Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Quashes Acquisition Of Agricultural Lands For Navi Mumbai Airport Project
The Bombay High Court has set aside an award of land acquisition of agricultural lands for the purpose of Navi Mumbai Airport Project at Vahal Village in Panvel District, noting that there were procedural lapses in the proceedings.A division bench of Justice M.S.Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain observed that the State authorities wrongly dispensed with the requirement of Section 5A of the...
Bombay High Court Reserves Order In Contempt Case Against Woman Who Called Court 'Dog Mafias' Over Dispute Between Society & Dog Feeders
While hearing the matter in which a contempt of court notice was issued against a Navi Mumbai-based society's female resident for making objectionable comments against judges over their order in favour of dog feeders, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know from where the woman conceived the idea of calling courts as 'dog mafias' and making other objectionable remarks against the...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 44 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 79Nominal Index:Tejas Shinde vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 44Harshi Ramjiyani vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 45Case Title: Shoaib Richie Sequeira vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 46Dnyaneshwar Katkar vs The Director General & Inspector General of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 47Musin Thengade vs...
Former SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch, Two BSE Officials Approach Bombay High Court Against Special Court's Order To Lodge FIR Against Them
The Bombay High Court on Monday agreed to grant an urgent hearing to former Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Madhabi Puri Buch and also to two officials of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), who have challenged the order of a special PMLA court that on Saturday ordered the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai to lodge an FIR against them.Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dighe was moved...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 24 – March 02, 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 72 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 80Nominal Index:Rupchand Shende vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 72Oxford University Press v. DCIT, Int. Tax Circle 3 (2)(2) & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 73Systra MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. vs. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 74Hanumant Naik vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom)...
Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Not Illegal Only Because Either Spouse Did Not Live In The District Where Marriage Was Registered For 30 Days: Bombay HC
A marriage duly certified under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 cannot be deemed illegal or void just because either of the spouses did not comply with section 5 of the Act, which mandates one of them to live in the district, where they register their marriage, for 30 days, the Bombay High Court held on Friday (February 28).A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna said once...
Bombay High Court Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Costs On Man For Audio-Recording Court Proceedings On Mobile Phone
In a recent order, the Bombay High Court (February 27) imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a litigant who was found to be 'audio-recording' court proceedings on his mobile phone. A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata in the order recorded that the litigant - Sajid Abdul Jabbar Patel, who was a relative of a respondent in a case- offered to pay Rs 1 lakh costs for...
Bombay High Court Flags 'Cut Copy Paste' Orders Being Passed By Banks To Declare Fraud Accounts; Asks Anil Ambani To Approach RBI
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked industrialist Anil Ambani to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to challenge the October 10, 2024 order passed by the Union Bank of India (UBI) by which it classified his loan account, related to Reliance Communications, as "fraudulent account."A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the banks were merely...
'Natural Guardian' Under Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act Can Act As 'Manager' Of Joint Family Properties For Herself & Minors: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that a natural guardian being the eldest member of a Hindu joint family can exercise powers to deal with the rights of the minors in the joint family, keeping in mind the aspect of legal necessity and benefit of the minor.Single-judge Justice Santosh Chapalgaonkar quashed and set aside the December 1, 2023 order passed by District...
'Speculative Litigation': Bombay High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Exemplary Costs For Ownership Claim On Land Acquired In 1947
The Bombay High Court imposed Rs. 2 lakh in exemplary costs on the petitioners for 'taking chances' with the court process by filing a petition claiming ownership of land acquired in 1947, offering no explanation for the 77-year delay and making contradictory pleadings and unverified averments.A division bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain remarked, “Based upon...
Bombay High Court 'Shocked' As Thane Court Stays Magistrate's Finding That Badlapur Encounter Was Fake
The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed 'shock' over a Thane Sessions Court judge, who stayed the 'findings' of a Magistrate Enquiry, which concluded that there was 'substance' in the allegations made by the parents of the accused in the Badlapur Sexual Assault Case that their son was killed in a 'fake encounter.'A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale...