Civil Court Can Examine Territorial Jurisdiction Afresh Even If High Court Granted Leave Before Suit Transfer: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the grant of leave under Clause XII of the Letters Patent by the High Court before transfer of a suit does not prevent the Bombay City Civil Court from examining the issue of territorial jurisdiction afresh after the suit is transferred on account of enhancement of its pecuniary jurisdiction. The Court observed that, by virtue of Section 4A(2) of the...

Can Your Commercial Interests Trump Environmental Protection? Bombay High Court Asks PoP Ganesh Idol Makers

"We go abroad, we see good and clean water. The manufacturers must consider all this," Court remarked.

Filing Vakalatnama Is Not Waiver Of Service Of Summons; Limitation To File Written Statement Starts After Proper Service: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the mere filing of a Vakalatnama or an affidavit-in-reply to an interim application does not, by itself, amount to a waiver of service of writ of summons or trigger the limitation prescribed under Order VIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for filing a written statement. The Court observed that the period for filing the written statement...

Possessory Suit U/S 6 Specific Relief Act Maintainable In Civil Court Even If Parties Have Licensor-Licensee Relationship: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a suit under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, seeking restoration of possession after alleged dispossession otherwise than in due course of law is maintainable before the Civil Court even if the parties stand in the relationship of licensor and licensee. The Court held that the existence of a licensor-licensee relationship does not by itself...

Bombay High Court Gives Centre Till July 29 To Respond To Kunal Kamra's Challenge To Sahyog Portal, IT Rules Amendment On Content Blocking

Matter relates to free speech, yet Centre has not filed its reply, Kamra told Court.

Bombay High Court Directs DGP To Review CCTV Functionality, Footage Preservation In All Police Stations

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (July 15) ordered the State's Director General of Police (DGP) to submit a report spelling out if all the police stations across Maharashtra have operational CCTV cameras and also for how much period is their data preserved by the concerned police stations. A divison bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad has asked the DGP...

Magistrate Can Invoke BNSS Search Provision To Recover Child Forcibly Taken Away By Father: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a Magistrate can invoke the search provisions under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to recover a child allegedly taken away by his father from the mother's custody by force.Upholding orders passed by a Magistrate in Malegaon directing the police to search the father's residence and subsequently restore the custody of the three-year-old child...

Immersion Of Giant PoP Ganesha Idols Like Lalbaugcha Raja In Natural Water Bodies Must Stop, Bombay High Court Told

Purpose is not for hurting anyone's religious feelings; issue here is of water pollution, Court was told.

S.50 NDPS Act | Oral Refusal To Be Searched Before Magistrate Or Gazetted Officer Insufficient: Bombay High Court Grants Bail

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, holding that an oral waiver of the right available under Section 50 of the Act is not sufficient. The Court observed that where an accused elects not to exercise the right of being searched before a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate, such waiver must be reduced into...

Bombay High Court Upholds Member's Expulsion From Mumbai Press Club For Facilitating Meeting Of Bhima-Koregaon Accused

The Bombay High Court has refused to stay the expulsion of a member from the Mumbai Press Club, holding that it is the prerogative of the Club to determine what conduct brings the institution into disrepute. The Court observed that where the Managing Committee has acted within its jurisdiction and followed the procedure prescribed by the Club's bye-laws, the Court cannot substitute its...

LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 06 to July 12, 2026

Citations: [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 310 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 322]Nominal IndexXYZ vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 310State of Maharashtra vs Chetan Yashwantrao Pagare, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 311Suka Mahadu Khade vs Bababai Tukaram Shevre, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 312Dharampal Sharma vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 313Zal Sam Cooper vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom)...

Oral Instructions Can't Override Statutory Duty: Bombay High Court Pulls Up Municipal Corp For Delaying Occupation Certificate

The Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) keeping an application for an Occupation Certificate (OC) pending solely on the basis of alleged oral instructions issued by the Additional Chief Secretary. The Court observed that statutory authorities are required to act strictly in accordance with law and that oral instructions...