Bombay High Court
Filing Complaints To Intimidate Opposing Counsel Must Be Deprecated: Bombay HC Quashes Misconduct Case Against Former Govt Lawyer
Deprecating the trend of filing complaints against opposing counsels to intimidate them, the Bombay High Court recently set aside disciplinary proceedings against Advocate Geeta R Shastri, former Additional Government Pleader in the Court.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale held that the interest of advocates should not be compromised because of “fanciful...
Bombay High Court Perturbed As Girls Trafficked From Bangladesh Under Fake Citizenship Docs Accuse Vishrambaug Police Of Sexual Exploitation
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday tore into the Sangli police’s investigation into a cross-border organized crime syndicate trafficking young girls from Bangladesh and forcing them into prostitution in Maharashtra’s Sangli district with Indian birth certificates, forged Aadhar cards and passports.A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and SG Dige said they weren’t interested in just...
Taloja Prison Inmates To Get Clean Drinking Water After Bombay High Court's Intervention
Maharashtra Government on Friday informed the Bombay Hight Court that 20 water tanks of 5,000 litres capacity each have been installed in Taloja Central Prison and installation of 5 RO water purifier plants for drinking water will commence on September 1, 2023. A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Gauri Godse thus disposed of a petition filed by an inmate seeking...
'Bureaucrats Cannot Act High-Handedly, Owe A Duty To Public': Bombay High Court Axes Acquisition Of Tribal Lands In Maharashtra’s Nandurbar
Observing that procedural laws dealing with citizens’ right to hold property aren’t merely ornamental and cannot be taken away, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) set aside a land acquisition and compensation order “highhandedly” and hastily passed by IAS officer Minal Karanwal Assistant Collector, Nandurbar, Maharashtra.Justices Ravindra Ghuge and YG Khobragade pulled up...
Mother Preferred Over Father For Custody Of Girl Child About To Attain Age Of Puberty: Bombay High Court
Observing that paternal grandmother or paternal aunt cannot be a substitute to mother during the phase of growth of a girl child, the Bombay High Court recently held that custody of a girl about to attain the age of puberty is preferred with her mother over her father.Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh upheld a Family Court's order in a divorce case granting interim custody of an 8-year-old girl to...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: July 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 314 – 350]XXX vs State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 314State of Maharashtra and Ors. v. Sudhir Bhagwat Kalekar 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 315Bharat Parihar v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 316Lakhan Pralhad Misal v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 317Pr. Commissioner Of Income Tax v. Dharmanandan Diamonds Pvt. Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 318SLS Energy...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 07, 2023 To August 13, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation 363 - 371]Coventry Estates Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Commissioner CGST and Central Excise 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 363Vinayak Ukharam Chavhan v. Divisional Joint Registrar and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 364Marathwada Legal and General Education Society, Aurangabad v. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 365Shiney Suraj Ahuja v. State of...
Judgement Pronounced In Open Court But Signed After Transfer Of Judge A Valid Judgement : Bombay High Court
A judgement pronounced in open court but signed by the judge after he was transferred is a valid judgement, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh relied on several Supreme Court judgements which held that once a judgement was delivered or pronounced in open court, the manner of delivery couldn’t be faulted.The writ petition filed by the petitioner in a partition...
Bombay High Court Quashes Deportation Order Against Russian National For Breach Of Visa Conditions Without Hearing
The Bombay High Court at Goa set aside a deportation order against a Russian national on grounds of breach of VISA condition observing that it was not a case of threat to internal security of India and authorities should have at least sought a clarification from the woman before ordering her deportation.A division bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice Bharat P Deshpande observed that while...
Bombay High Court Cancels NOC Of Builder Over Default In Payment Of Transit Rent
The Bombay High Court on Friday cancelled the No Objection Certificate (NOC) granted to Parekh Constructions LLP, developer of a redevelopment project in South Mumbai due to its default on payment of transit rent to the residents of the demolished building.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale ordered Parekh Constructions, Parekh Constructions LLP, and Nishcon Realty...
Met Nitin Desai Only Once Post Loan Disbursal, Taking Legal Action Against Defaulter Not Abetment Of Suicide: Edelweiss Chairman To Bombay HC
Group Chairman of Edelweiss Financial Services and the CEO of Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (EARC), who are booked for allegedly abetting art director Nitin Desai’s suicide, have claimed that they only met Desai once after his loan was approved. They have further submitted before the Bombay High Court that they had limited dealings with Desai’s loan account.Rashesh Shah...
Pothole Accidents Are Man-Made Disasters, State Has Constitutional Duty To Protect Rights Under Article 21: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Friday was livid at the Maharashtra Government for failing to comply with its directions and called deaths owing to poorly maintained roads as "man-made disasters". A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Arif Doctor were referring to the State's indecision in setting up a Centralised Grievance Redressal Mechanism for addressing...