Bombay High Court Temporarily Restrains Rival From Using Trade Dress Similar To Parachute Jasmine Hair Oil

The Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained Minolta Natural Care and its associated entities from using packaging and bottle designs that the court found deceptively similar to Marico's Parachute Jasmine/ Parachite Advansed Jasmine Hair Oils. A single bench of Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh passed the interim injunction on December 9, 2025, after Marico alleged that Minolta had copied...

Income Tax Act | No Addition U/S 153A Without Incriminating Material Found During Search: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that no income addition can be made under Section 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 unless incriminating material is found during a search, even if the Revenue relies on information received from foreign authorities. A Division Bench of Justice G.S. Kulkarni and Justice Aarti Sathe dismissed an income tax appeal filed by the Revenue and upheld the order...

Bombay High Court Quashes ₹26 Cr Demand On TCL, Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On State For Litigating “Indefensible” Order

The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Maharashtra Government for defending an order that was contrary to settled law, holding that the State had misused public funds by compelling Tata Communications Limited (TCL) to litigate for nearly a decade against a patently unsustainable demand. The Court held that the impugned orders imposing a liability of over ₹26 crores as...

Marathi Language Row | Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ex-MNS Leader Booked For Assaulting Lawyer

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against then Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Akhil Chitre, who was booked in December 2020 for allegedly assaulting a lawyer, who obtained orders against the party and its workers, who were then demanding Amazon to use Marathi language in its daily communications. A division bench of Justices...

Bombay High Court Questions Maha Govt's Decision To Withdraw Proposal To Amend S.498A IPC, Make It Compoundable

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned as to how the Maharashtra government could withdraw the proposed amendment to Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was passed by the State Assembly in 2018 recommending to make it a compoundable offence.A division bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Manjusha Deshpande was informed that the State Assembly had in 2018 proposed amendment...

Senior Citizens Act Cannot Be Used As Tool For Summary Eviction: Bombay High Court Quashes Eviction Of Son

The Bombay High Court on Monday (December 8) held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is a beneficial act which is meant for safeguarding the rights of the vulnerable senior citizens and that it cannot be misused (by the senior citizens) as a tool for seeking eviction of their children without following the law. A division bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla...

Bombay High Court Bars Singer Alok Kumar From Monetising Ten Rao & Sapru Songs, Orders Takedown Of Uploaded Tracks

The Bombay High Court has restrained singer-composer Alok Kumar from releasing, performing or monetising ten songs that Rao & Sapru Films Pvt. Ltd. says were created for the company under a series of agreements.The court also ordered Kumar to take down the songs he uploaded online and to hand over all master recordings and related material to the production house. In an order passed...

Revenue Cannot Adjudicate Decade-Old SCNs On NPV Sales Tax Retention: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Goa has set aside two show cause notices issued to a manufacturer seeking to levy central excise duty on the differential amount of sales tax/VAT retained by it under a Net Present Value (NPV) incentive scheme, holding that the Revenue cannot be permitted to adjudicate stale notices after an unexplained and inordinate delay. A Division Bench of Justice...

S. 35 BNSS | Arrest Is An 'Individualized Act'; Distinct Reasons Backed By Material Mandatory For Each Co-Accused : Bombay HC

In a significant observation, the Bombay High Court has ruled that arrest is an 'individualized' act and therefore, the investigating agencies cannot justify the arrest of multiple suspects using 'collective' or 'group-based' reasons. Interpreting the mandate of Section 35 BNSS, the Court held that reasons for arrest cannot be a "mechanical reproduction" of statutory clauses; instead, they...

Interpreting Property's 'Built-Up Area Wall-To-Wall' As Carpet Area Is Commercially Sound: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition under section 34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) filed by the Developer-partners of Lukhi Associates challenging a 2020 arbitral award arising out of disputes under a 2010 Development Agreement with the Saini family. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan upheld the award, holding that “what the Learned Arbitral Tribunal...

Catching Hold Of Child's Hand & Offering Money For Sexual Favours Amounts To 'Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has held that the act of catching hold of a minor girl's hand, when accompanied by an offer of money in exchange of sexual favours, squarely falls within the definition of 'Sexual Assault' under Section 7 POCSO Act which is punishable under Section 8. A bench of Justice Nivedita P Mehta thus dismissed an appeal filed by a 25-year-old man...

Bombay High Court Rejects Suit Filed By Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust Against Trustee, Says Consent Of Charity Commissioner Needed

The Bombay High Court has held that where a suit is instituted by a public trust for recovery of compensation or other reliefs against an erstwhile trustee in respect of trust property, such suit must comply with Sections 50 and 51 of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, and cannot be instituted without first obtaining the written consent of the Charity Commissioner. The Court held that...