Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Rejects Sameer Wankhede's Father's Plea For Contempt Action Against Nawab Malik
The Bombay High Court earlier this month refused to initiate contempt of court proceedings against former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik for allegedly making defamatory statements against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede and his family.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Jitendra Jain, while dismissing the contempt petition filed by Sameer's father...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 21 - July 27, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 299 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 306] State of Maharashtra vs Kamal Ahmed Mohd. Vakil Ansari, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 299KSIQ vs IAQ, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 300Seema Sureshchandra Mehata vs Marvel Realtors & Developers Limited, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 301Bindu Narang vs Matrix Cellular (International) Services Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 302Maharashtra...
Bombay High Court Vacates Interim Order Restraining Mumbai Airport From Taking Final Decision To Replace Turkish Firm Çelebi
The Bombay High Court this week vacated its earlier order restraining Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) from taking a final decision on the bids to replace Turkey-based Celebi Aviation Holding's subsidiary Celebi NAS for ground and bridge handling services at city's International airport.Single-judge Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan noted that the Delhi High Court recently dismissed...
'Nothing More Vital Than Human Health': Bombay HC Notes Adverse Effects Of Pigeon Droppings; Stay On Demolition Of 'Kabutarkhanas' To Continue
While hearing petitions both in favour and against the decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over demolition of Kabutarkhanas (pigeon feeding enclosures) in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on July 24 (Thursday) opined that if there is a hazard or potential for such hazard by breeding of pigeons and congregating them in Kabutarkhanas, certainly it is a matter of grave...
Taunting Wife Over Dark Complexion, Inability To Cook Is Not 'High Degree Harassment' To Constitute Abetment Or Cruelty: Bombay HC
Taunting a woman about her complexion and inability to prepare food properly are 'domestic quarrels' and the same cannot be a ground to invoke sections 498-A (harassment) and 306 (abetment to suicide) if the woman dies by suicide, the Bombay High Court held recently, while acquitting a man of a 27-year-old case. Single-judge Justice Shriram Modak said the allegations that the appellant...
'Speaking For Gaza Isn't Patriotism, Take Up Issues Of Our Own Country' : Bombay HC Rejects CPI(M) Plea For Protest On Palestine Issue
The Bombay High Court on Friday, while dismissing a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seeking to protest the "Genocide" in Gaza by Israel, asked the petitioner to "show patriotism for the citizens of our own country first."A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad said India already has several issues to deal with, and the petitioner party should...
Bombay High Court Imposes Hefty Costs Of ₹30 Lakhs On Two Litigants, Advocates For Restoring Petitions Dismissed In 2020
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a hefty costs of Rs 30 lakhs on two petitioners and their advocates for restoring their writ petitions filed in the year 2019, which were dismissed for not removing office objections.Single-judge Justice Kamal Khata imposed Rs 15 lakhs costs on Mahatma Phule Cooperative Housing Society (Proposed) and their advocates along with Rs 15 lakhs on Unity...
All PoP Idols Up To 6 Feet Will Be 'Compulsorily Immersed' In Artificial Water Tanks: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 24) made it clear that for the forthcoming Ganeshotsav and Durga Puja festivals, idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) which are till the height of 6 feet, will have to be mandatorily immersed in artificial ponds/water tanks. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne noted that last year, the Brihanmumbai...
Mob Fury, Footfall Of People On Land Claimed As 'Dargah' Can't Prove Structure Is Legal: Bombay High Court Refuses To Recall Demolition Order
Mere "mob fury" or "footfall of people" on a particular piece of land based on an assertion that it is a Dargah cannot prove that it is a legal structure, said the Bombay High Court while dismissing the plea filed by Gazi Salauddin Rehmatulla Hoole alias Pardeshi Baba Trust seeking recall of a May 30 order directing demolition of a structure in Thane. It thus refused to recall the demolition...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 14 - July 20
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 281 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 298]Aarti Drugs Limited v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 281ARP vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 282M/s. Unique Integrated Transport & Management Consultancies Pvt. Ltd. vs Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 283Victorinox India Pvt. Ltd. vs Gute Reise India Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw...
Change In Nature Of Industrial Activity Does Not Result In Unauthorised Use Of Electricity Unless Revenue Loss Is Shown: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that merely changing the purpose of electricity usage from one industrial activity to another does not amount to unauthorised use of electricity under Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003, unless it causes revenue loss to the distribution company.Justice Vrushali V. Joshi of the Nagpur Bench dismissed a writ petition filed by the Maharashtra State...