'Will Cooperate With Police': YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil Booked Over FB Post On PM Modi Assures Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday permitted UK-based Doctor and YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil to file an affidavit assuring that even if he is allowed to return to United Kingdom, he will continue co-operating with the ongoing investigations against him for his allegedly defamatory social media post against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders. Single-judge Justice Ashwin Bhobe...

Verify If Bangladeshi Immigrants Hawking On Mumbai Streets, Take Action As Per Law: Bombay High Court To BMC, Police

The Bombay High Court on Monday (March 23) ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Police to conduct a 'thorough' verification of the identity of all the hawkers on the streets of the city and check if there are any 'Bangladeshis' or other 'immigrants' involved in hawking activities, and if found, the authorities have been ordered to take 'appropriate' action...

Bombay High Court Orders Probe Into 'Shocking' Failed MTP Case After Newborn Allegedly Starved To Death In Hospital

The Bombay High Court was recently 'aghast' to note a 'shocking' incident wherein a Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) on a minor rape victim failed, resulting in the birth of a baby girl of nearly 26 weeks, who was 'starved to death' by the doctors at the District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Satara.Sitting at the Kolhapur seat, a division bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar and Justice...

No Direct Link Between Academic Marks & Earning Capacity: Bombay High Court Enhances Accident Compensation For Deceased Student's Family

Just because a student scores average or below average marks does not mean s/he would not be able to earn well after becoming a professional and thus there cannot be any justification to claim any 'direct connection' between the marks obtained and the potential to earn in future, held the Bombay High Court recently while enhancing compensation in a Motor Vehicle Accident matter....

S. 24 Specific Relief Act Does Not Bar Fresh Suit For Refund Of Earnest Money After Dismissal Of Specific Performance Suit: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that Section 24 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, does not bar a plaintiff from filing a fresh suit for refund of earnest money even after dismissal of a suit for specific performance. The Court observed that while Section 24 bars claims for compensation in certain circumstances, it does not extinguish the right to seek other reliefs such as a refund of...

Railway Claims Tribunal Cannot Infer Death Due To Trespass Solely From Nature Of Injuries: Bombay High Court Allows Compensation

The Bombay High Court has held that the Railway Claims Tribunal is not an expert body competent to conclude that death occurred due to trespass merely on the basis of the nature of injuries sustained by the deceased. The Court observed that in the absence of cogent evidence or expert testimony, such findings are unsustainable and cannot be used to deny compensation under the Railways...

Authorities Cannot Rely On 8-Year-Old Notice To Recover Provident Fund Dues Or Freeze Bank Accounts: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that authorities cannot freeze bank accounts or recover provident fund dues without issuing a fresh notice and providing an opportunity of hearing to the affected party. The Court observed that reliance on a stale notice issued several years earlier violates principles of natural justice and renders the recovery action unsustainable.Justice Prafulla S. Khubalkar...

Bombay High Court Upholds Closure Of Hotel Over Alleged Prostitution, Says Prior Conviction Not Needed Under Immoral Trafficking Act

The Bombay High Court has held that an order directing closure or eviction of premises under Section 18(1) of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, does not require a prior conviction of the owner, occupier or lessor. The Court observed that Section 18(1) is a preventive provision enabling action based on material indicating use of premises as a brothel, whereas the requirement...

Gram Panchayat Employees Absorbed In Municipal Corporation Entitled To Equal Pay For Equal Work: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that employees absorbed from Gram Panchayats into a Municipal Corporation are entitled to parity in pay with regular employees if they perform identical duties. The Court observed that denial of equal pay for equal work in such circumstances amounts to discrimination and violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.A division bench of Justices G. S. Kulkarni...

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 49 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 88]Care Health Insurance Ltd vs Manjula Haresh Joisar, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 49Vinodkumar Chetram Ganeriwala vs Khushalchandra Lalitaprasad Poddar, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 50Anita Naik vs State, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 51High Court of Judicature at Bombay on its own motion vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 52Madhu...

Probate Court Cannot Decide Title Disputes; Person Challenging Testator's Ownership Is Stranger To Proceedings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that questions relating to title or ownership of property cannot be adjudicated in probate proceedings and that a person who challenges the testator's title to the property bequeathed under a will is a stranger to probate jurisdiction. The Court observed that probate proceedings are confined to examining the genuineness and due execution of the will, and any...

Civil Court Can Use Section 151 CPC To Dismiss Suit As Infructuous If Cause Of Action Ceases: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a civil court can exercise its inherent jurisdiction under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, to dismiss a suit as infructuous when subsequent events render the original cause of action non-existent. The Court observed that it is the duty of the court to terminate infructuous litigation, and it cannot retain such suits merely to preserve...