Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Directs Action Against Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions
Bombay High Court Directs Action Against The Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions To Students; Orders Refund Of Fees And ₹1 Lakh Compensation To The Students The Bombay High Court has directed stringent action against several nursing colleges across Maharashtra for granting admissions to ineligible students in the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and...
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Lodged By Rakhi Sawant Against Ex-Husband Adil Durrani U/S 498A & 377 IPC
The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by celebrity Rakhi Sawant against her ex-husband Adil Durrani under section 498A (cruelty) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil quashed the FIR filed by Sawant against Durrani in 2023 after the couple got embroiled in matrimonial disputes.However, the now...
Apportionment Of Liability Without Evidence Is Akin To 'Panchayati Approach': Bombay High Court Sets Aside NSE Arbitral Award Against Broker
The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award passed under National Stock Exchange (NSE) bye-laws that had upheld an order passed by Investor Grievance Redressal Panel (IGRP) directing Peerless Securities Limited to pay ₹7.18 lakhs to Vostok (Fareast) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for the losses caused by unauthorised trading in the trading and future segment. The IGRP had held that...
Akshay Kumar Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his personality rights from being illegally commercialised by unknown entities by using deepfake images, videos, misuse of his voice and obscene blogs and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content.Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor on Wednesday morning, heard the submissions advanced by Senior Advocate...
Mortgage, Enforcement And Related Declaratory Reliefs Are Non-Arbitrable: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Sandeep V Marne has observed that enforcement of mortgage is a right in rem and any dispute seeking enforcement of mortgage cannot be referred to arbitration. Civil suit will lie for enforcement of such a right in rem. Facts Defendant No.1 and his partners are developers appointed for redevelopment of Defendant No.5 – Society under...
Income Tax Act | Deputy Commissioner Cannot Act Beyond DRP Directions; Assessment After S.144C(13) Time Limit Invalid: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court stated that the Deputy Commissioner cannot act beyond the dispute resolution panel (DRP) directions; assessment completed beyond Section 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the time limit is invalid. Section 144C(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 mandates the completion of the assessment within one month from the end of the month in which DRP directions are...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused In Govind Pansare Murder Case
The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Virendra Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale, all three prime accused in the murder case of slain communist leader Govind Pansare.Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dige orally pronounced the decision to grant them bail. However, a detailed copy of the order is yet to be made available. According to the prosecution case,...
'Illegality In Handling Petroleum & Byproducts Directly Impacts Public At Large, Not Private Dispute': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that offences relating to illegal handling and adulteration of petroleum products have a direct bearing on public safety, the economy, and State revenue, and therefore cannot be viewed as mere private disputes between parties. It emphasized that such offences affect a vital sector of public life and must be treated with utmost seriousness while...
Bombay High Court Fixes ₹6 Lakh Compensation For Pothole Deaths, Says High Time Civic Bodies & Road Contractors Are Held Accountable
In an important order, the Bombay High Court on Monday held that henceforth, if there is a death due to potholes or bad roads, the contractors, who constructed the same and also the civic authorities will be held responsible for the said death and they will have to pay compensation to the families of the victims. While fixing the accountability, the High Court ordered the authorities to pay Rs...
'Receiver Appointed For Sale Of Assets Cannot Be Treated As Employer To Run Partnership Firm': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a Court Receiver appointed to sell the assets of a dissolved partnership firm cannot be treated as an “employer” under Section 25-O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for the purpose of running the business or making applications for closure. The Court observed that once the Receiver is appointed to sell assets, the business of the firm stands...
'Inability To Create Permanent Posts No Grounds To Employ Temporary Workers For Unreasonably Long Period': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the inability to create permanent posts or financial limitations cannot justify employing workers who perform permanent and essential duties on a temporary basis for years together. The Court observed that continuing such workers on short-term or contractual appointments amounts to unfair labour practice and violates the constitutional principles of...
'Grave Infringement Of Dignity': Bombay High Court Protects Actor Suniel Shetty From AI Deepfakes & False Endorsements
The Bombay High Court has granted ex-parte ad-interim relief to actor Suniel Shetty over unauthorized use of his persona through AI deepfakes, impersonation, and false endorsements online. A single judge bench of Justice Arif S Doctor, while restraining several known and unknown individuals from misusing Shetty's persona, remarked that the acts of exploitation “can best be described as a...