycott of court proceedings after Justice Bhushan R Gavai of the Supreme Court intervened and Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya agreed to visit Aurangabad to discuss the issue.The lawyers' boycott of court proceedings in the Aurangabad Bench started on October 4, 2023 to protest shifting of benches...
