Bombay High Court Upholds ₹96 Lakh Award Against TCS In Hardware Supply Dispute With Inspira

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld an arbitral award directing Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. to pay Rs. 96.20 lakh to Inspira IT Products Pvt. Ltd. for the loss suffered on 207 servers and monitors that Inspira purchased for TCS but could not deliver after TCS failed to finalise delivery locations. The court rejected cross-appeals filed by both the parties. A single bench of...

Bombay High Court Rejects Kailash Masala's Appeal Against Denial of Interim Relief in 'Mahalaxmi' Trademark Case

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has dismissed an appeal by Kailash Masala Industries, which had challenged a trial court's refusal to grant the company interim protection in its trademark and passing-off suit against Organic Khandeshi Food Products over the trademark 'Mahalaxmi' for its Masala Products. A single bench of Justice Shailesh P Brahme, in an order dated November 26, 2025, said...

Negligence, Not Espionage : Bombay High Court Acquits Ex-BrahMos Engineer Of Charges For 'Cyber Terrorism', Leaking Info To Pakistan

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Monday set aside the life imprisonment sentence awarded to a former Senior System Engineer at BrahMos Aerospace, who had been accused of interacting with a Pakistan-operated fake LinkedIn account and installing certain malwares which gave external access to sensitive files. A bench of Justice Anil S Kilor and Justice Pravin S Patil, set...

Bombay High Court Restores Registration Of Imported Car, Says RTO Cannot Ignore Customs Settlement Commissions' Findings

The Bombay High Court has held that authorities cannot override or ignore the findings of the Customs Settlement Commission while taking administrative action. The Court ruled that once the Commission accepts the disclosure, settles duty liability and grants immunity under Section 127H of the Customs Act, its order becomes final and conclusive under Section 127J, and no other authority...

Bombay High Court To Examine If Non-Advertised Project Need Mandatory RERA Registration

The Bombay High Court has stayed a Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal order requiring a builder to register two additional wings of its real estate project in Maharashtra, noting that the central issue of whether registration under Section 3 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act becomes mandatory when no units are advertised or offered for sale requires...

Results Of Local Body Elections Held On December 2 & 20 Must Be Declared Together; Not In Phases : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday deferred the declaration of results for the Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats from December 3, 2025 till December 21, 2025.A division bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Rajnish Vyas sitting at Nagpur seat, made it clear that the results for polls to be held on December 2 and December 20, need to be declared together on December 21 itself and not in a...

Bombay High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Against Comedian Munawar Faruqui In Hukkah Bar Case

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings pending before a trial court against standup comic Munawar Faruqui, who along with 14 others was booked in a case of smoking hukka.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil has asked the prosecution to submit before it the chargesheet, so as to ascertain, what material is placed on record against Faruqui. The...

RERA Authorities Cannot Decide Title Disputes Or Issue Declarations and Injunctions Like Civil Court : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has recently held that authorities and tribunals under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) cannot adjudicate title disputes between allottees or grant declaratory and injunctive reliefs, ruling that such powers lie exclusively with civil courts. Clarifying the limits of RERA jurisdiction, the court held that disputes concerning the validity...

SEBI Acted With 'Due Care And Caution' In Clearing WeWork India IPO: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that SEBI had exercised “due care and caution” in clearing the WeWork India IPO, while dismissing two petitions that alleged the regulator failed to act on complaints of inadequate disclosures in the offer documents of the Indian arm of global co-working space brand. A division bench of Justice RI Chagla and Farhan P Dubash said it was...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging WeWork India IPO, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Petitioner

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging the IPO of WeWork India, bringing an end to an attempt by two retail investors to stop or modify the company's public issue over allegations of inadequate disclosures.A division bench of Justice R I Chagla and Justice Farhan A Dubash dismissed the petition filed by an invetsor Hemant Kulshreshtha with no order as to costs,...

Bombay High Court Delivers Split Verdict On Central Govt Power To Substitute Nominated Members Of Cantonment Board

The Bombay High Court recently delivered a split verdict on the issue of powers of the Central Government to substitute a nominated member of a Cantonment Board.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale delivered divergent views on the issue pertaining to the removal of a member of Deolali Cantonment Board in Nashik, before the end of her tenure, which was to...

“Shall Endeavour” Clause In Construction/Commercial Contracts Can Create Enforceable Obligations: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that the “shall endeavour” clause can amount to an enforceable obligation in the context of construction contracts. While mere failure to achieve revenue projections does not constitute a breach of the “shall endeavour” clause but not making best efforts to achieve projections in the business plan amounts to a breach of the clause. Facts...