Breaking: Bombay High Court Orders Maha Govt To Direct Educational Institutions To Enable Retrospective Name & Gender Change For Transgender Persons

The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to issue directions to all educational institutions in the state to enable retrospective name and gender change for transgender persons in their records.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale observed that educational institutions should have a form on their websites for precisely such changes, i.e., noting a...

"Considerable Inflow Of Public Income To Deity": Bombay High Court Dismisses Pleas Claiming Jagdamba Tuljapurchi Temple Is 'Private Temple'

The Bombay High Court recently declared that the Jagdamba Tuljapurchi Devi Temple in Burhannagar of Ahmednagar District is a place of public religious worship as historically the public has had free access to it.Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh of Aurangabad bench dismissed three writ petitions by the heirs of the original trustee of the Temple claiming it is a private temple and...

PIL In Bombay High Court Seeks Action Against Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde & Others Over Heatstroke Tragedy At Kharghar Award Event

An advocate has approached the Bombay High court seeking CBI investigation into the deaths of 14 people allegedly due to heatstroke and stampede during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony held at Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar on April 16.The PIL seeks criminal action for culpable homicide and attempt to murder against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and...

Make Commuting In Mumbai More Comfortable; Consider Elevators On Sky-Walks, Mechanised Pathways For Disabled: Bombay High Court To BMC

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Municipal Council of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to consider installing mechanised pathways, modern lighting technology, elevators and escalators on both ends of skywalks to make commuting easier in Mumbai. The division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and RN Laddha further observed that the personal safety of commuters,...

Society Residents Obligated To Provide Adequate Water To Animals, Particularly Considering Onset Of Summer Season: Bombay High Court

In a dispute between a housing society and its members over feeding stray dogs and feeding points, the Bombay High Court has said that it would be an obligation of the residents of the society to always make provision for adequate water to be made available to the animals more particularly considering the onset of the summer season.A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and R N...

[IT Rules Amendment] Differentiating Fake News About Govt And Other Forms Of Fake News Arbitrary, Violates Article 14: Kunal Kamra In Bombay HC

Users who routinely comment or engage with subjects relating to the Central Government’s business face potentially devastating consequences if the MeitY’s fact checking unit (FCU) is notified, comedian Kunal Kamra stated in written submissions before the Bombay High Court.The note was tendered yesterday wherein Kamra sought an interim stay on the IT Amendment Rules 2023. The Rules...

Will Instruct Authorities Not To Use New Name For Aurangabad Till Name Change Process Is Complete: Maha Govt To Bombay High Court

The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that it will instruct the concerned authorities not to change the name of Aurangabad district and revenue authorities in official communications until procedure of renaming them is complete.“We will record that you will issue directions that the names of the concerned revenue and district authorities will not be changed by...

Maharashtra Panchayat Act | Collector Has Exclusive Jurisdiction To Determine If Election Candidate Disqualified Due To False Caste Claim: High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that the Collector has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether an electoral candidate is disqualified from Panchayat membership due to submission of false caste certificate under the Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act, 1958.Justice Arun R Pedneker of the Aurangabad bench, while dismissing a woman’s writ petition challenging her disqualification...

IT Rules Amendment Prima Facie Lack Necessary Safeguards To Protect Satire: Bombay High Court In Kunal Kamra’s Challenge

The new amendment to IT Rules 2022 prima facie lacks the necessary safeguards, the Bombay High Court observed on Monday in the plea filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale made the observation while refusing to adjourn the matter for ad- interim reliefs beyond Thursday. “The (Union's) affidavit says that satire etc will be exempt...

Worried About Docket Exclusion, Not Docket Explosion: Bombay High Court's Acting Chief Justice

“I am not worried about docket explosion even for a moment, our judges are competent to deal with that…I am worried about docket exclusion”, Bombay High Court Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala said on Saturday while talking about the importance of Alternate Dispute Resolution in the justice system.Justice Gangapurwala was addressing the inauguration function of the new City Civil...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-up: April 17 To April 23, 2023

Nominal Index [Citation 197 - 212]Raju Pednekar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 197Sardar s/o Shahvali Khan v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 198Satish s/o Ramesh Nandre v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 199Sudha wd/o Bhagirath Meshram v. Zilla Parishad and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 200Mukta Dabholkar & Anr. v. Central Bureau of Investigation...

Unregistered Relinquishment Deed Inadmissible As Evidence: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that a deed for relinquishment of inherited property is not admissible in evidence unless it is registered.Justice MS Jawalkar of the Nagpur bench set aside an order dismissing a sister’s partition suit on the ground that she signed a relinquishment deed observing that the brother never produced the deed. “As such, relinquishment deed requires to...