Bombay High Court Monthly Digest - May 2025

2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 170 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 201Nominal Index:Harshad Bhoite vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 170Maheshwari Shanmugam Pillay vs Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 171Sumitra Khane vs Deputy Collector, Special Land Acquisition, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 172Kapil Satish Phalke & Anr. V/s. The Sub Divisional Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 173Kedar Bhusari vs State...

Bombay High Court Asks State Govt To Decide Plea To Allow Namaaz At Mumbai's August Kranti Maidan

The Bombay High Court on Friday (June 6) ordered the Secretary, Cultural Affairs Ministry of the Maharashtra Government to decide, preferably today itself, the representation to perform Namaaz on city's August Kranti Maidan. A vacation court division bench of Justices Dr Neela Gokhale and Manjusha Deshpande noted that the petitioner - Umer Abdul Jabbar Gopalani in his petition, only...

Transfer Of Property Act | Purchasers During Pendency Of Suit Bound By Decree Of Specific Performance: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated that the purchasers during pendency of suit bound by the decree of specific performance.The Bench of Justice Madhav J. Jamdar observed that “the doctrine of lis pendens show that the need for it arises from the very nature of the jurisdiction of the Courts and their control over the subject matter of litigation so that parties litigating before it may not remove...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 25 to June 01

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 198 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 201]SSK vs ASK, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 198Celebi Nas Airport Services India Pvt. Ltd. vs Mumbai International Airport, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 199KSS vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 200SGT vs NST, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 201Judgments:Mother Hiring Maid To Look After Child Not Ground To Deny Custody: Bombay High CourtCase...

Bombay High Court Orders Forthwith Release Of Anchor Group Director Arrested 'Illegally'

Observing that his arrest was 'completely illegal' the Bombay High Court last week ordered the 'forthwith' release of Anchor Group director Hemang Shah, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police last month, for allegedly duping his elder brother of nearly Rs 9 crore. A vacation court division bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasehkhar Sundaresan noted that...

Bombay High Court Permits Animal Sacrifice For Bakri-Eid At Dargah In Kolhapur's Vishalgad Fort

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (June 3) permitted the sacrifice of animals and birds at a Dargah located within the "protected monument" Vishalgad Fort in Kolhapur district for the forthcoming Bakri-Eid festival on June 7 and the Urs celebrations commencing from June 8. A vacation court division bench of Justices Dr Neela Gokhale and Firdosh Pooniwalla noted that a detailed order on June...

Not Permissible To Register Two Separate Trusts For A Single Temple Under Maharashtra Public Trust Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated under the scheme of Maharashtra Public Trust Act it is not permissible to register two separate trusts for single temple.The Bench of Justice Madhav J. Jamdar observed that “If, the registration of two separate public trusts are permitted with respect to the same trust properties then there will be innumerable problems in the administration of the public...

Govt Hospital Flooded: Bombay High Court Asks BMC, Maharashtra Govt To Take Preventive Measures Amid Monsoon

The Bombay High Court recently ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to undertake remedial measures to ensure there is no flooding again in the civic-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in the city.A vacation court bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan raised concerns about the medical facilities in the KEM hospital, a key civic-run hospital in Mumbai's...

Mortgage In Breach Of Lease Covenant Not Automatically Void If Consequences Are Provided In Lease Deed: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated that mortgage in breach of lease covenant not automatically void if consequences are provided in lease deed.The Division Bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and M.M. Sathaye observed that “the action of BI of creating a mortgage of the leased plot in favour of UBI was without the prior consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the MIDC and thus in violation of...

Bombay High Court Slams Family Court Judge Who Denied Urgent Hearing For Medical Custody Of Child To Undergo Open Heart Surgery

"It is unbecoming of a Judge," remarked the Bombay High Court on May 27 while noting that a Family Court Judge did not grant any urgent hearing to a plea filed by a man seeking interim medical custody of his minor son, who is supposed to undergo an 'open heart' surgery.Single-judge Justice Rohit Joshi also expressed shock over the conduct of the man's wife (child's mother), who opposed the...

'Absolutely Shocking': Bombay High Court Orders Release Of 19-Yr-Old Female Student Arrested For Resharing Post On Operation Sindoor

The Bombay High Court today orally expressed its "shock" at the Maharashtra Police for arresting a 19-year-old engineering student who reshared a critical social media post on Indian Army's Operation Sindoor.A division bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan had in the morning session criticised the State and the college authorities for treating her like a "criminal", instead...

"She Is No Criminal": Bombay High Court Slams State, Engineering Institute Over Arrest Of Student For Post On 'Operation Sindoor'

While hearing a petition filed by a 19-year-old engineering student, who was arrested for making an allegedly objectionable post on 'Operation Sindoor' on social media, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday (May 27) remarked that the student has to be released adding that she had already faced the consequences after being rusticated by college. The court further asked the student's counsel to move...