Bombay High Court
DRP Can Give Directions Only In Pending Assessment Proceedings: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP) could give directions only in pending assessment proceedings.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice N. K. Gokhale has observed that once an assessment order is passed, rightly or wrongly, the assessment proceedings come to an end. Therefore, the DRP would have no power to pass any directions contemplated...
Jet Airways Founder Naresh Goyal Approaches Bombay High Court Against ED Arrest In Rs. 538 Crore Money Laundering Case
Jet Airways founder and former chairman Naresh Goyal has approached the Bombay High Court to challenge his recent arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged Rs. 538 Crores money laundering case.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Gauri Godse will hear the petition on September 20.Goyal has challenged the arrest as well as the orders issued by the special...
Bombay High Court Directs Compensation To Owners Of ‘No Mans Land’ Connecting Mumbai To The International Airport
The Bombay High Court has granted compensation to a company in lieu of its land used for the elevated Sahar Elevated Road which allows connectivity to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.“We see no possibility at all in law of private property being taken away for a public purpose without some form of compensation, whether in cash or in kind (in the form of TDR/a DRC),...
Bombay High Court Judge Recuses After Receiving Letter Alleging Bias, Orders CBI To Probe Sender
Justice Bharati Dangre of the Bombay High Court has recused from hearing a criminal revision application after she received a letter alleging bias but assigned reasons for her recusal and urged CBI action in a strongly worded order.“It was open for me to recuse, without disclosing the reason, but it is high time that some accountability is attributed to the disgruntled elements, who continue...
Bombay High Court Comes To Aid Of Woman Stuck With Ex-Husband’s Name Wrongly Added To Child’s Birth Certificate
Expressing surprise at the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s unwillingness to correct the father’s name on the birth certificate of a 3-year-old, the Bombay High Court directed the Municipal body to immediately replace the woman’s ex-husband’s name with the child’s biological father’s name on the birth certificate.“We confess we are unable to understand the approach of...
Bombay High Court Commutes Man’s Death Sentence To 25 Yrs Imprisonment For Rape, Murder Of 6-Yr-Old
The Bombay High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence to 25-year fixed-term imprisonment for a 36 years old labour, convicted for raping and murdering a six-year-old child.The division bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Abhay S Waghwase observed that the trial court did not consider mitigating factors, including the convict's background and the absence of any prior...
Delay Beyond 90 Days For Appeal Under NIA Act Can Be Condoned, Rules Bombay High Court; Disagrees With Views Of Kerala & Calcutta HCs
In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has held that an appeal against a trial court’s order can be entertained by the appellate court even after the lapse of statutory period of 90 days under Section 21(5) of the National Investigating Agency(NIA) Act, 2008.The division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse read down the 2nd proviso to Section 21 (5) of the NIA...
Husband Affluent, Wife's Unsubstantiated Allegations Lowered Reputation: Bombay HC Rules Family's Social Status Relevant To Determine 'Cruelty'
A family’s social strata would be a relevant consideration in deciding divorce cases on grounds of “cruelty”, the Bombay High Court has held.Two years of marriage and 14 years of separation later the High Court granted a businessman divorce from his wife on grounds of ‘cruelty’ but upheld maintenance granted to the woman. A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Sharmila...
Bombay HC Orders Aurangabad Collector To Provide Proper Boats, Life Jackets To Students Crossing Backwaters On Thermocol Rafts To Reach School
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the District Collector, Aurangabad to provide proper boats with specialised operator, life jackets, and rescue air tubes to children rowing thermocol rafts with makeshift oars to cross backwaters of Jayakwadi dam and reach school.A division bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice YG Khobragade sitting at Aurangabad recommended having at least two...
Comity Of Courts Not Weapon To Leave Litigant Remediless: Bombay High Court Stays Singapore Court Order Against Shaadi.com CEO Anupam Mittal
The Bombay High Court has temporarily stayed the enforcement of an anti-suit permanent injunction order issued by the Singapore High Court against Anupam Mittal, the founder and CEO of Shaadi.com.The Singapore High Court order restrained Mittal from proceeding with his petition before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) alleging oppression and mismanagement of People Interactive (India)...